The Colony, Texas—Top executives from Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM) and Shaw Industries gathered here this week to celebrate the grand reopening of its 1.8 million-square-foot mega-store in this suburb of Dallas. Originally opened in 2015, the grand reopening features enhancements throughout the sprawling 560,000-square foot showroom. A key highlight being the unveiling of the third Shaw Anso Gallery, the curated retail flooring concept from Shaw Floors.
“It was kind of shocking to realize that it was just four years ago we opened our very first Anso Gallery in Omaha, Neb.,” David Chambers, director of flooring, NFM, said in his opening remarks to attendees. “We saw an opportunity to create something different. We wanted to create a distinct destination where a consumer shopping for carpet could find an area that was more inspiring and easier to shop and navigate and, more importantly, had products and features that resonated with the consumer today. The response from our consumers exceeded our expectations in Omaha, which allowed us to then take the concept to our Kansas City market. Now we’re bringing the next generation of the Anso Gallery to our customers here in Dallas-Fort Worth.”
The 3,500-square-foot Anso Gallery—the standard footprint for the galleries in Omaha and Kansas City—is much more than an assembly of Shaw’s top-selling carpet brands, according to Chambers. “As you walk the showroom today, you’ll see more than just carpet fixtures; you’ll see a thoughtfully designed shopping experience where consumers can visualize, compare and really shop with confidence about carpet,” he said…