Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Lumber Liquidators is an American retailer of hardwood flooring. It was started in 1993 by Tom Sullivan, a building contractor who began purchasing excess wood from other companies. He then resold the wood from the back of a trucking firms yard in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Three years later in 1996, the company found their niche market in hardwood flooring. On January 5, 1996, the first store opened in West Roxbury, Massachusetts and sold 150 sq ft of floors on the first day. By August they opened up a second store in Hartford, Connecticut.The company has grown to be one of the largest retailers of hardwood flooring in the United States. It has expanded to more than 220 Lumber Liquidators stores with over 1,000 employees in about 45 states and Canada, also including online, catalogs, and from its Virginia call center. They are currently headquartered in Toano, Virginia since 2004 with Jeffery W. Griffiths as CEO and Director, Robert M. Lynch as President and COO and Thomas D. Sullivan as founder. The firm is listed and trades under NYSE: LL. Their main competitors in retail include Home Depot, Lowe’s and CCA Global.. }
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- Lumber_Liquidators abstract "Lumber Liquidators is an American retailer of hardwood flooring. It was started in 1993 by Tom Sullivan, a building contractor who began purchasing excess wood from other companies. He then resold the wood from the back of a trucking firms yard in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Three years later in 1996, the company found their niche market in hardwood flooring. On January 5, 1996, the first store opened in West Roxbury, Massachusetts and sold 150 sq ft of floors on the first day. By August they opened up a second store in Hartford, Connecticut.The company has grown to be one of the largest retailers of hardwood flooring in the United States. It has expanded to more than 220 Lumber Liquidators stores with over 1,000 employees in about 45 states and Canada, also including online, catalogs, and from its Virginia call center. They are currently headquartered in Toano, Virginia since 2004 with Jeffery W. Griffiths as CEO and Director, Robert M. Lynch as President and COO and Thomas D. Sullivan as founder. The firm is listed and trades under NYSE: LL. Their main competitors in retail include Home Depot, Lowe’s and CCA Global.".