Laura Ashley Wins Coveted Website Award

British heritage brand picks up gong for website of the year 2012.

2012-12-04

LONDON, ENGLAND, December 04, 2012 (Press-News.org) We are absolutely delighted to announce that Laura Ashley have won the award for 2012 Best Housing and Interior Website. The award is the initiative of online market research agency MetrixLab and Emerce, and with more than 87700 votes cast this year by the general public, it is considered Britain's most important people's choice award for websites.

www.lauraashley.com was also awarded the accolade of Best Website & Most Popular site of 2011 in the Housing & Interior category. And this year thanks to continuing efforts to constantly upgrade and improve the website, as well as the launch of a mobile website, we were again awarded the Best Housing & Interior Website award. This title is given to the nominated site which gains the highest average score for content, navigation, design and the likelihood to recommend.

We would like to say a very big thank you to everybody who has voted for us each year. To see what all the fuss is about you can visit the the Laura Ashley website at www.lauraashley.com, where you can see for yourself the great selection of furniture and fashion products we sell to our customers. Products, including our diverse range of sofas by Laura Ashley, beautifully crafted bedroom furniture and stylistic clothes.

To see the full list of winners go to http://www.websiteoftheyear.co.uk/.

For further information, please visit the Laura Ashley website at www.lauraashley.com.

About Laura Ashley

Laura Ashley is a quintessentially British lifestyle brand founded on a rich design heritage and on the traditional values of quality and originality. We use prints and designs that evoke the English countryside, for the way you live today.

As an innovative global brand, Laura Ashley extends to encompass the broader lifestyle concept, from fashion to home decorating, beds, bedroom furniture and accessories.

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