Bob's Discount Furniture has been named “Furniture Retailer of the Year” by Furniture Today magazine.

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Bob's Discount Furniture has been named “Furniture Retailer of the Year” by Furniture Today magazine.  The prestigious industry award was presented to the Bob’s team at the recent Furniture Today’s Leadership Conference in Naples, FL.

 Furniture Today’s most recent listing of the Top 100 furniture stores ranked Bob’s Discount Furniture 20th with 2007 furniture and bedding sales in excess of $418 million, which is a jump from the 30th position in 2006. On hand at the event to accept the “Furniture Retailer of the Year” Award from Bob’s Discount Furniture were its President Bob Kaufman, Chairman Stan Adelstein and CEO Ted English.

 The weekly business newspaper of the furniture industry, Furniture Today and www.furnituretoday.com provide residential and household furniture executives with news and information about various aspects of the furniture retail business including changes in the economy, government and society that impact retail operations and manufacturing.

About Bob's Discount Furniture

Named the 2008 Furniture Retailer of the Year with 31 stores located throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island, Bob's Discount Furniture has built strong brand awareness and customer loyalty through its unique shopping environment, customer service commitment and everyday low prices. First-time visitors are pleasantly surprised by the comfortable atmosphere and vast selection of quality furniture that surpasses their "discount" expectations. As a part of the overall shopping experience, many of the locations have complimentary cafés featuring gourmet coffee, fresh baked cookies and candy, while other locations offer home theater and video arcade entertainment. Known for their unique style of television and radio advertising, Bob Kaufman, president, and Cathy Poulin, public relations director, have been inviting customers for more than a decade to visit their nearest Bob's Discount Furniture store. For more information, visit www.mybobs.com.

About Bob's Discount Furniture Charitable
Foundation Through the Bob's Discount Furniture Charitable Foundation and its many charitable contributions and sponsorships, Bob Kaufman, Cathy Poulin and all of Bob's Discount Furniture employees support hundreds of nonprofit organizations. Among the many supported charities are Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, American Cancer Society, March of Dimes, Salvation Army, Marshall House Youth and Family Emergency Shelter, National Conference for Community Justice, American Red Cross and Connecticut Children's Medical Center. In March 2006, Poulin participated in the "Dance for a Cause" competition in Hartford, CT to raise money and awareness for the National Pajama Program and Lil' Iguana's Children's Safety Foundation. Poulin was also awarded Woman of the Year for 2006 by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. In April 2008, Kaufman was presented with the prestigious 2008 Biomedical Achievement Award from the American Red Cross as the "Bob Squad" was recognized for collecting over 20,000 units of blood during its 11 years of promoting blood drives. Other recipient organizations include Have a Heart Children's Cancer Society, New York; Open Pantry Community Services, Massachusetts; J. Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center, Rhode Island; Family Intervention Services, New Jersey; Manchester Partners in Health, New Hampshire; and the Opportunity Farm, Maine. For more information about the foundation and Bob's Discount Furniture, visit www.mybobs.com/charity.