double counting in cases where
both the networks and their licensed
store operators make the
list.
By subtracting stores and sales
that would otherwise be double
counted when calculating combined
Top 100 figures, companies
such as Ashley and La-Z-Boy get
full credit for the size of their overall
store networks while individual
licensees are recognized for their
own sales performances.
This time around, the greatest
percentage change in store count
among the Top 100 belonged to
one of those HomeStore licensees,
a newcomer to the list, No. 95
Trivett’s Furniture. The Fredericksburg,
Va.-based retailer acquired
four HomeStores last year and