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High-quality and innovative furniture is an investment for a lifetime for both households as well as commercials. With the Sri Lankan furniture industry highly evolving, Ashley Furniture HomeStore opened its first architecturally designed 10,000 square-foot showroom, owned and operated by licensee D’Décor.
Located in Colombo 5, the store named ‘Heritage House’ includes the latest casual lifestyle elements and complete home furniture room settings down to the final detail of table lamps and area rugs. An official from D’Décor commented “With just a few hours after the opening the response has been tremendous. We’re proud to serve the Sri Lankan market being the number one furniture store brand and we look forward to earning their loyalty and trust.”
“Ashley Furniture HomeStore provides an amazing selection of home furnishings and industry-leading values that translate into real savings and a new level of convenience for our customers. Ashley Furniture HomeStore is a brand name that people have come to trust. This trust has led to its growth into one of the number-one selling furniture store brands in the world and we plan to continue that tradition in Colombo with the first HomeStore with more planned in the future,” he further stated.
Ashley is an American furniture brand established in 1945 and brings over 70 years of innovation and experience to Sri Lanka. It offers one of the industry’s broadest product assortments to retail partners in 123 countries with over 575 Ashley Furniture HomeStore locations and Sri Lanka joins to its latest addition.
Ashley has become an industry leader as a manufacturer of quality furniture products and today it holds the title as the largest ‘World Class Furniture Manufacturer’ in addition to being the number one selling brand of home furniture in North America.
Additionally, the store has also signed up as the sole licensee for Crestview Collection. With more than 30 years of experience in creative style, colours and materials, Crestview brings together a tremendous selection of beautiful items for home décor trough its tradition of innovative designs, outstanding products coupled with competitive pricing. It continues to expand and innovate in decorative lighting, accessories, accent furniture and wall décor which can be witnessed in its latest 2015 Home Décor Collection.
Whilst Sri Lanka’s furniture industry especially the wood-based manufacturing sector is highly dependent on exports, the evolving consumer demands locally towards adapting a western culture exhibits a lucrative market for global brands.
The store features bedroom, dining room, upholstery, motion upholstery, leather, occasional tables, entertainment centres, home office, youth bedroom, recliners, mattresses, lamps, accent pillows, throws, area rugs and accessories.