Ethan Allen Expands Contract Business
DANBURY, Conn., Jul 29, 2010 -- Ethan Allen (NYSE:ETH), a classic American brand, has announced the launch of ethanallencontract.com, a website dedicated to its contract division.

Modeled after the company's award-winning consumer website, ethanallen.com, the new website marries the best of technology and design for a seamless and efficient user experience.

"Ethan Allen offers the full advantages of our vertically integrated business structure to the contract market," stated Chairman, President and CEO Farooq Kathwari. "We have developed ethanallencontract.com, along with a comprehensive 180-page printed catalog, as an amazing resource for our contract clients."

Ethan Allen Contract offers hospitality and commercial clients product design, interior design, product customization, sourcing, manufacturing, delivery, and installation, building on the foundation of the company's longstanding residential design and home furnishings business.

"For nearly eighty years, Ethan Allen has provided solutions for residential interiors. Today we run a fast-moving, technology-forward global business with multiple channels and sources. The development of our Contract division was a natural evolution," Mr. Kathwari added.

Ethan Allen Contract is based in Ethan Allen's international headquarters in Danbury, Connecticut, and serves the corporate and hospitality industries in the United States and abroad. The Contract division is headed by the company's Vice President of Business Development, Dan Grow.

About Ethan Allen Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. is a leading interior design company and manufacturer and retailer of quality home furnishings. The company offers free interior design service to its clients and sells a full range of furniture products and decorative accessories through ethanallen.com and a network of approximately 280 Design Centers in the United States and abroad. Ethan Allen owns and operates seven manufacturing facilities in North America, including five manufacturing plants and one sawmill in the United States and one manufacturing plant in Mexico. Approximately seventy percent of its products are made in its United States plants. For more information on Ethan Allen's products and services, visit ethanallen.com.

SOURCE: Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.
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