Jake Jabs of Standard Furniture To Get NHFA Retailer of the Year Award

Furniture World Magazine

Shevin, president of Standard Furniture, Birmingham, AL, and of the President of the National Home Furnishings Association (NHFA), announced that the association's Retailer of the Year 2000 is Jake Jabs, president and CEO of American Furniture Warehouse in Denver, CO. Jabs will be presented with the award at the International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, N.C., on April 6, Jabs is a self-made success story with nine stores located throughout Colorado, and a furniture manufacturing facility Loren Mitchell, in Montana. American Furniture Warehouse has 1200 employees, handles as many as 10,000 pieces of furniture a day, and is a family-owned and operated. business. It is ranked as the twelfth largest privately held company in Colorado. It ranks 21 on the list of Top 100 Furniture Stores in the United States. This honor, the highest in the retail home furnishings industry, recognized the recipient's outstanding contribution to the home furnishings industry , exemplary service to his community, and his personal business achievements. "This award from the NITA honors not just me, but also my customers and the American Furniture Warehouse employees and management team," said Jabs. "They've all helped me get where I am today, by believing that honesty, integrity, value, and service are the pathways to success." Nominations for NHFA's Retailer of the Year are solicited from every segment of the industry, including retailers, manufacturers, factory representatives, and the press, The selection committee is comprised of retailers, NHFA Sponsor manufacturers and suppliers, a principal of the International Home Furnishings Representatives Association, and a member of the home furnishings press, Shevin says, "I'm very happy for Jake. His enthusiasm for the business and dedication to the industry are well known and he is most deserving of this recognition. Founded in 1919, the National Home Furnishings Association, headquartered in High Point, is a trade association servicing the specific needs of home furnishings retailers. NH FA provides essential information, government representation, professional education and training, and business and operation tools to its more than 3,000 member which represent more than 10,000 stores nationwide.