HFA Honors Retailers of the Year at Gala

Oscar-style event kicks off 2016 Networking Conference

Article from Furniture Today by Clint Engel on May 23, 2016

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Knight Furniture of Sherman, Texas, and C.S. Wo & Sons of Honolulu were honored Sunday night as the Home Furnishings Assn.’s Retailers of the Year during an Oscar-themed gala here.

More than 350 people packed a ballroom at The Westin Long Beach during the kickoff of HFA’s 2016 Networking Conference, which runs through Tuesday. The award celebrates the outstanding achievements and progressive leadership of the association’s home furnishings retailer members.

The two-store Knight Furniture won in the category of retailers with annual sales of less than $10 million, while Top 100 company C.S. Wo & Sons won for retailers with more than $10 million in annual sales. HFA named the honorees during the April High Point market after receiving a record number of nominees.

Bub Wo, left, C.S Wo & Sons, Honolulu; Mary Frye and Sharron Bradley, Home Furnishings Assn.; and Mike Wo, C.S. Wo & Sons