ZEELAND, Mich., Sept. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Herman Miller
(NASDAQ: MLHR), the global design leader and recognized
provider of furnishings and related technologies and
services, is pleased to announce it will expand its retail
presence this fall with the unveiling of its first concept stores
completely dedicated to high-performance task chairs and products
that support the home office. Following a
record-breaking summer with Herman Miller Retail – the retail arm
of Herman Miller comprised of Herman Miller, Design Within Reach
and HAY – reporting its strongest quarterly financial performance
to date, the first stores are slated to
open in late Fall 2020.
"We are excited to reveal our first retail destinations
dedicated to offering customers the opportunity to explore the
quality and breadth of Herman Miller's work from home solutions
firsthand," says Debbie Propst,
President of Herman Miller Retail. "We are currently seeing
unprecedented sales across these categories. The stores are a
direct response to our collective need, which has been building
over time and heightened by the pandemic, for more versatile home
environments and our customer's desire to test drive
these highly-considered products in person."
The on-demand economy has driven a trend towards workplace
flexibility for decades with 84% of the
United States' remote workforce largely working from home,
according to a 2019 Buffer.com study.
"The office will always remain important, but a more
distributed workforce – and the impact of COVID-19 –
is accelerating this paradigm shift quite broadly, thus
increasing the need of our domestic spaces to support
evolving day-to-day work and life behaviors," says
Propst.
Each store will feature Herman Miller's iconic home office
product categories, including the brand's award-winning performance
seating chairs that are built with features to support long-lasting
health-positive benefits — from pressure distributions and
individualized adjustment capabilities, to inclusive sizing and
breathable suspension materiality, which contribute to healthy
circulation, postural alignment and overall comfort.
At Herman Miller every product idea begins with research,
and the exploration and insights of
this research ultimately leads to problem-solving,
human-centered design.
"Just as the mattress industry has done a great job of educating
the general public on the benefits of a good night's
sleep, our goal is to drive home the science of
sitting well – and how the effects
of research-driven ergonomic
solutions ultimately improve one's well-being and
day-to-day performance," says Propst.
Continues Propst: "Herman Miller is committed to making
inspiring designs that help people do great things. Optimizing the
well-being of our customers is at the center of what we do. We are
looking forward to helping store visitors make more informed
purchasing decisions so they can sit more comfortably
and live a more balanced and productive life."
The first stores are expected to open in late
Fall 2020 with more announcements to
follow.
For more information on Herman Miller's Work From Home product
offering, please
visit https://www.hermanmiller.com/work-from-home/
About Herman Miller
Herman Miller is a globally recognized leader in design. Since its
inception in 1905, the company's innovative, problem-solving
designs and furnishings have inspired the best in people wherever
they live, work, learn, heal, and play. In 2018, Herman Miller
created Herman Miller Group, a purposefully selected,
complementary family of brands that includes Colebrook
Bosson Saunders, Design Within Reach, Geiger, HAY, Maars Living
Walls, Maharam, naughtone, and Nemschoff. Guided by a
shared purpose—design for the good of humankind—Herman Miller Group
shapes places that matter for customers while contributing
to a more equitable and sustainable future for
all. For more information
visit www.hermanmiller.com/about-us.
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SOURCE Herman Miller, Inc.