User:SusanLesch/Room & Board

Room & Board is an American furniture and home furnishings company based in Golden Valley, Minnesota. Room & Board has 700 employees and operates about 10 stores in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.

Room & Board sells 80% American-made furniture. The company partners with small, family-owned companies who create sofas, chairs, and tables and office, bedroom, and outdoor furniture.

John Gabbert founded the company in 1980. Offerings through a print catalog and website, Shop From Home is the fastest-growing segment of Room & Board's business. Hoover's lists Euromarket, IKEA and Pier 1 Imports as competitors.

Room & Board's products are sometimes featured in The New York Times. Most recently, throw pillows were part of a makeover of a bachelor's apartment. Also in 2010, House Beautiful magazine gave away a velvet chair. "It's so nice," said Nichole Rallis, an opera singer and student of music who found the Room & Board item near Astor Place in Manhattan.

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Category:Retail companies established in 1980 Category:Home decor retailers Category:Retail companies of the United States Category:Companies based in Minnesota