Hooker Furniture’s HMI Division to Open Central Distribution Center in Georgia
October 14 2020 - 09:06AM
Home Meridian International (HMI), a division of Hooker Furniture
Corporation based here, will consolidate its East Coast warehousing
operations in a new 800,000-square-foot distribution facility in
Liberty County, Georgia strategically located near the Port of
Savannah. The state-of-the-art distribution center is expected to
be fully operational by Fall of 2021, the company said. The
division also maintains a West Coast distribution facility in
Redlands, CA which is expected to be unaffected by the East Coast
consolidation.
HMI maintains locations around the world, with brands under its
portfolio including Pulaski Furniture, Samuel Lawrence Furniture,
Samuel Lawrence Hospitality, Prime Resources International,
Accentrics Home, and HMIdea. The Liberty County facility is
strategically located to reach nearly all of the U.S. population
within 36 hours, reducing transportation costs, and increasing
operating efficiencies. The location’s proximity to the Port of
Savannah played a major role in the project, as the company is
expected to import more than 8,000 cargo container units a
year.
“We are pleased by the opportunity to better support our
customers through consolidating our HMI inventory in this
state-of-the-art, high-bay, 800,000-square-foot facility located
near a major port,” said Paul B. Toms Jr., chairman and chief
executive officer of Hooker Furniture Corporation. “As robust
demand for products serviced out of our warehouses continues to
increase, this will better position us to grow.”
HMI will leave multiple warehouses in the Madison-Mayodan area
of North Carolina, some of them older facilities, to consolidate in
the new facility that is also located near major interstate
highways. “This will allow us to service our customers better by
being in a more efficient, consolidated warehouse,” said Toms.
“Demand for products in the portion of our business supported by
warehouse inventory, including e-commerce, is robust, and this move
puts in place the infrastructure to support future growth.”
Toms said the company is grateful to the approximately 60
employees who have staffed HMI’s warehouses in the Madison-Mayodan
area for over 15 years, and “our intention is to offer continuing
employment opportunities to these employees, either in Georgia or
our Martinsville, Va. facilities.”
About Hooker Furniture Hooker Furniture
Corporation (NASDAQ:HOFT), in its 97th year of business, is a
designer, marketer, and importer of casegoods (wooden and metal
furniture), leather-and fabric-upholstered furniture for the
residential, hospitality, and contract markets. The Company also
operates U.S. production of premium residential custom leather and
custom fabric-upholstered furniture. It is ranked among the
nation’s largest publicly traded furniture sources, based on 2019
shipments to U.S. retailers, according to a 2020 survey by a
leading trade publication.About Home Meridian
International Furnishing the Future is not just a mantra,
but a corporate standard of operation at HMI, a division of Hooker
Furniture. HMI is a next-generation global design and marketing
company. The proud parent of a family of brands that covers a wide
spectrum of home furnishing categories, HMI is uniquely positioned
to use economies of scale to create exceptional value for its
retail and e-commerce partners. With a commitment to adaptability
and continuous improvement, HMI provides the right product at the
right time and the right price.
For more information, contact:Paul B.
Toms Jr.Chairman and Chief Executive
OfficerPhone: (276) 632-2133,
orPaul A. Huckfeldt, Senior Vice President,
Finance & Accounting & Chief Financial
OfficerPhone: (276) 666-3949
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