“The Bob’s Way” is coming Kansas City’s way.
Bob’s Discount Furniture will open its first stores in the metro area in the coming weeks. The Connecticut-based chain’s new stores in Independence and Merriam are among seven it plans to open nationwide around Labor Day, Furniture Today reports. The push will give Bob’s 150 stores in 24 states.
Bob's will take 30,000 square feet at 19120 E. 39th St. in Independence, according to Furniture Today. That’s a former Barnes & Noble space in…One of the nation’s largest furniture chains expands to KC market
“The Bob’s Way” is coming Kansas City’s way.
Bob’s Discount Furniture will open its first stores in the metro area in the coming weeks. The Connecticut-based chain’s new stores in Independence and Merriam are among seven it plans to open nationwide around Labor Day, Furniture Today reports. The push will give Bob’s 150 stores in 24 states.
Bob's will take 30,000 square feet at 19120 E. 39th St. in Independence, according to Furniture Today. That’s a former Barnes & Noble space in…
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An executive who has held two separate C-level jobs at Kansas City Southern will leave the company next month.
Brian Hancock will retire from the railroad carrier effective July 2, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Hancock serves as executive vice president and chief innovation officer for KC Southern. He took that position in 2018 after joining the company in 2015 as chief marketing officer.
KC Southern will pay Hancock $2 million in the year after his retirement…
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