Senate Bill sb2102

    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 2102

    By Senator Dockery





    15-1781-04                                              See HR

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution congratulating the W.S. Badcock

  3         Corporation on the occasion of its 100th

  4         anniversary.

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  6         WHEREAS, founded by Henry S. Badcock as a general

  7  mercantile store, today's W.S. Badcock Corporation is the

  8  oldest home furniture retailer in Florida and one of the

  9  nation's largest, with its headquarters in Mulberry, where it

10  was established in 1904, and

11         WHEREAS, Mr. Badcock's business began to expand when,

12  during America's Great Depression, he shared his merchandise

13  with trusted friends in various locations, offering them a

14  percentage of any furniture they might sell, and thus giving

15  birth to the present dealership program employed by the

16  corporation, and

17         WHEREAS, today the Badcock Corporation has more than

18  330 home furnishing centers throughout the Southeast, more

19  than 270 of which are dealer owned and operated through the

20  company's consignment program, which provides total inventory

21  at no cost to the dealer and which has proven to be a

22  cornerstone of the firm's success, and

23         WHEREAS, for 100 years, Badcock has offered furniture

24  and home furnishings to middle-income America and, as it

25  stands at the threshold of its second century of operation,

26  the corporation continues to focus its services on "people who

27  are hard working and looking for value," NOW, THEREFORE,

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29  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 2102
    15-1781-04                                              See HR




 1         That the Senate heartily congratulates the W.S. Badcock

 2  Corporation on the occasion of its 100th anniversary and

 3  extends its sincere wishes for continued success and

 4  prosperity during its next 100 years.

 5         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

 6  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Don

 7  Marks, President and Chief Executive Officer of W.S. Badcock

 8  Corporation, as a tangible token of the sentiments of the

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