Douglas Furniture of California Announces Lease Agreement with World Market Center(SM) for Showroom in Phase II

Furniture World Magazine

Douglas Furniture of California, LLC recently signed a lease agreement with World Market Center for a 23,000 square foot showroom in Phase II of World Market Center Las Vegas(SM.) Douglas Furniture’s new 10th floor showroom will be located in Building B; the second phase of World Market Center(SM) scheduled for completion in early 2007. Douglas will also be an exhibiting company at the Grand Opening of Las Vegas Market this July, taking approximately 9,000 square feet in the World Pavilions(SM) located adjacent to Building A. Douglas Furniture has a reputation for quality craftsmanship for over a century with products ranging from complete dining room collections to leather and fabric sofas, recliners and office chairs. ”We are excited about joining World Market Center and the opportunity to showcase our new great furniture for great rooms concept that includes a line of home theatre and dining room furnishings. WMC enables us to reach out to dealers to create awareness of our product line which offers better styling, faster delivery, and container direct programs. Our mission is to create a competitive advantage by leveraging our low cost structure with the best of global imports to develop and market fashionable motion, stationary, and dining products for traditional furniture channels,” said Robert McDonald, CEO of Douglas Furniture. World Market Center(SM) officials are proud to have Douglas Furniture join the growing list of top furniture manufacturers with showrooms at Las Vegas Market(SM.) Babs Blair, Director of Leasing for World Market Center(SM) commented, “Douglas Furniture has a reputation for providing quality products and we are excited they will join us in Phase II. Douglas is a tremendous company and their presence at World Market Center(SM) reinforces the commitment leading manufacturers have made to making Las Vegas Market(SM) a success.” Las Vegas Market(SM) will hold its first Market in Las Vegas from July 25-29, 2005. The debut event will encompass nearly 2.5 million square feet of permanent and temporary exhibits showcasing furniture, decorative accessories, lighting, bedding, area rugs, and related segments, as well as a Design Center open year-round to the trade. About Douglas Furniture Douglas Furniture is headquartered in Redondo Beach, California and manufactures in a 1,000,000 square foot facility near the California border in Mexico. A pioneer and longtime industry leader in the casual dining category, Douglas has been crafting quality home furnishings for more than a century. Douglas also manufactures a full line of motion upholstery, leather motion upholstery, stationary upholstery and an assortment of correlating occasional tables, game tables and parson’s chairs. For more information, visit Douglas online at http://www.douglasfurniture.com.