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Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
- ▶ 2:07 Guy Raz Because at the time, he was working for the family business, a furniture store his dad started called Gabbert's. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 4:42 Guy Raz So, I guess, from what I understand, what made that store interesting and different was that, at the time, a lot of furniture stores would just have furniture displayed, like you would just see rows of chairs or rows of desks or beds, but… 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:51 Guy Raz So you have, uh, this trip to Europe, you see Ikea, and you come back to the U.S., and you're running Gabbert's, and you were seeing, at Gabbert's, you were seeing stuff that was, that I guess sounds like you didn't really like a lot of… 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:17 Guy Raz Okay, meantime, the family business, Gabbert's, is expanding, right? 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:23 Guy Raz Because I think you were going for a very different kind of look than a Gabbert's or a store like, and probably most furniture stores in America were like Gabbert's. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 57:51 Guy Raz So, we taught, we touched on this earlier, more than touched on it, which is when you left Gabbert's, there was, um, a falling out in the family, and that's, that's one of the challenges and perils of, of a family business. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:00:46 Guy Raz By the way, as John mentioned, the original family furniture business was acquired in 2008 by a larger brand. 2 times in the scene