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Guntur, 19th June 2024: Royaloak Furniture, India’s leading furniture brand has unveiled an exceptional new store, situated in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. The store has been designed as a one-stop-solution for all furniture needs, serving as the ultimate destination for customers to create their dream home with ease. The launch marks the brand’s 15th store in Andhra Pradesh, providing Guntur residents with the opportunity to elevate their homes with a stunning selection of international furniture. Royaloak Furniture has quickly become synonymous with luxurious furniture offerings in the region, and the new store is poised to serve as a dedicated avenue for customers to transform their living spaces.

Spanning 16,000 square feet, each floor at the store is thematically designed in accordance to the brand’s trademark Country Collection, which features furniture offerings from around the world. Visitors can traverse the world through the brand’s Malaysian, Italian, American and Emperor Collections, which is sure to provide a one-of-a-kind symphony of furniture and home decor to elevate any home. The newly launched store offers residents of Guntur the perfect opportunity to explore the world of luxury and elegance through high-end furniture pieces available at affordable prices.

The store offers a diverse range of 10,000+ furniture pieces, ranging from recliners and coffee tables for the living room, study tables and office chairs for creating the ultimate workspace, beds and mattresses for restful sleep, and outdoor furniture to transform the backyard. Drawing inspiration from global trends, the brand aims to inspire customers to reimagine their homes and transform them into personal sanctuaries.

Speaking about the launch, Mr. Vijai Subramaniam, Chairman, Royaloak Furniture said, “We are thrilled to introduce high-end furniture pieces to the residents of Guntur. The store represents our ongoing commitment to delivering the finest and most luxurious offerings to our customers. We hope that all visitors from Guntur will discover the world through our Country Collection at the store and turn their dream homes into reality. Furthermore, the store brings us closer to revolutionizing the furniture industry and serving all our customers nationwide.”

Royaloak Furniture enjoys a well-established presence across India, with 200 standalone stores nationwide in 116 key locations including Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi, and Ahmedabad. The new launch in Guntur is a key milestone in the brand’s journey towards bringing high quality, globally inspired furniture to every nook and corner of the country.

Bengaluru, May 27, 2024: Recent reports indicate a staggering loss of about 35% of mangroves between 1996 and 2010 highlighting a concerning trend in environmental degradation. Mangrove ecosystems play a significant role in stabilizing coastlines, making their preservation crucial for the environment and inhabitants. Mangroves are a natural solution to climate change, the paramount global threat. They can sequester carbon at a rate five times greater than tropical forests.

Responding to this urgent need, United Way Bengaluru (UWBe) has launched an ambitious and impactful campaign, ‘ Mangroves Matter’, to revitalize mangrove ecosystems. The first foot is at Pulicat or Pazhaverkadu, a coastal town near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Known as the ‘jungle of roots‘ in Tamil, Pulicat encompasses a vast expanse of 720 sq. km, constituting India’s second-largest brackish water body. Rampant destruction of mangrove vegetation by human activities and natural causes has led to a massive reduction in the lake’s depth from 3.8m to 2m. This ecological decline has endangered biodiversity and threatened the livelihoods of local fisherfolk dependent on the mangrove ecosystem.

The ‘Mangroves Matter’ campaign was officially launched on World Wetlands Day, 2024, with a bold vision to rewild approximately 10 lakh mangroves across 100 acres in the Pulicat region alone. In addition to their environmental advantages, the campaign will closely work with the Irula community, opening up livelihood opportunities for them and boosting the local economy by supporting the cultivation of shrimp and fish species. The project also includes removal of acres of Prosopis ( Karuvelam ), an invasive species which has destroyed the local flora and soil ecosystems.

Sriram Ananthanarayanan, Director-Projects, UWBe, said, “I am glad that many of our Corporate CSR partners have come forward to support this campaign with a shared vision towards environmental commitment. Notably, our CSR partner, Mphasis, has pledged their support to this cause, dedicating the rewilding of mangroves on 70 acres in Pulicat. “

Looking ahead, United Way Bengaluru envisions extending the campaign’s reach to other regions, including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala. Upholding its mission of “mobilizing the caring power of communities,” the organization calls upon organizations from different industries to join hands in supporting this vital mission for the preservation of the planet’s precious ecosystems.

Rajesh Krishnan, CEO, UWBe, said, “COP28 made significant progress towards securing the Mangrove Breakthrough’s goal of 15 million hectares of mangroves underpinned by USD 4 billion new investments by 2030. I am super excited that United Way Bengaluru is among the very few organisations who have taken this initiative. ‘Mangroves Matter’ is aligned with the aspiration of COP28, which calls out the responsibility of the State, corporations, local people, community, NGOs and other stakeholders to deliver the Breakthrough.”