First opened in 1999, Ashley Furniture HomeStore is a chain of independently owned and operated furniture stores licensed to sell Ashley Furniture products exclusively. Since 1997, over 300 HomeStore locations have opened in North America.

Currently there are over 400 Ashley Furniture HomeStore locations operating worldwide.

History

The first Ashley Furniture HomeStore opened in Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...

 in 1997. Since then, the company has become the #1 home furniuture retailer in North America. .They have stores located throughout the United States, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, Central America

Central America

Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

, and Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

.

Though each Ashley Furniture HomeStore is independently owned and operated, all of the furniture sold is manufactured by Ashley. The 100th HomeStore store opened in 2003, the 200th in 2005. It became the fastest-growing furniture chain and top selling furniture brand worldwide in 2006 and open its 300th store in 2007. As of June, 2010, there are more than 400 stores worldwide.

Ashley Furniture Industries

The parent company of Ashley Furniture HomeStore, Ashley Furniture Industries, is the world's largest home furniture manufacturer headquartered in Arcadia, Wisconsin

Arcadia, Wisconsin

Arcadia is a city in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, along the Trempealeau River. The population was 2,925 at the 2010 census. It is the largest city in Trempealeau county.-History:...

. Owned by father and son team, Ron and Todd R. Wanek

Todd R. Wanek

Todd R. Wanek is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. He is the son of Ronald G. Wanek, Chairman of the Board of Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.He was named CEO in 2002...

,, the company manufactures and distributes home furnishings throughout the globe.