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Heilig-Meyers Co. (HMYR Q) is in the Retail Industry

Revenue
Feb 29 2000
$2.2B
Profit
Feb 29 2000
($58.6M)
Market Cap
Jul 17 2008
$24.3K

Latest News and Analysis

  • Outer Banks Chamber names Thornton Citizen of the Year.

    Staff Kill Devil Hills, N.C.- Industry veteran Buck Thornton has been honored as the 2007 Outer Banks Citizen of the Year. The award, presented by the Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce and RBC Centura Bank, honors those who have made...

    Articles 2007-12-03

  • Verdeck gets Good Cos. sales post (Furniture Today)

    Carson, Calif.-- Darrell Verdeck has joined manufacturer and importer Good Cos. here as executive vice president of sales. In addition to his sales responsibilities, he will oversee product development, both at the company's plant in Tijuana, Mexico, and from overseas sources. ...

    Articles 2006-01-16

  • LEVITZ FILES CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION.(Levitz Home Furnishings Inc.)

    Byline: Jo Fleischer HIGH POINT, N.C.-In the largest bankruptcy by a furniture retailer in five years, the 121-store Levitz Home Furnishings chain, based in Woodbury, N.Y., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. The company plans to reorganize with a $90 million...

    Articles 2005-10-17

  • Kays runs Feinblum West Coast office (Furniture Today)

    Plainview, N.Y.-- Doug Kays has joined Julius M. Feinblum Real Estate as its West Coast affiliate, operating a new office in Santa Monica, Calif. Kays will coordinate and handle Feinblum's business in California, Arizona, Nevada, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Colorado. ...

    Articles 2005-10-17

  • Binswanger Arranges Sale of Former Heilig Meyers Distribution Center to First Industrial Acquisitions, Inc. in Athens, Texas

    DALLAS -- Representing Central Fidelity Properties, a part of Wachovia Bank, Binswanger is pleased to announce the sale of a 395,970 sq. ft. property located at 1651 Enterprise Drive in the Athens Medical Manufacturing and Technology Park for $6,200,000. First Industrial Acquisitions, Inc., a Chicago-based REIT and developer,...

    Articles 2005-07-27

  • RoomStore aims to grow (Furniture Today)

    Richmond, Va.-- The RoomStore, the surviving arm of once-giant retailer Heilig-Meyers, has emerged from bankruptcy with a new board of directors, an untouched $35 million credit line and an eye on expansion in existing markets. Under terms of the plan, old equity interest in...

    Articles 2005-06-13

  • LEVITZ SHUTTING, CONVERTING SEAMAN'S FURNITURE STORES.

    Byline: Jo Fleischer WOODBURY, N.Y.-Another familiar furniture name is gone. Last week, 72-year-old Seaman's Furniture joined a growing list of household names that have disappeared from the retail furniture landscape. Even though Levitz lives on, Seaman's...

    Articles 2005-05-09

  • NEW N.C. FACILITY KEYS GROWTH PLAN FOR W.S. BADCOCK.(Column)

    Byline: Jo Fleischer MEBANE, N.C.-Targeting new growth in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky, Mulberry, Fla.-based W.S. Badcock opened a $10 million distribution center here last week as part of a strategic plan to add 170 stores over the next six years. ...

    Articles 2005-02-28

  • Shaffer, Donald S. 1943–

    Donald S. Shaffer 1943– Former president, chief operating officer, and acting chief executive officer, Dollar General Nationality: American. Born: 1943. Education: University of West Virginia, BS, 1965. Family: Married. Career: Sears, Roebuck and Company, 1969–?, various positions; ?-1989, general manager of Detroit region retail stores; 1989-1994, national manager...

    Articles 2005-01-01

  • Former home-furnishings retailer in Richmond, Va., at square one.

    By Gregory J. Gilligan, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 16--Heilig-Meyers Co. is in limbo -- again. For less than two days last week, a ruling by a federal bankruptcy judge showed that the former home-furnishings retailer...

    Articles 2004-12-16

  • Home Showcase Design Center in St. Charles holds open house

    More than 3,000 people from St. Charles County visited the HomeShowcase & Design Center, located at 1696 Country Club Plaza, overthe weekend to help celebrate the company's grand opening. The Home Showcase & Design Center is housed in the 40,000-square-foot building previously occupied by Heilig Meyer Furniture Co. Thestore was...

    Articles 2004-12-07

  • Big warehouses mean more jobs in Victorville, Calif., area.

    By James Ramage, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 2--Isaac Moradi is thinking big in the High Desert. The Beverly Hills-based chairman of ICO Investment Group is looking to build a 1 million-square-foot distribution center here...

    Articles 2004-10-02

  • NEWS BRIEFS.(Brief Article)

    HEILIG-MEYERS CO. and its wholly owned subsidiaries, along with the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, have filed a Joint Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Under the terms of the proposal, the company's creditors will...

    Articles 2004-09-27

  • Richmond, Va., retailer Heilig-Meyers offers bankruptcy reorganization plan.

    By Gregory J. Gilligan, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 18--The end may finally be near for Heilig-Meyers Co. and its creditors, employees and shareholders. The former home-furnishings giant, which filed for bankruptcy protection in...

    Articles 2004-09-18

  • Furniture building to be sold

    A young Seattle-based furniture retailer has agreed to buy a former Heilig-Meyers Co. building in Spokane Valley and plans to open its first Spokane-area store there later this month. The company, which does business as Furniture Supercenter and is incorporated as Furniture Superstore Inc., expects to complete the transaction...

    Articles 2004-09-16

  • CMI rep honored by Rugs-Direct.(People)(Representatives)(Brief Article)

    CMI, manufacturer of braided-texture rugs and accessories, announced one of its sales representatives, Darryl Ernst, received the Rep of the Year Award from Winchester, Va.-based Rugs-Direct, the largest Internet supplier of rugs in the country. Rugs-Direct, which also has a retail store in Winchester and a...

    Articles 2004-09-01

  • Painting on his own canvas: Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod.(Business And Professional Services)

    As Scott Baena tells the story, he became a bankruptcy lawyer because Citibank called the firm where he was a young lawyer and needed someone to immediately go to bankruptcy court to argue a case. The lawyer who hired Baena didn't know where bankruptcy court was. ...

    Articles 2004-07-01

  • Santinocetos To Occupy Heilig-Meyers Building

    The old Heilig-Meyers building in downtown Wheeling, vacant for two years, will be one of the community's economic focal points by the end of summer New owners Joe Santinoceto Sr. and his son, Joe Jr., recently purchased the eightstory, 100,000square-foot building. It will be renamed Heritage Port Business Center. The...

    Articles 2004-04-16

  • Colorado-Based StarTek to Open Call Center in Former Lynchburg, Va., Store.

    By Emily Battle, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 1--One of the vast empty retail buildings at the Plaza will soon be the site of more than 500 new jobs in Lynchburg. Colorado-based StarTek...

    Articles 2004-04-01

  • Denver-Based Furniture Chain Revises Waterloo, Iowa, Development Plan.

    By Joel Palmer, Waterloo Courier, Iowa Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 22--WATERLOO, Iowa--A major furniture store chain planning to build in Martin Plaza has altered its plans to incorporate an empty building adjacent to the site. Denver-based...

    Articles 2003-10-22

  • Incorporated: 1972
Co. is engaged primarily in the retail sale of home furnishings and bedding. Co. is a specialty retailer of home furnishings and related items with 872 stores (as of April 30, 2000) which are located in 30 states. Co.'s Heilig-Meyers stores are primarily located in small towns and rural markets in the southern, mid-western and western Continental United States. The 55 stores of The RoomStore are located in 5 states, including Texas, Virginia, Oregon, Maryland and Washington.

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Heilig-Meyers Co. Company Info

Board of Directors

William C. DeRusha

Chmn.

L. Douglas Wilder

Alexander Alexander

Robert L. Burrus Jr.

Beverly E. Dalton

Benjamin F. Edwards III

Robert M. Freeman

Donald S. Shaffer

Lawrence N. Smith

Eugene P. Trani

Contact Information

12560 West Creek Parkway

Richmond, VA

http://www.heiligmeyers.com

804 784-7300

NAICS Code

Furniture Stores: 442110