REG - Sanderson Design Grp - Collaboration for online shop for Morris & Co.

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11/03/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 2504G  Sanderson Design Group PLC  11 March 2024

                                         11
     March 2024

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 (http://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                                   c/o Buchanan +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
 Lisa Montague, Chief Executive Officer
 Mike Woodcock, Chief Financial Officer

 Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)       +44 (0) 20 7597 5970
 David Anderson / Ben Farrow / Lydia Zychowska

 Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker)                        +44 (0) 20 7496 3000
 Tom Salvesen / Jen Boorer / James Todd

 Buchanan                                                     +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
 Mark Court / Sophie Wills / Toto Berger / Abigail Gilchrist
 SDG@buchanan.uk.com (mailto:SDG@buchanan.uk.com)

 

 

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
(http://www.sandersondesigngroup.com)

 

 

 

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