Atlanta, GA (July 2010) - S.P. Richards Company has announced the launch of a new furniture program providing dealers streamlined order fulfillment, expedited shipping and factory-direct pricing on thousands of additional furniture items. The new program features an expanded offering from leading furniture manufacturers such as Eurotech, 9 to 5, Legacy, Artopex, Group Lacasse, United Chair, Maxon, Mayline, DMI, Marvel, Boss, Virco, and Sandusky. Orders can be placed electronically and product shipments consolidated across multiple vendors and delivered in one shipment in just 7-10 business days. The FurnitureAdvantage™ program will be supported by a special catalog in both print and online formats as well as additional marketing resources developed to help participating dealers showcase their expanded offering.
Dennis Arnold, S.P. Richards Company VP of Furniture commented on the program launch, “This exciting program has the potential to drive significant furniture volume for our dealers with no additional inventory investment on their part. In fact, we’re taking costs out of the equation by streamlining the order fulfillment process. FurnitureAdvantage™ puts all the elements in place to position a dealer as the go-to furniture resource for all of their customers’ office furniture and accessory needs.”
S.P. Richards Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Genuine Parts Company (GPC: NYSE), distributes a wide spectrum of business products to office products resellers throughout the U.S. and Canada. These products include consumable office supplies, office furniture, computer supplies, consumer electronics, cleaning and breakroom supplies from all of the major industry manufacturers. S.P. Richards Company markets several private label lines under the brand names of Lorell, Integra, Sparco, Genuine Joe, Nature Saver, Compucessory, Elite Image and Business Source. The company operates 44 Distribution Centers in the United States and Canada.
Genuine Parts Company is a distributor of automotive replacement parts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The Company also distributes industrial replacement parts in the U.S. and Canada through its Motion Industries subsidiary. S. P. Richards Company, the Office Products Group, distributes business products nationwide in the U.S. and in Canada. The Electrical/Electronic Group, EIS, Inc., distributes electrical and electronic components throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Genuine Parts Company had 2009 revenues of $10.1 billion. Visit www.sprichards.com for information or www.iteminfo.com
