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Founded by Gordon Hartunian the "warehouse" concept for appliances and electronics began in 1963 with a single store location in Centerline, Michigan. Weathering tough competition among previous players such as Highland Appliance and Fretter Appliance, ABC Warehouse has grown from a single location to Michigan's largest appliance/electronics retailer. We currently operate 41 store locations within Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.
In 1984, ABC Warehouse expanded beyond the realm of appliances and electronics and purchased a well-known Michigan chain of mobile electronics specialty stores by the name of Mickey Shorr. Currently, with the recently opened Detroit, Michigan location, Mickey Shorr now operates 16 store locations in the Michigan market.
In 1990, sensing that there were opportunities in the built-in appliance business ABC purchased Hawthorne Appliance, a single store operation offering a higher-end product selection. Shortly thereafter, a second store was added. In early 2001, ABC purchased a locally well-known store brand in the high-end housewares business by the name of Kitchen Glamor. Kitchen Glamor was added as a “store-within-a-store” concept to both locations and now compliments Hawthorne by offering top brands of bakeware, cookware, cutlery, and kitchen electrics.
Despite the chain’s tremendous expansion, ABC Warehouse continues with the same kind of small family team environment with which they started over 40 years ago. |
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President: Gordon Hartunian
Executive Vice President & COO: Martin Hartunian
Vice President, Sales: Michael Bone
Vice President, Operations: David Dirven
Vice President, Info-Systems: John Hartunian
Key Contacts:
Stores: ABC Warehouse, 41; Micky Shorr, 16; Hawthorne 2
Market: Michigan, Ohio, Northern Indiana
Employees: 1,500+
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