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Idaho retailer wins $250,000 in Vegas market drawing

Celebrity host Robin Leach presents the prize

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, January 31, 2008

LAS VEGAS – Tim Koerner of Koerner Furniture said he was already having a good market but it got excellent in a hurry Wednesday.

The Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, retailer won the $250,000 grand prize in the Las Vegas Market’s Fashion 500 Runway Rewards. Fifty finalists and a crowd of onlookers gathered in the Building B Atrium Wednesday evening for the big announcement.

Celebrity host Robin Leach, of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” led a countdown until Koerner’s name flashed on a pair of TV screens. The smiling Koerner, 38, a single-store, full-line retailer, took the stage with Leach and World Market Center CEO Bob Maricich.

At Leach’s prodding, Koerner called his wife, Kerry, on a cell phone but hung up when she didn’t answer.

“You didn’t leave a message,” Leach asked. A WMC spokesperson said Koerner will get the money in a lump sum --- not installments.

“I’m flabbergasted – I’m excited,” said Koerner about his win.

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