NHFA Retailer of the Year
Coconis Furniture & Mattress 1st was selected for their outstanding contributions to the home furnishings industry, exemplary service to the community and personal business achievements.
NHFA’s prestigious Retailer of the Year Award is presented annually at the Spring High Point Market Furniture Industry Awards Gala.
Coconis Furniture & Mattress 1st's Story
In 1972 Randy Coconis began working for his father in the Zanesville, Ohio based family furniture business full time just out of high school.
He began his career on the delivery truck and then moved into sales and eventually into management.
Due to a sudden serious illness that his father suffered, Randy began managing the store in 1981.
Five years later after his father’s passing; he became owners with his brother, Paul Jr.
Under Randy’s leadership Coconis Furniture has grown from six employees to ninety and is one of Ohio’s largest independent furniture retailers.
The store’s showroom has grown from 5,000 square feet to now over 70,000 square feet.
A modern 30,000 square foot warehouse was constructed in 2005 and in 2010 a second satellite store was opened featuring a mattress and reclining furniture gallery.
In 2014 a free standing, full line furniture and mattress store named, Coconis Furniture & Mattress 1 st , was opened in Heath, OH.
Randy is a past recipient of Ohio’s “Furniture Retailer of the Year”, past Treasurer of the “Ohio Home Furnishings Association”, serves on the board of “Furniture First” buying group, and currently sits on the board of the “North American Home Furnishings Association.”
In his hometown of Zanesville, Ohio, Randy sponsors and is involved in many community activities and charity organizations such as, The Muskingum Valley Red Cross, Sertoma and Autism charities including the local annual “Tee it up for Autism” golf outing held each June.
He also participates in local recycling center and disaster victim relief donations.
Randy is also the founder of the Coconis Family Endowment Fund established with the Muskingum County Community Foundation.
In 2011, Randy received the prestigious Dick Johnson Community Service Award presented by the Muskingum County Community Foundation.
Randy is proud to have his two sons, Chad and Kyle (Bo) involved in the family business, making them the fourth generation who are innovating and growing the business.
Coconis Furniture attributes its success to the dedicated help and enthusiasm of its many valued employees, some of whom have been with the company for over twenty years.
