{"id":379256,"date":"2022-11-09T06:06:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T20:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=379256"},"modified":"2022-11-09T06:06:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T20:06:05","slug":"blackwood-now-calls-gualo-rai-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/blackwood-now-calls-gualo-rai-new-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackwood now calls  Gualo Rai new home"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_379272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-379272\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Blackwood-pix-22.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-379272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blackwood is now located at the old H-Mart Building along Middle Road in Gualo Rai.  (Mark Rabago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blackwood is going downtown after the furniture store relocated from Koblerville to Gualo Rai last September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe decided to move to an area with more traffic coming through, better visibility, and a bigger space,\u201d said manager Dayoung Chung.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the new digs have been a boon for the three-year-old furniture store as they\u2019ve been getting a steady flow of customers since reopening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusiness is going great so far. We have many items and customers coming in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Chung said unlike the Koblerville store, the Gual Rai location is more accessible because of its more central location and because it\u2019s in one of the main thoroughfares of Saipan, they get a lot of first-time customers\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Gualo Rai location is better because it is easier for people to find. We have more customers come in and more space to display items. First-time customers visit us out of curiosity because they pass by and notice our sign. Regular customers enjoy the new location because it is bigger and easier to spot,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_379271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-379271\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Blackwood-pix-11-300x225.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-379271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The relocated furniture store has new shoe cabinets, gaming tables, entertainment centers, picture frames, umbrellas, desks, drawers, and patio items such as hammock stands. (Mark Rabago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The move to Gualo Rai and the larger space also means Blackwood gets to offer more items to the public.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur new showroom is bigger 30%. And thankfully we also have a bigger warehouse to stock all the items with various\u00a0 options. We have new shoe cabinets, gaming tables, entertainment centers, and picture frames, etc\u2026We have patio items such as hammock stands, umbrellas, and more options of our items which are desks, drawers, cabinets, and shoe cabinets, etc.,\u201d said Chung.<\/p>\n<p>Blackwood currently has no ongoing promotions, but the community should expect discounts as the countdown to the Christmas season draws closer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don&#8217;t have any promotions at the moment. But if we have promotions, we will post them, so please stay tuned to our social media (Facebook, Instagram),\u201d added Chung.<\/p>\n<p>Blackwood is located at the old H-Mart Building along Middle Road in Gualo Rai. It\u2019s open 11am-6pm from Monday to Saturday and closed on Sunday. For more information, call (670) 233-6708, email blackwood6708@gmail.com, Facebook at Facebook.com\/blackwoodsaipan, and Instagram at Instagram.com\/blackwood_saipan6708. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackwood is going downtown after the furniture store relocated from Koblerville to Gualo Rai last&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":379273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-379256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-gualo-rai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}