Beginning with a single store in Downtown Atlanta, the company would expand throughout the United States.
A year and a half after the first Rhodes-Haverty store opened, J.J. Haverty and the company headquarters moved westward to St. Louis, Missouri to expand, and soon after bought interest in a number of smaller showrooms.
[1] J.J. Haverty's son Clarence rose to a leadership position and wished for a larger role in the business.
[7] When bought by Heilig-Meyers in 1996, Rhodes was the fourth-largest furniture retailer in the United States with $430 million in revenue.
[8] Rooms To Go won the auction and paid $45.8 million to take over Rhodes' 50 stores and other assets.