{"id":77975,"date":"2022-01-05T07:01:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T12:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=77975"},"modified":"2022-01-04T19:51:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T00:51:54","slug":"after-inc-and-permaplate-partner-to-deliver-permaplate-furniture-protection-powered-by-quickcover-to-online-furniture-retailers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/after-inc-and-permaplate-partner-to-deliver-permaplate-furniture-protection-powered-by-quickcover-to-online-furniture-retailers\/","title":{"rendered":"After, Inc. and PermaPlate\u00ae Partner to Deliver PermaPlate Furniture Protection powered by QuickCover\u00ae to Online Furniture Retailers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NORWALK, Conn., Jan. 5, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) \u2013\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterinc.com\">After, Inc.,<\/a> the leading customer experience technology company providing software and services to the world\u2019s top manufacturers, retailers and merchants, today announced its partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.permaplatefurniture.com\">PermaPlate Furniture<\/a>, the furniture protection plan division of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.permaplate.com\">PermaPlate<\/a>\u00ae. PermaPlate\u00ae recently expanded its warranty administration solutions to offer furniture coverage to online furniture and home furnishing retailers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0105-s2p-afterinc-permaplate-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"After Inc. and PERMAPLATE\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0105-s2p-afterinc-permaplate-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0105-s2p-afterinc-permaplate-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0105-s2p-afterinc-permaplate-800x600-696x522.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Furniture and homeware e-commerce generates $55 billion in revenue in the United States, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/topics\/5171\/furniture-e-commerce-in-the-united-states\/\">Statista\u2019s September 2021 estimates<\/a> \u2013 12% of total retail e-commerce and the fastest growing sector, beating fashion and electronics. Given PermaPlate\u2019s reputation for delivering a world-class experience to its customers, it chose to partner with After, Inc., who has been providing best-in-class post-sale services to global retailers and manufacturers since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the past fifteen years, After, Inc. has been helping some of the world\u2019s top brands like Electrolux, Ford, Harley Davidson, Toro, Husqvarna, Canon, and Bass Pro Shops transform their warranty programs,\u201d says\u00a0Nate Baldwin, CEO of After, Inc.\u00a0\u201cNow we have taken that knowledge and expertise, helping our clients optimize their product registration, service contract sales, analytics and program management, and built the QuickSuite platform. A key difference in our QuickCover\u00ae technology is that it does not compete with manufacturers, retailers or TPAs &#8211; like PermaPlate Furniture &#8211; who have their own service contract programs. Instead, it provides the technology they need to maximize their own online protection plan sales. We\u2019re thrilled to partner with PermaPlate Furniture to offer its Furniture Protection Plus plans powered by QuickCover\u00ae.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter, Inc.\u2019s QuickCover\u00ae technology was the clear choice for PermaPlate Furniture,\u201d says\u00a0John Nisson, President of PermaPlate\u00ae.\u00a0\u201cAfter knows how critically important the customer relationship is for both manufacturers and retailers. They also understand the fundamental nuances and market demands for manufacturing limited warranties, and how to deliver best-in-class post-sale experiences for customers. After aligns with PermaPlate Furniture\u2019s strategic expansion plans to deliver innovative solutions to online furniture retailers. Its QuickCover\u00ae platform will allow any online furniture retailer to easily implement and offer PermaPlate Furniture protection plans with confidence in minutes through native e-commerce platform APIs like Shopify and Magento.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT AFTER, INC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After, Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afterinc.com\/\">afterinc.com<\/a>) is a pioneer in the Warranty Services industry. Since 2005, After, Inc. has been partnering with some of the world\u2019s top brands to help transform their warranty businesses, driving customer satisfaction post-purchase, higher product reliability, deeper brand equity and additional revenue and profit opportunities. The company launched QuickSuite, in 2021, a modular set of SaaS technologies to help manufacturers, retailers, and e-commerce sellers build deeper relationships with their customers and drive satisfaction, loyalty, and lifetime revenue after the point of sale.<\/p>\n<p>Headquartered in Norwalk, CT with offices in New York City, After, Inc. is part of Galway Holdings Group, a financial services distribution company with a focus towards data analytics, technology transformation, and innovative risk sharing solutions. Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afterinc.com\/\">https:\/\/www.afterinc.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT PERMAPLATE FURNITURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PermaPlate\u00ae is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is an industry leader in the manufacturing of appearance protection products and in the delivery of world class warranty administration services to thousands of retailers throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>PermaPlate Furniture (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.permaplatefurniture.com\">www.permaplatefurniture.com<\/a>) is uniquely positioned in the appearance protection warranty industry, leveraging nearly 44 years of rich corporate history and customer service expertise to more than 27,000 furniture stores and online retailers in the United States and their valued customers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEDIA CONTACT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stacey Wisniewski<\/p>\n<p>After, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>swisniewski@afterinc.com<\/p>\n<p>Phone Number: 615-934-1817<\/p>\n<p><strong>MULTIMEDIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*LOGO link for media:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/300dpi\/21-1013s2p-after-inc-300dpi.jpg\">https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/21-1013s2p-after-inc-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NORWALK, Conn., Jan. 5, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; After, Inc., the leading customer experience technology company providing software and services to the world&#8217;s top manufacturers, retailers and merchants, today announced its partnership with PermaPlate Furniture, the furniture protection plan division of PermaPlate&#xae;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9780,"featured_media":77950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,12804,1,517,38,10711,252,6,10920],"tags":[17468,17469,17467],"class_list":["post-77975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insurance-news","category-ap","category-business-news","category-connecticut-news","category-finance-news","category-fintech","category-home-garden-news","category-software-news","category-warranty-services","tag-furniture-store","tag-online-furniture-retailers","tag-permaplate-furniture","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":7712,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}