Article: Beyond the Top 100.(Company rankings)

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Abide Furniture

Home base: Bentonville, Ark.

President: Gary Abide

Total stores 2006: 3

Est. 2006 total sales: Less than $5 million

Family-owned, founded in 2000. Operates one store each in Bentonville and Springdale, Ark., and Greenville, Miss. Stores offer midpriced to high-end lines in a combined 54,000 square feet of selling space. 15 employees, including nine sales associates. In-store galleries: Drexel Heritage, 7,000 square feet; Martha Stewart/Bernhardt, 4,500 square feet. Furniture and bedding accounted for 72% of 2006 total sales; decorative accessories, 28%. 2006 sales were 10% higher than in 2005.

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