Perry Derrington

• I have experience of residential furniture. Formal, traditional, transitional, and modern.
• Bedroom, case good construction, solid and laminate.
• Dining Room, Solid wood and laminate.
• Upholstery- No sag, coil spring, eightway handtied springs, and perelli straps construction.
• Occasional and office furniture.
• Mattresses- Construction and presentation. Hybrid, memory foam, latex, air, and even waterbeds.
• Yearly Retail totals from 700k to 900k, hitting 1 million in 2022.
• I present myself professionally to the customer and I sell "CLEAN" without problems for my company or the customer.
• I send all sales a handwritten thank you card...I have for years.

• Specialized Sales- Stationary and Reclining sofas, recliners and lift chairs.
• Great experience selling just upholstery and some occasional furniture.
• Yearly retail totals from 600k to 850k.

• Small lawns for less was my company.
• I enjoyed cutting grass and took great pride in my work, but eventually wanted to go back to furniture.
• 30k-40k Annually.

• A very different sales experience. Agressive, open floor sales, no ups, all different types of furniture.

• Researched new lawn care products and services to provide new options to customers.

• My first experience at main line residential furniture.
• Annual sales from 750k to 1.1 Million in 1993.

That year I was #4 in all sales nationally.

• First retail sales. I started in delivery installing waterbeds, then moved to sales.
• It was my first real job out of the Marine Corps.
• I have set up 1,000 water beds. I loved this job and moved down to Dallas, TX from St. Louis, MO to set up the DFW market. I set up and ran the store with 50 waterbeds at 183 and Story Rd. in Irving, Texas.
• I enjoyed this job, but eventually jumped to Haverty's for my first main line furniture job.
• 35k-45k Annually.

• Infantry man...grunt. Oorah!
• Honorable discharge November 4, 1984.