The company had over 1,700 employees, making it one of the top 25 furniture retailers in the United States.

She adds that the company quickly became the largest furniture retailer in the province.

In the 1990s it was an estate agent's and, from 1999, an independent furniture retailers.

Today the company is one of the nation's top 100 furniture retailers, with 600 employees and operating 16 stores.

Wal-Mart, by virtue of its size, is already the largest furniture retailer in the country.

He added: "It represents a new competition for independent furniture retailers."

Progress continued and 100 stores were in business by the beginning of 2001, when the furniture retailer saw another change in leadership.

In fact, with 275 stores, it is the nation's largest furniture retailer and one devoted exclusively to its own product.

Armed with that data, I visited online furniture retailers to get comparative price quotes.

Room store ranks as one of the top 25 furniture retailers in the United States.