HOM Furniture Awards

Coon Rapids, Minn (February 14, 2018) - HOM Furniture is pleased to announce its 2017 Vendor of the Year and 2017 Manufacturer's Representative of the Year award recipients, recognizing key partners who demonstarate the highest level of commitment to HOM Furniture and the success in its markets. The awards were presented to Kyle Johansen, Executive Director of Merchandising for HOM Furniture, at HOM's annual awards banquet this month at The Depot in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The 2017 Vendor of the Year award went to WG&R Mattress of Northeastern, Wisconsin. WG&R, a manufacturer that produces all mattresses under the HOM private label brands "Total Comfort" and "Thomas Cole". In 2017, HOM introduced its Thomas Cole line of luxury mattresses in HOM Sleep Express departments which have been successful in the initial introduction and will continue with new expanded offerings in 2018. "WG&R exhibits great value, top notch quality, on-time shipping and customer service," Johansen said. "This allows HOM Furniture to sell high quality, valued priced mattresses in our Bargain Shop and high end, value priced mattresses in our Thomas Cole line".

Johansen also awarded the company's 2017 Manufacturer's Representative fo the Year award to Sharon Trahan and Laurie Gaschott, sales representatives from Homecrest factory. The honor is based on overall professionalism and timeliness of service, as well as a proven commitment to HOM Furniture's success. "Through the years, Sharon & Laurie have worked diligently on assisting with new product development projects, they have been involved in our HOM Open, and hosted sales departments on many educational trips to Wadena," Johansen said. "They also supported our service and operations teams, and most importantly they always came with home baked cookies. We are proud of their service and commitment to our HOM Team".

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HOM Furniture ranks as one of the nation's largest furniture retailers serving customers in the upper Midwestern states of Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa ,Wisconsin and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Stop in yourself and find out why "There's No Place Like HOM."