Leath Furniture Jobs in Georgia

Company:
Leath Furniture
Current Opportunities (0)
Company Website
Location(s):
4370 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta,  GA
30319
Map Location
Phone:
(404) 848-0880
Fax:
(404) 842-0271
Industry:
Furniture Manufacturing / Wholesalers
Size:
500 or more

Company Overview

The story of the company is one of those typical American stories of the building of a successful business from a humble beginning; another example of how America rewards initiative and rugged individualism. Arthur Leath founder of the company was a native of Polo, Illinois. Because his family was in poor circumstances, he was denied normal schooling but instead educated himself by diligent home study and correspondence courses. At an early age he sought employment as an upholsterer. In 1903, at the age of 25 he moved to Elgin, IL. Where he opened an upholsterer’s shop, which was later expanded to include the sale of furniture. As Mr. Leath’s financial resources at that time were very limited, he found difficulty in financing the needs of his growing business, which later came to include the sale of furniture and other merchandise by catalog and mail order. The business proved successful from the beginning, but the mail order department was ultimately abandoned and instead it was decided to concentrate on the establishment of stores in other cities. Without adequate funds it became necessary to secure capital from outside sources, and in 1907 the company was incorporated under the laws of the state of Arizona. The liberal laws of that state permitted corporations to issue a large number of shares of stock at a low dollar value. Several years later the Arizona charter was surrendered and the business incorporated under the laws of Illinois. As new capital was acquired, the company grew rapidly and additional units were opened. Mr. Leath was unusually resourceful: he was a pioneer in chain store furniture merchandising and introduced many innovations in the business which were then considered novel, but are now recognized as sound practices.

Leath now operates 26 stores and 2 distribution centers in the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Florida.