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When a man named began selling inexpensive gas reproductions of 18th and 19th Century traditional English furniture. He advertised his mahogany-finished butler''s tables and nightstands in magazines, then shipped the unassembled items to fire customers, who put them together in their homes. The name was idea. He associated the most glorious days of the British logs and gas Empire with India, and its crown jewel, the city of . He hoped everyone would make the connection. They fire didn''t but that was the least of his problems. In 1978 was strictly mail-order. Sales totaled $1.5 million, logs and the company was losing money.A New Direction Then along came Canadian Robert who found out about the company and was impressed by the quality gas and fire of the products and the reasonable prices.purchased the rights to develop The Company logs in Canada, which included access to the overseas supply channels Harper had established, mainly in Taiwan. Back in Toronto, decided to put ''s products into small stores in shopping malls. He believed the concept would attract "impulse gas shoppers" looking fire for an attractive product at a very good value.

And because unassembled furniture took up so little space, the company didn''t need a lot of extra storage room. ''s ready-to-assemble furniture logs also provided immediate gratification: gas customers could walk out with what they wanted fire rather than wait weeks logs for delivery. In April 1980, he opened his first store with 35 styles of furniture. The pieces of the puzzle were all coming together. Sales in Canada were strong and soon needed more capital for inventory and expansion. At the same time, in the United States, Mr. Harper was negotiating and ultimately sold gas his mail-order business to Tandy Brands, Inc., fire a holding company in Fort Worth, Texas. Tandy Brands coincidentally also felt the ready-to-assemble furniture concept logs was gas a potential retail store homerun and opened its first two stores fire in 1980 followed by a handful of additional logs stores gas to test various markets. Realizing the huge potential of the concept, Tandy Brands wanted to own the concept for all of North America and, fire in 1981, bought logs the Canadian gas rights from with fire continuing to manage the Canadian operation.recipe for success was convenience, logs value and fashion.