Corporate ProfileLa-Z-Boy Incorporated is one of the world's leading residential furniture producers, marketing furniture for every room of the home. The La-Z-Boy Upholstery Group companies are Bauhaus, Centurion, England and La-Z-Boy. The La-Z-Boy Casegoods Group companies are American Drew, Hammary, Kincaid and Lea. The corporation's proprietary distribution network is dedicated exclusively to selling La-Z-Boy Incorporated products and brands, and includes over 340 stand-alone La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® stores and over 300 La-Z-Boy In-Store Galleries, in addition to in-store gallery programs for the company's Kincaid, England and Lea operating units. According to the industry trade publication In Furniture, the La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries retail network is North America's largest single-brand furniture retailer. Headquartered in Monroe, Mich., La-Z-Boy Incorporated operates manufacturing plants throughout the United States. In addition, the company's products are manufactured internationally under licenses in Europe, New Zealand and Thailand. HistoryIn 1928, in the small town of Monroe, Mich., cousins Edward M. Knabusch and Edwin J. Shoemaker partnered and invested in the furniture business. Together, the duo created a unique chair designed for "nature's way of relaxing." A comfortable concept, this reclining wood-slat porch chair followed the contour of a person's body, both sitting up and leaning back. Using orange crates to mock-up and refine their idea, they invented the reclining mechanism that would sweep the world off its feet. In 1929, "the two Eds" upholstered their innovation and marketed it as a year-round chair. They named the chair and ultimately the company, La-Z-Boy. In 1961, La-Z-Boy revolutionized reclining with the introduction of the Reclina-Rocker®. Then in 1969, after years as primarily a recliner manufacturer, La-Z-Boy turned its focus toward designing motion products including reclining sofas, sleep sofas and modular groups. In 1983, La-Z-Boy introduced its first line of stationary sofas and occasional chairs. Today La-Z-Boy offers consumers a wide variety of upholstered and stationary furniture for any taste and style and is North America's largest single manufacturer of upholstered furniture and the world's leading producer of reclining chairs. La-Z-Boy has a 98 percent consumer awareness rating (La-Z-Boy Image and Awareness Study, 2002) and is consistently rated as the favorite furniture brand of consumers, and one of the top 10 brands in the home (HFN Top 150 Home Product Brands, Sept. 11, 2006). Corporate AddressLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
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