Opening of Style Library Showroom

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Walker Greenbank PLC

05 July 2017

 

For immediate release

5 July 2017

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WALKER GREENBANK PLC

("Walker Greenbank" or the "Company")

Opening of Style Library Showroom

Walker Greenbank PLC (AIM: WGB), the luxury interior furnishings group, is pleased to announce the opening today of a new showroom at the Design Centre Chelsea Harbour for Style Library, the Company's initiative to bring together its portfolio of brands.

Style Library, which includes the Zoffany, Harlequin, Sanderson, Morris & Co, Scion and Anthology brands, was launched three years ago as a website, www.stylelibrary.com, enabling users to experiment with different combinations of products and to order samples online.

The Style Library showroom comprises 280 square metres in London's Design Centre Chelsea Harbour and it seeks to offer the widest and most diverse range of the Company's wallpapers, fabrics and paints in one place.

The Style Library showroom replaces the brands' individual showrooms at Chelsea Harbour and is in addition to the Company's showrooms in New York, Paris, Dubai and Amsterdam. A showroom in Chicago is expected to open later this year and the Company also has partnership showrooms in Moscow and Shenzhen, China.

John Sach, Walker Greenbank's Chief Executive, said: "Style Library is an exciting initiative to bring together our portfolio of brands. It started in 2014 with the Style Library website and we are now delighted to announce the opening of our first Style Library showroom at the Design Centre Chelsea Harbour. This flagship showroom marks the first time that we have showcased our brands' wallpapers, fabrics and paints in one space. The objective of Style Library, both in the showroom and online, is to promote our brands as accessibly as possible to designers, stockists and consumers."

For further information:

Walker Greenbank PLC	[phone]
John Sach, Chief Executive Mike Gant, Chief Financial Officer
Caroline Geary, Company Secretary
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker)	[phone]
Garry Levin / David Anderson / Alex Wright - Corporate Finance
Henry Reast - Corporate Broking
Buchanan	[phone]
Mark Court / Sophie Cowles / Catriona Flint

Notes for editors:

About Walker Greenbank

Walker Greenbank PLC is a luxury interior furnishings company that designs, manufactures and markets wallpapers, fabrics and paints. In addition, the Company derives significant licensing income from the use of its designs on a wide range of interior products such as bed linen, rugs and tableware.

Walker Greenbank's brands include Sanderson, Morris & Co, Harlequin, Zoffany, Scion and Anthology. The brand portfolio was extended with the acquisition of the Clarke & Clarke and Studio G brands in October 2016.

The Company has a strong UK manufacturing base comprising a wallpaper factory in Loughborough and a fabric printing factory in Lancaster. Both factories manufacture for the Company and for other wallpaper and fabric brands.

Walker Greenbank employs more than 600 people and its products are sold in more than 85 countries worldwide. It has showrooms in London, New York, Paris, Amsterdam and Dubai along with partnership showrooms in Moscow and in Shenzhen, China.

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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