BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Demandware®, Inc. (NYSE: DWRE), a leader in on-demand ecommerce, today announced that Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (NYSE: ETH), a leading interior design company and manufacturer and retailer of quality home furnishings, will leverage the Demandware Commerce platform as the digital foundation of its global expansion strategy. Ethan Allen recently launched its first site on the Demandware platform in Canada to coincide with the grand opening of its first Design Center in Montreal. Ethan Allen plans to re-launch its U.S. ecommerce site with Demandware in 2013 in addition to site launches in other countries including Europe to support its new design center in Brussels.
“We are focused on growing our global business by generating awareness for our brand including where we do not yet have brick and mortar locations. Our expanded online presence, powered by Demandware, will help us reach more customers to raise awareness of the Ethan Allen brand, while also driving traffic into our international Design Centers,” said Farooq Kathwari, Chairman and CEO of Ethan Allen. “With Demandware, we can roll out sites quickly across the globe and deliver the high level of customer service for which Ethan Allen is known.”
Beyond the extensive capabilities that enable global operations on a single instance, the new Ethan Allen sites will incorporate a number of features to enhance the shopping experience. Each country specific site will also provide local currency pricing and offer multiple language options for the customer.
“Demandware is excited to have a company such as Ethan Allen using the Demandware platform. With our platform, companies have the capabilities necessary to move into new markets fast, without sacrificing the integrity and quality of their brand experience,” said Tom Ebling, CEO of Demandware.
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 300 Design Centers in the United States and abroad. Ethan Allen owns and operates eight manufacturing facilities including six manufacturing facilities in the United States plus a plant in Mexico and one in Honduras. Approximately seventy percent of its products are made in its North American plants. For more information on Ethan Allen's products and services, visit ethanallen.com.
About Demandware
Demandware (NYSE: DWRE) is a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) ecommerce solutions that enable companies to easily design, implement and manage their own customized ecommerce sites, including websites, mobile applications and other digital storefronts. Customers use our highly scalable and integrated Demandware Commerce platform to more easily launch and manage multiple ecommerce sites, initiate marketing campaigns more quickly, and improve ecommerce traffic. For more information about Demandware, visit www.demandware.com, call 1-888-553-9216 or email info@demandware.com.
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