Philips opens first Light Lounge in Coimbatore

Offers more than 500 home decorative lighting solutions

Philips India, the country’s leading provider of lighting solutions, today unveiled its first ‘Light Lounge’ in Coimbatore to showcase the Philips home decorative lighting range. Consumers visiting the Philips Light Lounge get a unique “see, touch and feel” experience of a wide range of world class decorative lighting concepts like Living Colors, Ecomoods, Kidsplace, Ledino and Aquafit. The Philips Light Lounge showcases lighting solutions for every application and space within a home including the living room, bedroom, study, dining rooms, kitchen and bathroom.

In the last quarter, Philips has more than tripled its range of home decorative lighting solutions to over 500. At the Philips Light Lounge, consumers also receive expert advice in choosing the right lighting design solutions for their homes. The 750 sq. ft Philips Light Lounge, located on the Avinashi Main Road at Peelamedu, displays a wide array of elegant, contemporary lighting solutions.

“We believe you can use lighting to enhance your home and life”, said, Mr. Nirupam Sahay, Senior Director, Marketing, Philips Lighting. “Our lighting solutions give consumers a huge number of home decorating options to suit their needs for different spaces.”

The Philips Light Lounge in Coimbatore has been set-up in association with Spectra Traders, Philips’ authorized distributor for home decorative lighting solutions. Aswin of Spectra Traders said, “We are delighted to partner with Philips and are quite excited to be the first ones to bring this concept to Coimbatore. This lounge will give multiple lighting solutions to consumers and help them decorate their houses in unique ways.”

The product range starts from Rs. 575/- and extends upto Rs. 40,000/-. The Philips Light Lounge is located at: # 763, Avinashi Road, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, HandPhone 09994494550.

About Royal Philips Electronics
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a diversified Health and Well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of “sense and simplicity”.

Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 118,000 employees in more than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 26 billion in 2008, the company is a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in flat TV, male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter