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American Freight

American Freight
American Freight Appliances & Furniture
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail
Predecessor
  • Sears Surplus
  • (1968–1994)
  • Sears Outlet
  • (1994–2019)
Founded1968 (1968) in Kansas City, Missouri (Sears Surplus)
1994 (1994) in Lima, Ohio (American Freight)
FounderSteve Belford (American Freight)[1]
Headquarters,
Number of locations
370 [1] (March 2023)
Key people
Peter Corsa (CEO)
Jeffrey Seghi (CFO)[1]
ProductsFurniture, mattresses and home appliances
Number of employees
2,000 (2022)
ParentFranchise Group, Inc[3]
Websiteamericanfreight.com

American Freight Appliances & Furniture, or American Freight, is an American retail furniture chain.

  1. ^ a b c Engel, Clint (February 25, 2020). "American Freight Furniture to gain 100+ stores in rebranding move". Furniture Today.
  2. ^ "American Freight Furniture Overview". Glassdoor. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  3. ^ Schultz, Clark (December 30, 2019). "Franchise Group lands American Freight Group". Seeking Alpha. Retrieved August 24, 2020.