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New Brand Websites and Style Library Launch

15 Apr 2014 07:00

RNS Number : 8038E
Walker Greenbank PLC
15 April 2014
 

For immediate release

15 April 2014

 

 

WALKER GREENBANK PLC

("Walker Greenbank" or "the Company")

 

Relaunches Brand Websites and Introduces Style Library

 

 

Walker Greenbank plc (AIM: WGB), the luxury interior furnishings group whose brands include Sanderson, Morris & Co., Harlequin, Zoffany and Scion, announces a major upgrade to its online presence through the launch of five industry-leading websites for each of its brands plus the imminent launch of an entirely new website, Style Library, which will showcase all of the Company's products on one highly functional site.

 

The launch of Style Library is part of a £400,000 investment made during the past 12 months in the Company's online presence, aimed at making the Company's products as accessible as possible to designers, stockists and consumers. The functionality of the sites allows users to experiment with different combinations of products and to order samples online, with Style Library offering the facility to search across all of the brands on one site.

 

The websites are scalable for future business growth and will reinforce Walker Greenbank's leadership position in the UK and further its international growth strategy. The technology behind the websites is integrated into the Company's central IT system and will support B2B e-commerce, which the Company is in the early stages of introducing in the US.

 

The relaunched Sanderson, Morris & Co, Harlequin, Zoffany and Scion websites are already live at www.sanderson-uk.com/, www.william-morris.co.uk/, www.harlequin.uk.com/, www.zoffany.com/ and www.scion.uk.com/.The Style Library website, www.stylelibrary.com, will be launched in the coming week.

 

All of the websites are optimised for use on PCs, tablets and smartphones - including the three platforms, iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

 

John Sach, Walker Greenbank's Chief Executive, said: "We have made a significant investment of £400,000 to transform our presence online. Customers can now view our products, experiment with different designs and order samples online on any device from a PC to a smartphone. We are particularly excited by the Style Library website as it marks the first time that all our brands and products have been accessible in the same place online.

 

"The new websites are integrated into the Company's central IT system, which was launched in January last year after a substantial investment in our IT platform. The new websites have the functionality for B2B e-commerce, which we believe could have considerable potential in our planned expansion in the US."

 

 

For further information:

 

Walker Greenbank PLC

+44 (0) 844 543 4668

John Sach, Chief Executive 

Mike Gant, Chief Financial Officer

Caroline Geary, Company Secretary

Investec Bank plc

+44 (0) 20 7597 5970

Garry Levin / David Anderson - Nominated Adviser

Henry Reast - Corporate Broking

Buchanan

+44 (0) 20 7466 5000

Mark Court / Fiona Henson / Sophie Cowles

 

 

Notes for editors:

 

About Walker Greenbank

 

Walker Greenbank PLC is a luxury interior furnishings company that designs, manufactures and markets wallpapers and fabrics. The Company's brand portfolio - comprising Sanderson, Morris & Co, Harlequin, Zoffany and Scion - spans heritage and contemporary design and its products are sold in more than 75 countries worldwide. The Company derives significant licensing income from the use of its designs in lifestyle products such as bed linen, rugs and tableware.

 

The Company employs more than 600 people and has showrooms in London, New York, Paris and Dubai along with partnership showrooms in Moscow and in Shenzhen, China. Its UK manufacturing base, which includes a wallpaper factory in Loughborough and a fabric printing factory in Lancaster, manufactures product both for the Company and for other wallpaper and fabric brands. Continued investment in manufacturing has allowed the Company to offer a wide range of printing techniques.

 

Walker Greenbank trades on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WGB.

 

For further information please visit: www.walkergreenbank.com/

 

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