14 Aug 2015 07:00
14 August 2015 |
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WALKER GREENBANK PLC
("Walker Greenbank" or "the Company")
Sanderson Collaboration with Pure Digital Radio
Walker Greenbank PLC (AIM: WGB), the luxury interior furnishings group whose brands include Sanderson, Morris & Co., Harlequin, Zoffany, Scion and Anthology, is pleased to announce that its Sanderson brand has collaborated with consumer electronics manufacturer Pure to produce designer digital radios featuring Sanderson prints.
The Pure Evoke digital radios, which are being launched in store and online today, are available in Sanderson's Chelsea and Dandelion Clocks designs, two of the brand's most iconic and successful designs.
Chelsea, which was originally designed in the 1950s, is one of Sanderson's classic floral prints. The retro Dandelion Clocks was designed in 2008 and is one of Sanderson's biggest-ever selling designs.
The Sanderson Pure radios are available exclusively through John Lewis and online from Pure. Further details will be available at Pure's website at this link: http://www.pure.com/digital-radio.
Nick Hucker, Pure's Senior Director of Global Marketing, said: "Sanderson is a fantastic addition to our designer digital radio range. Both brands pride themselves on their British heritage and quality so this partnership is a perfect fit and we think our customers will really love both design options."
John Sach, Walker Greenbank's Chief Executive, commented: "This is an excellent collaboration which brings our Sanderson brand together with the innovative consumer electronics brand Pure. This collaboration is another positive step in our licensing strategy which is taking the Company's designs into lifestyle products and helping to drive further consumer awareness of our brands."
For further information:
Walker Greenbank PLC | +44 (0) 844 543 4668 |
John Sach, Chief Executive Mike Gant, Chief Financial Officer | |
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 / Helen Chan / Sophie Cowles |
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About Walker Greenbank
Walker Greenbank PLC is a luxury interior furnishings company that designs, manufactures and markets wallpapers and fabrics together with a wide range of ancillary interior products. The Company's brand portfolio - comprising Sanderson, Morris & Co, Harlequin, Zoffany, Scion and Anthology - spans heritage and contemporary design and its products are sold in 85 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, Amsterdam 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/
About Pure
Pure is a world leading consumer electronics manufacturer and leads the way in music streaming and radio systems, multiroom audio and entertainment cloud services with the Pure Connect portal www.pureconnect.com as well as innovating in new areas. Designed and engineered in the UK, all of Pure's products are manufactured with the environment in mind and at ethically audited facilities. Pure is a division of Imagination Technologies Group plc. See www.pure.com.