ARLINGTON, Texas — Family-owned retailer Canales Furniture is making big plans as it approaches two decades in business.
While it already has 17 stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, the brand, founded by Veronica Canales in 2003, is close to opening a new, 215,000-square-foot facility that will serve as a showroom, corporate headquarters and distribution center. Company officials expect the full facility to be open in June.
Marketing Director Mylene Mitchell told Furniture Today that the showroom will occupy around 20,000 square feet with the distribution center using 165,000 square feet. The rest will be used as headquarters. She noted that the company plans on beautifying the surrounding area and making it into a destination in the Arlington area.
When the showroom is open, it will feature a new shopping concept for the brand.
“All of our Canales Furniture stores are set up our lifestyles for every home aesthetic. At our new store, we’re going to do the same setup but it will be in apartment set-ups so the customer can envision their home when they walk in,” said Mitchell. “Right now it’s all living room, all bedroom, but it will soon be a full home set up.”
Mitchell said as part of opening the new showroom and warehouse, Canales will continue its longstanding Family-to-Family plan, which rewards customers who bring in new business based on a recommendation.
“When it comes to community, we want to make sure we give back to the same communities that helped us grow. Our founder, my godmother, started selling door-to-door,” she said. “The Hispanic community, if they like something, they will recommend it so that’s always been good to us.”
Thomas Lester is Retail Editor for Furniture Today and Digital/Managing Editor for Home Accents Today. A graduate of Emory & Henry College's Mass Communications program, Lester spent a dozen years working for newspapers in Virginia and North Carolina covering an array of subjects, ranging from community news, government, education, ACC sports, professional baseball and more before joining Furniture Today in 2013. Reach out to me with your story ideas, tips and more at tlester@furnituretoday.com.
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