Gallery Furniture relaunches e-commerce site
Gallery Furniture is launching a new online shopping site on August 7.
The new GalleryFurniture.com online shopping site will feature the store’s full furniture inventory along with an Internet-only section that provides discounts on products not found in Gallery Furniture’s I-45 and Galleria locations.
Gallery Furniture originally invested $1 million into an e-commerce site in 1999 but got rid of it in 2000 after an incident with a hacker wreaked havoc on the company’s banking system, according to a spokesperson for Gallery Furniture.
“We want our online theme to follow our in-store theme: only the best available products at the best prices, utilizing advanced technology to help customers in their purchasing decisions,” said Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale.
Gallery Furniture initially plans to offer its e-commerce site to those within a 200-mile radius of Houston, with plans to expand in the future.
For those shopping in-store, Gallery Furniture will be placing Microsoft Meta Tags that are similar to barcodes on all furniture, allowing customers with compatible smart phones to scan items and instantly be provided with product information.
Gallery Furniture has also secured the right to sell Tempur-Pedic products to its online customers–a first in the Houston area.