SANDERSON DESIGN GROUP
PLC
("Sanderson Design Group", the "Company" or the
"Group")
Collaboration to launch
online shop for Morris & Co.
Sanderson Design Group PLC (AIM: SDG), the luxury interior design and furnishings group,
is pleased to announce a direct-to-consumer collaboration in which
Morris & Co. wallpapers, fabrics and licensed products will be
made available from a dedicated online shop serving customers in
the UK, USA and other countries worldwide.
This online collaboration is in line
with the Group's strategy of identifying e-commerce opportunities,
building brand equity and expediting international
growth.
The Morris & Co. online shop
will be launched in the second half of CY2024 and will be developed
and operated in collaboration with Design Online Limited ("Design
Online"), a business created by the leading internet retailer Jane
Clayton and Company.
Design Online was founded in October
2020 to develop and operate the Scion brand's online shop,
www.scionliving.com,
which was launched in 2021 as the Group's
first direct-to-consumer initiative. The success achieved by Scion,
the Group's smallest brand, via the Scionliving.com website
highlights the significant potential for an online shop for the
much bigger and internationally recognised brand of Morris &
Co.
This online collaboration creates
the opportunity to showcase the full range of Morris & Co.
products, including selected homewares alongside core wallpapers,
fabrics and paints, and to become a focal point internationally for
devotees of William Morris, who founded Morris & Co. in
1861.
In common with the Scion Living
website, the Morris & Co. site will provide a made-to-measure
service for curtains and blinds, which will be offered first in the
UK and then in the USA shortly afterwards.
Bertie Clayton, Managing Director of Jane Clayton and Company
and Design Online, said: "Interest
in William Morris' iconic designs and remarkable story remains very
strong around the world, presenting an opportunity for an online
channel to attract new customers to Morris & Co. and connect
directly with the brand's existing global following. We are
thrilled to be collaborating with Sanderson Design Group to deliver
and support a specialised online store for Morris &
Co."
Lisa Montague, Sanderson Design Group's Chief Executive
Officer, said: "We are delighted to
be deepening our relationship with the team at Jane Clayton and
Company on the development of this exciting new website for the
Morris & Co. brand. This dedicated online shop will provide an
important online route to market, with the objective of bringing
more international customers to this iconic Arts & Crafts brand
and cementing Morris & Co.'s position as the home of William
Morris."
For
further information:
Sanderson Design Group PLC
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c/o Buchanan +44 (0) 20 7466
5000
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Lisa Montague, Chief Executive
Officer
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Mike Woodcock, Chief Financial
Officer
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Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Joint
Broker)
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+44 (0) 20 7597
5970
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David Anderson / Ben Farrow / Lydia
Zychowska
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Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker)
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+44 (0) 20 7496
3000
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Tom Salvesen / Jen Boorer / James
Todd
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Buchanan
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+44 (0) 20 7466
5000
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Mark Court / Sophie Wills /
Toto Berger / Abigail Gilchrist
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SDG@buchanan.uk.com
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Notes for editors:
About Sanderson Design Group
Sanderson Design Group PLC is a
luxury interior furnishings company that designs, manufactures and
markets wallpapers, fabrics and paints. In addition, the Company
derives licensing income from the use of its designs on a wide
range of products such as bed and bath collections, rugs, blinds
and tableware.
Sanderson Design Group's brands
include Zoffany, Sanderson, Morris & Co., Harlequin, Clarke
& Clarke and Scion.
The Company has a strong UK
manufacturing base comprising Anstey wallpaper factory in
Loughborough and Standfast & Barracks a fabric printing
factory, in Lancaster. Both sites manufacture for the Company and
for other wallpaper and fabric brands.
Sanderson Design Group employs
approximately 600 people, and its products are sold worldwide. It
has showrooms in London, New York, Chicago and
Amsterdam.
Sanderson Design Group trades on the
AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
SDG.
For further information please
visit: www.sandersondesigngroup.com