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Celebrating a Century
You might expect that from a man who started the chain from the base of his father's general store with $ of his own money, another $ cash from his father and a promise to pay the old man another $9, whenever he could.
Henry Badcock started the business years ago next year in the rough-and-tumble boomtown that was Mulberry. He sold it to his son, Wogan Badcock Sr., on those generous terms in s.
Still a family business, Badcock will mark its centennial with a yearlong celebration at more than stores in seven Southeastern states. The company, which does business as "Badcock Home Furnishings," grew during that century from one general store to a chain with annual sales approaching $ million.
No company achieves that kind of growth without taking a few risks. In the Badcock family, each generation took on greater fara than the one before.
The family and company odyssey began in when Henry Stanhope Badcock sailed to New York City from a small town in England
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MULBERRY, Fla. — Don Marks, the first non-Badcock family member to lead Badcock Home Furniture & more, who was credited with remaking the Top company&#;s image and operations, died Saturday after battling cancer. He was
Marks, who retired as president and CEO at the end of , joined the Mulberry, Fla.-based Badcock in In the first eight years of his tenure, he led the more than store company to a % increase in its profits, according to information from the National Home Furnishings Assn.
Marks also is credited with bringing about new marketing practices and a new store image with the "& more" concept, which the company said "helped to bring Badcock into the 21st century with a fresh approach to merchandising and unified store design."
He also led the company on a multimillion-dollar overhaul of its supply chain managements systems during a crucial period, just before the global economic slowdown.
Even after retirement, Badcock said Marks rem
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When Donald Arthur Badcock was born on 26 September , in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, his father, George Henry Badcock, was 46 and his mother, Isabelle Mary Spence, was He married Victoria Mary Francis LeMessurier on 4 July , in St. John's, Newfoundland. He lived in District of St. John's West, Newfoundland in and District of St. John's West, Newfoundland, Canada in He died on 17 May , in Anglican Cemetery (Kenmount Road), St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, at the age of 64, and was buried in Anglican Cemetery (Kenmount Road), St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.