Markham Furniture

Bill Rizk has spent 33 years in the furniture manufacturing business, including 15 years as plant manager at Barrymore Furniture, makers of some of Canada’s finest sofas.

In 1998, Bill decided to take the wealth of knowledge he had accumulated over the years and open his own furniture manufacturing and retail company, Markham Furniture.

His plan: to manufacture quality upholstered furniture and sell direct to the public at far more affordable prices than what customers would pay at fine furniture stores.

“Since its inception Markham Furniture has been providing discriminating shoppers with an unbeatable level of quality and craftmanship at a reasonable price,” says Bill.

Markham Furniture sells a wide range of upholstered products, such as sofas, chairs, love seats, chaise lounges, sectionals, sofa beds, and ottomans.

The furniture has outstanding quality and workmanship. All sofas are built with solid hardwood frames, constructed with eight-way hand-tied coil springs and padded with high-density foam.

“We also do re-upholstery,” says Bill. “Customers bring us good furniture they don’t want to throw out and we will re-upholster it for them at a far less the cost of buying new.”

Markham Furniture has two locations, 1020 Denison St. in Markham, which also serves as their manufacturing plant, and another retail outlet at 3335 Yonge St. in uptown Toronto.

Bill uses Allstream for his phone services at both locations and recently decided to install high speed Internet at the stores. He checked around and decided Allstream Small Business’ phone + Internet bundles offered the most competitive rate and the most value for his money.

“Some other providers offer lower introductory offers for the first few months but I don’t believe in that -- the price I pay today should be the price I pay six months from now,” explains Bill. “Allstream Small Business offers an ongoing low price.”

The Phone + Net 1 package, which Bill chose, includes high speed Internet service with e-mail accounts and web access, two phone lines plus 1,000 U.S. and Canadian long distance minutes, for one low monthly fee.

Bill wanted an additional phone line at each location, but this didn’t require moving up to a more expensive bundle with more services than he may necessarily need. Instead, Allstream Small Business recognizes that each company is unique and has distinct communications requirements, so customers can design their own package of services, by adding on to their bundle and purchasing individual features.

“The bundles also make it easier from an invoicing point of view because I have only one bill for my phone, long distance and Internet services,” says Bill.

“Allstream Small Business caters to the need of small companies, which many of their competitors don’t do. They understand that smaller businesses have to be very efficient in how they conduct their business. They help my company maintain its competitive edge.”