The economy is strong.
Interest rates are low.
And the housing market is booming. It's the perfect environment for selling furniture, and this 46-store retailer hopes to capitalize by expanding even further, adding five or six stores this year. The stores will continue to emphasize the company's concept of selling furniture packages, which combine whole rooms of coordinated pieces at discounted prices. One of the new stores, in Farmingdale, will be a Seaman's Kids outlet, joining three other children's furniture stores that the company has launched since September. Last year, Seaman managers took the company private, the latest in a series of restructurings over the past decade.