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Oak Furniture Land is a privately owned British designer, manufacturer and retailer of fully assembled hardwood cabinetry furniture, sofas, beds and mattresses for bedrooms, living rooms, dining rooms, and small office/home offices. The company has 64 stores across the UK, and its headquarters in Swindon in Wiltshire, England.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=OFL Showrooms/ )〕 ==History== Oak Furniture Land was launched through its website on Boxing Day, 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Online retailer to mogul/ )〕 The company started in 2003 by selling on eBay. They opened up their first shop on an airfield in the cotswolds. However their first showroom on a retail park was in Cheltenham,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Online shops move into the High Street/ )〕 with turnover of £85m and a profit of £9.2m in the year to September 30, 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oak Furniture Land reports record sales and profits )〕 Oak Furniture Land has been listed in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 League table 4 times - 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014. In late 2012 the business moved its national distribution centre to a 302,000 sq ft building in South Marston near Swindon, Wiltshire.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=£22m property investment deal puts Oak Furniture Land centre under new ownership )〕 In 2014 the company launched a dedicated sofa brand - SofaStore.com, with a stand-alone website, 4 dedicated showrooms and a concession in all but one (Ipswich) of the company's 58 furniture stores. In an interview with The Sunday Times on the 10th January 2015〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How I Made It: Jason Bannister, founder of Oak Furniture Land )〕 Mr. Bannister stated that his chain has sales of £194m. April 2015 the company owner, Jason Bannister "shortlisted in the London and South region of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award run by international accountancy firm EY."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Swindon bosses join the battle for Britain’s top entrepreneur award )〕 June 2015 Oak Furniture Land became the principal sponsor and Home Shirt sponsor for Burnley F.C..〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Burnley's Sean Dyche looks to new season in Championship )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dyche: Exciting start for fans )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oak Furniture Land is Clarets new shirt sponsor )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oak Furniture Land」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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