Scion Homeware Collaboration with NEXT

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Walker Greenbank PLC

05 March 2020

 

5 March 2020

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WALKER GREENBANK PLC

("Walker Greenbank" or the "Company")

Scion homeware collaboration with NEXT

Walker Greenbank PLC  (AIM: WGB), the luxury interior furnishings group, is pleased to announce that its Scion brand has secured a licensing collaboration with major retailer NEXT, which will see NEXT create and sell an extensive range of homeware, nursery and fashion items. Launching in July this year, the range will be available both online at NEXT.CO.UK and in selected NEXT stores.

Scion is the Company's youthful and vibrant brand, featuring clean Scandinavian-inspired designs and animal characters.

This collaboration with NEXT includes cushions, curtains, rugs, wall art, lighting, bedlinen, nightwear and fashion accessories in four different design themes. In addition, the range includes two nursery collections featuring Scion's Mr Fox and the stylised bird Lintu.

The collaboration is structured in part as a licensing deal and in part as a wholesale supply agreement.

Lisa Montague, Walker Greenbank's Chief Executive Officer, said: "We are delighted to be working with NEXT and to be collaborating on our shared vision for the homewares market. Scion marks the first Walker Greenbank brand to jointly develop bespoke design solutions to appeal to NEXT consumers and we look forward to the commercial launch of the range in July this year."

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For further information:

Walker Greenbank PLC	[phone]
Lisa Montague, Chief Executive Officer Michael Williamson, Chief Financial Officer Caroline Geary, Company Secretary
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker)	[phone]
David Anderson / Henry Reast / Alex Wright
Buchanan	[phone]
Mark Court / Toto Berger / Charlotte Slater

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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 Zoffany, Sanderson, Morris & Co, Harlequin, Scion and Clarke & Clarke.

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 650 people and its products are sold in more than 85 countries worldwide. It has showrooms in London, New York, Chicago, Paris and Dubai.

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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