06/18/11 - People that come into our Warren store often comment about the frantic nature of our business. When we say it's like 15 homes moving in and 15 homes moving out every day with all the stress and pressure associated with it, we aren't kidding. Customers buying, people selling, deliveries, pick-ups, hotel and office liquidations, employee issues, maintaining our truck fleet, new construction projects and the hundreds of phone calls per day we receive make working here quite challenging at times. But, in spite of that, Fred's Furniture is a really fun place to work. Fred frequently sets the tone by demonstrating a sense of cool and humor in the middle of the chaos. That spirit is why we all work hard to provide every customer with a fun shopping experience. That's just one of the reasons why we've been around for over 30 years.
06/01/11 - We're working hard to complete the expansion and remodeling at our Warren store. You can clearly see that the construction and painting of the new 9,000 sq. ft. upper addition has been completed. The exterior changes to the rest of the building are nearly complete and finish painting will begin soon. In the meantime, we're still open during regular business hours and we have even more furniture inventory than ever for you to see. Our new upstairs addition is open that features Fred's Unique Boutique; a showroom offering interesting collectibles, unusual furniture, plus vintage and resale clothing items. Stay tuned for more details and photos.
05/25/11 - One of the biggest problems in a store as chaotic as ours is making sure a website item is marked "Sold" as quickly as possible after it sells. We're getting better at it, but we're still not perfect. Fortunately, our website pictures are directly linked to our Craigslist ads, so when we do mark an item Sold our Craigslist ads for that item are immediately updated to visually show that its no longer available. This is just one of the ways we're trying to improve our advertising and our website. In fact, if you have any suggestions, call our Webmaster directly at (586) 447-6650. We'd love to hear from you.
