Arhaus Furniture Renews Credit Card Program With Alliance Data

Furniture World News Desk on 12/8/2014

Alliance Data Systems Corporation, a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, announced its Retail Services business, which manages more than 135 private label and co-brand credit programs, has signed a multi-year renewal agreement to continue to provide private label credit card services for Arhaus Furniture (www.arhaus.com), a Cleveland-based retailer of handcrafted, one-of-a-kind furniture for the home or office made by artisans all over the world. Arhaus uses raw materials, fabrics, textures and designs that are unique to its stores, including reclaimed and recycled materials from sustainable sources. Founded in 1986, Arhaus Furniture will operate 53 stores in 19 states by the end of 2014 and was ranked as one of the top 50 furniture retailers and the second fastest-growing furniture retailer in the country by Furniture Today Source: Furniture Today’s “Top 100 U.S. Furniture Stores 2014”.

Melisa Miller, president of Alliance Data Retail Services, said, “Arhaus Furniture has been a valued Alliance Data client for more than 20 years, and we have great respect for their unique, high-quality products, impeccable customer service and enduring value. We’re pleased to offer our deep marketing analytics, loyalty solutions and digital capabilities to help Arhaus expand the benefits of their program as they embark on a rapid and strategic growth plan and enter new markets.”

Alliance Data Retail Services will continue to provide a full suite of credit and marketing services for the Arhaus Credit Card program, which provides a wide range of flexible financing and payment options. Alliance Data will provide digital marketing solutions to complement Arhaus’ plans to leverage mobile technology at the point-of-sale, including the launch of account acquisition via tablets in-store. Through the use of marketing analytics capabilities, Alliance Data will work with Arhaus to launch a loyalty program to complement the features and benefits of the credit program and drive long-term customer relationships and multi-category spend with the brand.

Source: Furniture Today’s “Top 100 U.S. Furniture Stores 2014”

About Alliance Data Retail Services: Alliance Data Retail Services is one of the nation’s leading providers of branded credit card programs, with more than 135 marketing-driven private label, co-brand and commercial programs in partnership with many of North America’s best-known brands. The business delivers upon its Know more. Sell more.® commitment by leveraging customer insight to drive sales for its client partners. Leveraging deep-rooted marketing expertise, transaction-based customer data, and advanced analytics, Alliance Data Retail Services creates turnkey, multichannel credit programs designed to help its clients develop stronger, more profitable customer relationships. Alliance Data Retail Services is part of the Alliance Data family of companies. To learn more about Alliance Data Retail Services, visit www.alliancedataretail.com.


About Alliance Data: Alliance Data® (NYSE: ADS) and its combined businesses is a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions serving large, consumer-based industries. The Company creates and deploys customized solutions, enhancing the critical customer marketing experience; the result is measurably changing consumer behavior while driving business growth and profitability for some of today’s most recognizable brands. Alliance Data helps its clients create and increase customer loyalty through solutions that engage millions of customers each day across multiple touch points using traditional, digital, mobile and emerging technologies. An S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, Alliance Data and its three businesses employ approximately 14,000 associates at more than 80 locations worldwide. Alliance Data was named to FORTUNE magazine’s 2014 list of World’s Most Admired Companies.

Alliance Data consists of three businesses: Alliance Data Retail Services, a leading provider of marketing-driven credit solutions; Epsilon®, a leading provider of multichannel, data-driven technologies and marketing services; and LoyaltyOne®, which owns and operates the AIR MILES® Reward Program, Canada’s premier coalition loyalty program. For more information about the company, visit www.alliancedata.com, or follow us on Twitter via @AllianceData.