Blueport Commerce, the leading provider of e-commerce technology and
services for the furniture industry, today announced that Levin
Furniture, #40 on Furniture|Today’s 2016 list of the Top 100 U.S.
furniture stores, has selected Blueport Commerce as its e-commerce
platform. The site will launch in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Chris Pelcher, Senior Vice President at Levin Furniture, explained the
company’s adoption of the Blueport platform is an investment in the
highly respected, 96-year-old brand’s future.
“After an extensive search, it became clear that Blueport Commerce was
the only e-commerce platform with the technology and expertise to
support our growth,” he says. “With a singular focus on the unique
challenges of online furniture, Blueport will provide us with a
best-in-class online store—enabling us to provide a seamless
online-to-in-store experience that will give our customers the ability
to shop with Levin Furniture through any channel they choose.”
The Blueport platform is the only enterprise class e-commerce platform
built for furniture retail. With its cloud infrastructure, Blueport
enables retailers to quickly and efficiently launch flagship online
stores, providing regular enhancements, new features, and site
management services proven to drive furniture e-commerce revenue.
Blueport’s suite of features and capabilities include its patented
Store-Sync technology that brings together the best of the online and
in-store shopping experience. The platform also includes advanced
segmentation tools that transform retailers’ sites for different types
of shoppers, predictive search functionality, real-time delivery and
pick-up information, apply-and-buy financing, online warranties,
salesperson attribution, advanced promotional tools, and more.
In addition to Blueport’s platform technology, Levin Furniture will also
utilize Blueport’s digital marketing services to accelerate their online
marketing efforts and boost omnichannel sales.
“We’re ecstatic that Levin Furniture chose us as a partner to support
their e-commerce initiatives and overall omnichannel growth,” says Carl
Prindle, Blueport Commerce’s CEO. “We look forward to continuing to
revolutionize the furniture shopping experience with one of the nation’s
top furniture retailers.”
About Blueport Commerce
Blueport Commerce helps leading furniture retailers capture their
e-commerce opportunity. We marry retailers’ brick-and-mortar
infrastructure and industry expertise with our 15 years of e-commerce
experience, turnkey e-commerce platform, and unique merchandising,
marketing and sales solutions. Working with Blueport, furniture
retailers increase sales online and in their stores.
To learn more, visit www.blueport.com
or connect on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the blog.
About Levin Furniture
Established in 1920, Levin Furniture is still family owned and operated
to this day. With 31 locations in Southwest Pennsylvania and Northeast
Ohio, Levin Furniture ranks #40 on Furniture|Today’s Top 100 List. With
its 14 large format full-line furniture stores and 17 specialty bedding
locations, Levin Furniture is committed to the communities in which it
operates and is dedicated to providing its customers an amazing home
furnishings shopping experience through quality, value, and service.
To learn more visit www.levinfurniture.com,
or connect on Facebook and Instagram.
Contacts
Media Contact:
Blueport Commerce
Kate Putnam, +1
781-275-7213
kputnam@blueport.com
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