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continued growth into the late 1980s.
When the popularity of waterbeds
started to wane, Kaufman partnered
with Wholesale Furniture owner Gene
Rosenberg, purchased a space in
Newington, Conn., and opened the first
Bob’s Discount Furniture Store. Today, 42
Bob’s stores are found throughout New
England, New Jersey, New York, and
most recently, Virginia and Maryland. (A
Hyattsville, Md., store that opened in May
created 120 jobs in the local community.)
According to Senior Vice President of
Operations Steve Caprario, Bob’s relation-
ship with the Port of Baltimore is strong and
growing. The company uses global shipping
carriers such as Shanghai Yantin, Evergreen
and Mediterranean Shipping Company
(MSC), which have direct service. “As the
Port expands,” said Caprario, “there will be
more direct service, which will allow us to
utilize the Port even more.”
Bob’s imports about 10,000 contain-
ers per year through East Coast ports,
and maintains a “consistent flow of goods
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into Baltimore,” according to Caprario. The
company uses 40 high-capacity containers
(HCs) to carry its freight through the Port,
“which mostly consists of upholstered and
dining furniture.”
Charles McGinley, a Maryland Port
Administration (MPA) Trade Development
representative, noted that Bob’s began
utilizing the Port in 2010 when the chain
opened a distribution center in Perryman,
Md. As the retail giant continues building
its presence in Maryland, Delaware and
Pennsylvania, “their container imports into
the Port will continue to grow,” McGinley
said. “The Port greatly values this relation-
ship with Bob’s and hopes we both are
successful in the future as their expansion
continues in the mid-Atlantic.”
Caprario appreciates the Port’s proximity
to the Perryman distribution center and the
new Maryland and Virginia retail locations.
“We’re very happy with the customer
traffic we’ve had in both stores,” Caprario
said. “We’re excited about being in a new
market with a new distribution center.”
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The first
Bob’s Discount
Furniture
opened in
1990 in a new
8,000-square-
foot space in Newington,
Connecticut.
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42 stores are located
throughout Maryland, New
England, New Jersey, New York
and Virginia.
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The Bob’s Discount Furniture
Charitable Foundation and
Bob’s Outreach program
support hundreds of nonprofit
organizations, particularly
the American Red Cross and
numerous child-focused charities.
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