[2] It "was one of the first businesses to sell at warehouse prices and to operate without commission sales staff or in-store decor.

As of March 2004, the company had reduced its size to 81 stores[4] and was acquired by another national furniture retailer, The Brick.

In 2006, The Brick rebranded 24 of these under its own name in an attempt to save on advertising costs and increase sales, which had fallen 10.8% in the third quarter of 2005 for established UFW stores.

[5] As of February 2010, the company had reduced its size to 36 stores across Canada - 15 in Ontario, 10 in Alberta, 5 in British Columbia, 3 in each of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Now there were 24 United Furniture Warehouse stores across Canada - 8 in each of Alberta and Ontario, 2 in British Columbia, and 3 in each of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.