ABC Home Furnishings, Inc.

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.abchome.com

Do your ABCs start with armoires, beds, and carpets? Then ABC Home Furnishings (aka ABC Carpet & Home) is the store for you. The specialty home furnishings retailer operates a handful of US stores and has a presence in Harrods in London. ABC offers high-quality furniture, electronics, linens, window treatments, mattresses, rugs, and related accessories. It provides solar power to homes and offices in New York and New Jersey through ABC Real Goods Solar, a partnership with Gaiam's Real Goods unit. Its ABC Kitchen is an upscale restaurant in New York City. ABC is owned by CEO and creative director Paulette Cole, the daughter of company founder, Jerry Weinrib, who started ABC as a single carpet store in 1961.

Officers:
Chairman: Jerome Weinrib
CEO and Creative Director, ABC Home: Paulette Cole
CFO: David E. Lauber

Competitors:
Macy's
Restoration Hardware
Williams-Sonoma