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Knaresborough e-commerce retailer in exclusive deal with US heating technology firm

Yorkshire e-commerce retailer Eco Stores Direct has launched a new division specialising in ‘far infrared’ heating products following an exclusive supplier deal with heating technology firm Prestyl USA.

ECO Stores Direct Ltd, an eco-friendly online heating retailer that operates a number of specialist websites includingElectricRadiatorsDirect.co.uk, was launched by Leeds businessman and e-commerce entrepreneur Paul Walker in February last year.

The technology works by emitting safe infrared waves from discreet thin tiles that act as heaters and replace conventional radiators in domestic and commercial premises.

Eco Stores Direct managing director Paul Walker aid: “We generated over £1m in sales in our first ten months and we are adding more divisions to maintain that level of growth for the business, and the potential of this new sector is really exciting”

“Unlike a radiator that heats the air, far infrared heating panels, typically up to a meter square, emit light energy that warm objects, and therefore the rooms or spaces where they are mounted.

“The energy efficiency market moves really quickly and we always have a number of new potential energy efficient technologies under consideration. Dramatic growth in the use of far Infrared heating in homes, and also offices and public buildings such as schools and hospitals, is anticipated in 2014,” added Mr Walker.

Christine de Mos, CEO of Prestyl USA said: “We see the UK as a key market for our far infrared technology, and in a very short time Eco Stores Direct has proven itself to be a leading e-commerce specialists in the heating sector, and the natural partner for our UK expansion.”

“Far infrared heating technology is very new to the UK and we have signed an exclusive UK distribution deal to import some of the most advanced heating technology products direct from Prestyl USA in Spokane Valley, Washington.

“We are in at the very start of this new technology and we’re ready for quite a leap in demand over the coming year as the products are starting to be featured DIY and homes media, and homeowners become aware of it as an option for heating their homes.”

Following a number of exclusive deals with leading green technology and environmentally-friendly central heating manufacturers, especially in the sale of electric radiators the business has grown rapidly to employ ten staff from its Knaresborough head office and Keighley warehouse.

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