Lighting Universe Opens Third Lighting Showroom In Burlington, Washington

Allied Trade Group, Inc., operators of Lighting Universe retail lighting showrooms, as well as the lightinguniverse.com and fixtureuniverse.com websites, is pleased to announce the opening of a new lighting showroom in Burlington, Washington.

Burlington, WA (PRWEB) March 11, 2005 -- Allied Trade Group, Inc., operators of Lighting Universe retail lighting showrooms, as well as the lightinguniverse.com and fixtureuniverse.com websites, is pleased to announce the opening of a new lighting showroom in Burlington, Washington. This marks the third showroom opening in less than a year, indicative of the explosive growth that Lighting Universe is experiencing.

The new lighting showroom was strategically selected for its location. Lighting Universe in Burlington is one of only two retail lighting stores in the region, and is positioned to experience tremendous growth in the upcoming months as a result of the recent boom in the home-building industry in that region. Lighting Universe aims to supply builders and contractors in that area with all of their lighting needs through offering special builder pricing.

By giving customers access to hundreds of thousands of lighting products from over 250 suppliers and expanding customer service options through LightingUniverse.com, we believe the new combination will further strengthen Lighting Universe as the leading provider of decorative lighting in Burlington and the surrounding region," said Gary Rubens, President and CEO of Allied Trade Group. We are very excited to provide our products and services to that market," said Rubens.

Lighting Universe in Burlington is located at 1956 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington, WA 98233. Most of the back-office work of purchasing, fulfillment and accounting will be centralized in the Allied Trade Group headquarters in Kirkland, Washington.

About Allied Trade Group
Established in 1999, Allied Trade Group, Inc. launched LightingUniverse.com and FixtureUniverse.com in an effort to meet the lighting and plumbing needs of interior designers, architects, builders, homeowners and lighting specifiers online. LightingUniverse.com and FixtureUniverse.com have positioned themselves as the leaders in product selection with more than 450,000 products available from over 200 manufacturers.

Allied Trade Groups expansion into lighting showrooms is based on its belief in the importance of the personal service that is available from trained lighting professionals in the showrooms, and that customer service, enhanced by state-of-the-art e-commerce capabilities, is an important competitive advantage in the marketplace.

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