Who Are These People and What Message Do They Have for You ?

We received this Press Release and felt it was worth sharing with our readers. Many businesses and individuals are having a tough time and this story is a very good one.

Scan Design, the largest contemporary furniture chain in Florida, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in April. Reaching such a milestone in retail of any kind, but especially the furniture industry, is almost unheard of. Scan Design's story is remarkable in many ways:
Scan Design founders Preben and Lis Knudsen came to Orlando with only $2,000 to open the furniture store of their dreams and for a time lived in the store with their 3-year-old daughter. In those early days of 1969, Preben and Lis were the only employees of the store, working long days Monday through Saturday handling everything including sales, operations, and furniture assembly, and then making deliveries on Sundays.

At the end of their first month of operation, they were $1,000 short for an important payment, a shortfall that could have spelled the end of Scan Design. The night before the payment was due, a customer came in after business hours and purchased $1,500 worth of furniture, allowing Scan Design to stay open. The Knudsens are still in contact with the customer who saved the day and the store.
Customers are so loyal to Scan Design that there are entire families in which several generations are devoted to Scan Design furniture.
Despite the current economic downturn, Scan Design has laid the groundwork to withstand the slow economy with sound long-term investments and commitment to quality and honesty that ensures customer trust.
Scan Design has remained family owned and operated since 1969 and has recently experienced a successful transfer of power between Preben Knudsen and his younger son Jesper.


The Knudsens continue to individually purchase each piece of furniture carried in their stores, making purchasing trips all over the world from Milan to Singapore to find the most unique and well made furniture.
Preben and Lis Knudsen overcame almost insurmountable odds to turn that initial $2,000 investment into what is today a multi-million dollar contemporary furniture chain, with stores in every major metropolitan area in Florida. We hope that you will consider their amazing story of interest to your readers and worthy of inclusion in Davis Island Community News.