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Furniture retail has been our family tradition for almost a century. It all dates back to my grandfather migrating to the United States in 1912 and opening his very own furniture store on SE Grand Ave, Downtown Portland. After having great success selling high-quality goods, an incredible reputation was built, and positive word of mouth traveled through Oregon faster than he could have imagined. This brought back many new customers and repeat customers continued to return for more goods. Although this was right around the time of an economic market collapse in 1929, which was a very difficult and challenging time for my grandfather and many others in the country, he continued to work very hard by providing high quality goods at a fair price, and importing merchandise from Europe. His creativity, honesty in business, and perseverance truly set him apart from competitors and led to great success. My father decided to continue the family tradition that my grandfather originally started, so he opened his very own store on BroadWay. This was when I got introduced to the furniture industry. My father would have my brothers and I at the age of six help around the store. We would dust furniture, making about .5 cents per item, and also help staple the delivery paperwork to the store copy once the delivery was done.

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