Ethan Allen “Taps In” to Touch Screen Technology
November 23 2010 - 11:50AM
Business Wire
Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (NYSE: ETH)—the brand synonymous with
fashion-forward, quality-made home furnishings and
accessories—announces the rollout of new, interactive touch screens
to participating Ethan Allen Design Centers nationwide. The touch
screens have been designed to further enhance the client experience
at Ethan Allen retail locations.
“Ethan Allen has been a design-focused brand for nearly 80
years. Most of our furniture is made to order and approximately 70%
of it is made in the United States. We continually look for ways to
enhance the client experience and now we’re putting the world of
Ethan Allen at their fingertips on touch screens in our Design
Centers,” said Ethan Allen’s Chairman, President and CEO, Farooq
Kathwari. “We are pleased to bring this new technology to
participating Ethan Allen locations nationwide, and we invite
everyone to come in to a Design Center and experience it
themselves.”
With the rollout of the screens, Ethan Allen continues to make
significant investments in its technology infrastructure. The touch
screens, which were tested over the last year in Design Centers in
Danbury, Connecticut, Raleigh, North Carolina and Las Vegas, Nevada
were given high marks from clients and design staff. In addition to
their use as a full-catalog, content-rich resource, the screens
provide a fun, accessible, intuitive means to see products and
information differently – changing out fabrics and finishes on
upholstery in a flash, for example. The touch screens are also
useful for the feedback they provide, enabling Ethan Allen to
support and anticipate the needs of its retail locations quickly
and accurately.
Design Centers designed for the size of each market, with
reduced operating costs and lower investment in display inventory,
have been key to recent retail expansion in the company. Displaying
less demands displaying smart. The incorporation of touch screens,
combined with the company’s other technologies, opens market
expansion possibilities worldwide.
About Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. is a leading interior design company
and manufacturer and retailer of quality home furnishings. The
company offers free interior design service to its clients and
sells a full range of furniture products and decorative accessories
through ethanallen.com and a network of approximately 280 Design
Centers in the United States and abroad. Ethan Allen owns and
operates seven manufacturing facilities in North America, including
five manufacturing plants and one sawmill in the United States and
one manufacturing plant in Mexico. Approximately seventy percent of
its products are made in its United States plants. For more
information on Ethan Allen’s products and services, visit
ethanallen.com
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