08/19/14 - Today is a sad day for Fred's Unique Furniture. Our store`s good friend Josh Kazor passed away. Josh lost his battle with cancer and died at the young age of 21, but he will always live inside our memories in a very special place. Fred had known Josh since he was a little boy. During the past 5 years, Josh had become our resident problem solver and technical support person for all our stores. Whether it was working with computers, security cameras or nearly any type of software or hardware issue, Josh always seemed to offer an ingenious solution for even the most difficult and complex problem. In addition, Josh's brilliant way of understanding and thinking about business issues was well beyond his age. Josh's observations and advice were much appreciated by Fred and everyone else who met him. In fact, Fred nicknamed Josh “Spencer Reed,” after the brilliant fictional character from the TV show Criminal Minds. Most of all, Josh was a fun, lighthearted and sensitive person who had a great sense of humor and was just fun to be around. It's extremely sad to lose someone so full of life and hope, especially at such a young age. Josh will continue to be loved and missed by us all.
06/27/14 - Fred's Unique Furniture's Metro Detroit Stores will be having special hours for the July 4th Holiday. Website shoppers can still call 586-447-6650 during the break for answers to questions about website items or to place website items on hold. We'll also be checking our Warren store voice mail (586-776-7100) during the break, so if you have furniture to sell or other business with our stores, you're welcome to leave a telephone message and we'll get back with you at the earliest opportunity. It's often hard for people to believe, but all of our retail stores are basically run with one shift of employees. This is also true for all of our delivery operations, furniture pickup and off-site liquidation operations as well. Even when Fred takes an occasional day off, there's hardly a moment when he isn't on the phone communicating and coordinating activities with customers and employees. It's never-ending and exhausting for all of us. Each year, we discuss the possibly of closing for a week to take a break and enjoy life, but it typically never works out. For the first time in 34 years, we're going to give it a try.
