Levin Furniture: Beds 4 Kids Initiative

Levin Furniture is a family-owned furniture retailer chain with 35 locations in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The current president, Robert Levin, has upheld the Levin family tradition of acknowledging the importance of excellent service, quality products, and reasonable pricing for their customers. In addition, the company is known for its commitment to assisting the local communities by actively participating in community events and fundraisers, as well as donating to charitable causes. One charitable cause is the “Beds 4 Kids” initiative, which partners Levin Furniture with the Cleveland Food Bank (CFB). When a customer orders a new mattress, they have the option to sign up for the removal or non-removal of their old mattress. The mattresses removed by the delivery team are donated to the CFB where they are inspected and sanitized prior to distributing them to less fortunate children. I was fortunate enough to participate in the Operation Backpack event at the Levin Furniture location in Avon, Ohio. Operation Backpack campaigns at events countrywide to collect back to school supplies, including backpacks, for homeless children that need basic supplies for their first day of school.
The internship program was organized to effectively expose all the interns to the different aspects of the business, such as retail management, sales, and design, through a carefully organized 3-month agenda provided at orientation. The customized training covered topics, such as operating the computer system, pricing and promotion tags, product knowledge, delivery and service, and professional selling techniques. Growing the Preferred Partners Program was one of the tasks we were assigned, and it was a competition with the interns from the other Ohio