[Villager411]

I know it's true, but has anyone else heard this? City Furniture bought them out and is taking over by November.

[JE Greenwood]

Originally Posted by Villager411

I know it's true, but has anyone else heard this? City Furniture bought them out and is taking over by November.

I heard the same thing. The store is sold!

[Marigold]

Not happy to hear this. I told my friends who are going to move here how GREAT the service is at both stores. On the day we closed all we had was an aero bed to sleep on while we waited for our moving van to arrive in four more days. We went to Southern Lifestyles and ordered a kitchen set which would be delivered in a month. Our salesperson , Sissy, asked what we needed. Since our moving van was coming soon, we really only needed something to sit on. Sissy had a kitchen set delivered that very day for us to use until ours came in. We purchased many things in that store.
Our Showcase Direct salesperson, Nathan is also one of the best. From the sales to delivery, our experiences have aways been top notch. I hope that it continues that way.

[laceylady]

Wow! So sorry to hear this. We furnished our whole house from Southern Lifestyles last year. I'm not from Florida. How does the new store compare to Southern Lifestyles re quality and beachy, colorful furniture?

[ilovetv]

It was bad enough when they moved Southern Lifestyles over to Canal Street and two different buildings, with the no-walls display look of a mattress outlet, and less than half the furniture on the floor to see and evaluate in person instead of guessing from a catalog.

To turn that beautiful Southern Lifestyles space into TV sales/marketing offices instead of retail or restaurant has dealt a big blow to the square. What are they thinking????

NOBODY likes the setup at the "new" store on Canal St. and some of the key salespeople quit. The last time I was in there, about 3 weeks ago, there were two young women and one young male standing around at the desk, in a gum-chewing and gossip session. The door to the janitor closet in the back hallway was hanging open with janitorial stuff literally falling out. When I mentioned to them this looked very bad, they laughed and went on with their chatting. This was not the Southern Lifestyles we knew by buying most of our furniture there.

I hope City Furniture is not a cheap outfit with crappy brands. And I hope it's true that as salespersons have said at Showcase and SL, that a new SL store would be built at Brownwood.

[Villager411]

I heard the Brownwood building is no longer. City Furniture is big in the Miami area. They carry lower end products and to me, it is not the beachy feel like SL. We have such a pleasant experience whenever we go in, I feel bad for all those nice employees.

[tucson]

Originally Posted by laceylady

Wow! So sorry to hear this. We furnished our whole house from Southern Lifestyles last year. I'm not from Florida. How does the new store compare to Southern Lifestyles re quality and beachy, colorful furniture?

I bought furniture from City Furniture in Stuart a few yrs ago and their furniture is beautiful, for those that love the Beachy Style (like I do) they have really good quality items. They are 1st Class, not to worry!

[champion6]

Originally Posted by Villager411

I heard the Brownwood building is no longer.

??? What does this mean?

[asianthree]

i am going to miss them

[Spectreron]

You think the developer is starting to pull up stakes?

[champion6]

Originally Posted by Spectreron

You think the developer is starting to pull up stakes?

NO!

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by champion6

NO!

... and another NO. He's an astute businessman, he still gets the rent from the building without the headache of employing people to staff it. I don't for one moment think he will allow a cheaper and lesser quality product to come into TV because if they fail he loses rent.

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Spectreron

You think the developer is starting to pull up stakes?

developer rented them space...when the downsize happened in LSL..it was due to the rent...now its a wait and see about a new company...furniture sales around the country are at an all time low...people now order furniture online...

[ilovetv]

Originally Posted by Spectreron

You think the developer is starting to pull up stakes?

No, they own all the leased commercial property and built a live-in customer base of 100,000+ who don't want to go elsewhere. They're sitting on a gold mine.

[Bogie Shooter]

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