Berk’s Furniture & Mattress Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary and Unveils New Outlet

Hackettstown’s Berk’s Furniture & Mattress on January 15th unveiled a new, additional location at Main Street.

“We were just in an expansion stage and, realizing we only have so much space here, we have a whole demographic of clientele that we'd like to be able to offer all different prices to and all different styles to,” says Amy Berkowitz, third generation and co-owner of Berks Furniture & Mattress with her brother, Justin. “We just didn't have the space to do it here. So, when (the location of) Old Home Town Hardware became available, we jumped on it to be able to offer an outlet to have some lower priced, all in-stock goods available for immediate delivery.”

“I think we're all still in the COVID challenge right now as an industry,” Berkowitz says, who also states that Berk’s changed their entire business model due to the pandemic. “That's another reason we needed more space, we're stocking everything. So basically, everything that we show in the main store on Mountain Avenue and the outlet is stocked for immediate delivery. We still are special ordering, and that's still available for customers, and we're actually stocking our special-order furniture, believe it or not, because of the quality. You can't really find that in readily available furniture, but it's still able to be special ordered.”

The new outlet is 15,000 square feet, and the Mountain Avenue store is 18,000 square feet. “We are independent business owners that are growing, and we're committed to Hackettstown and are committed to growing within Hackettstown,” Berkowitz affirms. “We have tons of furniture in stock for immediate delivery, and now with a second location, we're able to provide all different prices and all different styles to suit everyone's needs.”

Clients have followed the Berkowitz family for over half a century. Berkowitz’s grandfather had a store in Washington which he started in the 1930’s, and her dad, uncle, and cousin owned the Hackettstown Trading Post that was afterwards on Main Street for 53 years. The outlet store is a return to Main Street. “There's always planning, and we're always talking about the chance of expansion further, but we're really happy with having two stores in Hackettstown and being able to still be present in them,” Berkowitz says. “One of us (her or Justin) is always here. We're always on the floor. We're happy to work with customers and see them, and it's a great thing.”

They key to the Berk’s Furniture & Mattress success is reliability. “What we really try to do is do the best possible job that we can do within our operations,” Berkowitz confirms. “Our customer service is great, our delivery is all in house, and we own our own trucks, so our delivery team works for us directly so we can make sure that everything runs smooth.”

Berk’s Furniture & Mattress is located at 320 Mountain Avenue, and the Berk’s Furniture & Mattress Outlet is at 232 Main Street, both in Hackettstown. Call (908) 269-8725 or visit www.berksfurnituremattress.com.