‘Invest in your nest’ is the mantra at Hampton Furniture in Anderson where the hometown home furnishings business has invested in a new warehouse to ensure ample inventory and selection for a growing Upstate market.
With more than $1 million in inventory across five showrooms at its Whitehall Road store, Hampton Furniture has weathered the coronavirus and supply chain storms by having a sizeable amount of furniture in stock that customers can purchase off the floor, according to owner Ashley Jewell Collins.
“With the new warehouse, we’re going to be able to keep furniture in stock so that nobody is waiting, and customers can have the selection they need,” Collins said.
To make room for new inventory, Hampton Furniture has a spring-cleaning sale underway with prices up to 60 percent off, and the company’s annual Tent Sale is scheduled for April 7-9. The tent sale is a cash-and-carry event with prices as low as wholesale.
And with home sales booming throughout the Upstate, Hampton Furniture is introducing a new program for Realtors® and interior designers, Collins said.
“We have a lot of relationships with our designers and Realtors here. We have not announced this, but we will be rolling out, probably in May, a Realtor® and designer reward program.”
Real estate agents and designers who refer clients to Hampton Furniture will be able to accrue ‘money’ in a personal Hampton Furniture account for future purchases, Collins said.
An Anderson institution, Hampton Furniture is celebrating 91 years in business in 2022. The company was founded by Elmer Jewell and his brother, Melvin, who sold outdoor furniture door-to-door from the back of a pickup truck before opening Jewell Brothers Furniture on Main Street in downtown Anderson in 1931.
The brothers went different ways a few years later, with Melvin keeping Jewell Furniture and Elmer going down the road to buy out Hampton Furniture. Ashley Collins is the company’s third-generation owner, succeeding her grandfather, Elmer Jewell, and her father, Darryl Jewell. Today, Hampton Furniture serves customers across the Upstate region of South Carolina.
Want to visit?
Hampton Furniture, 809 Whitehall Road, Anderson SC 29625, (864) 305-5604, info@hamptonfurniture.com.
Hours: Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m. until 7 p.m.
For updates, follow @hamptonfurnitureco on Facebook and Instagram.
