Big Sandy Superstore

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In 1953, Big Sandy Superstore was founded in [[Ashland, Kentucky]] by Robert Van Hoose Sr. Today the company is one of the nation's top 100 furniture retailers, with 600 employees and operating 16 stores.{{Cite web |url=http://www.researchtodayonline.com/data/FT_Top100_2014.pdf |title=2014 Top 100 US Furniture Stores |access-date=2015-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072321/http://www.researchtodayonline.com/data/FT_Top100_2014.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead }} The company's corporate headquarters is located in Ashland, Kentucky and distribution center is located in [[Wheelersburg, Ohio|Wheelersburg]], [[Ohio]]. Big Sandy purchased the naming rights to the Huntington Civic Arena in [[Huntington, West Virginia]] in 2004, renaming it the [[Big Sandy Superstore Arena]]. In 2019, the Arena's naming rights were bought by Mountain Health Network, renaming it to the Mountain Health Arena. As of 09/2019 Big Sandy Superstore is a privately held company. In 2020, the company expanded outside its core area, opening a stores in [[Evansville, Indiana|Evansville]] and [[Mishawaka, Indiana|Mishawaka]] in Indiana, [[Cadillac, Michigan|Cadillac]], [[Gaylord, Michigan|Gaylord]], [[Midland, Michigan|Midland]], [[Mount Pleasant, Michigan|Mt. Pleasant]], [[Owosso, Michigan|Owosso]] in Michigan, and [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri|Cape Girardeau]] in Missouri.

In 1953, Big Sandy Superstore was founded in [[Ashland, Kentucky]] by Robert Van Hoose. Today the company is one of the nation's top 100 furniture retailers, with 600 employees and operating 16 stores.{{Cite web |url=http://www.researchtodayonline.com/data/FT_Top100_2014.pdf |title=2014 Top 100 US Furniture Stores |access-date=2015-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072321/http://www.researchtodayonline.com/data/FT_Top100_2014.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead }} The company's corporate headquarters is located in Ashland and the distribution center is located in nearby [[Wheelersburg, Ohio|Wheelersburg]], [[Ohio]]. Big Sandy purchased naming rights to the Huntington Civic Arena in [[Huntington, West Virginia]] in 2004, renaming it [[Big Sandy Superstore Arena]] until those rights expired in 2019. Big Sandy Superstore became a privately held company in 2019, and expanded into [[Indiana]] ([[Evansville, Indiana|Evansville]] and [[Mishawaka, Indiana|Mishawaka]]), [[Michigan]], ([[Cadillac, Michigan|Cadillac]], [[Gaylord, Michigan|Gaylord]], [[Midland, Michigan|Midland]], [[Mount Pleasant, Michigan|Mt. Pleasant]], and [[Owosso, Michigan|Owosso]]), and [[Missouri]] ([[Cape Girardeau, Missouri|Cape Girardeau]]) in 2020.

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