Lamps Plus Company History and Timeline

Lamps Plus has a rich history of innovative lighting design and customer service that spans nearly half a century. We began as a single store in North Hollywood, but quickly expanded to be a premiere design source and the nation’s largest lighting retailer. Explore our company milestones with this historical timeline.

  • Top 25 Lighting Stores Lamps Plus Included in Architectural Digest's List of Top 25 Lighting Stores
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    Habitat LA Dedication Habitat for Humanity Dedicates Isabel Villas Development with Lamps Plus Fixtures
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  • Living by Design Virtual Showhouse Lamps Plus is the Official Lighting Sponsor of the Living by Design Virtual Showhouse
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    My St. Jude Family Campaign 10% of Color Plus sales to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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    Luxury Lighting Luxury Lighting chandelier collection expanded with new brands and exclusive designs.
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    Sculptural Lamps Sculpture style lamp designs introduced to capitalize on new trend.
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    Mariposa Meadows Mariposa Meadows show house uses Lamps Plus efficient LED designs.
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    Best Overall Mushroom Lamp The Spruce design website names the Felix lamp set as best overall mushroom lamps for 2022.
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  • My St. Jude Family Campaign Lamps Plus to Partner with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on My St. Jude Family Campaign.
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    Katja Hockenberg Art Shades New exclusive art shades from pattern designer Katja Hockenberg.
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    Top Chandelier Style Report Exclusive trend report reveals top chandelier styles in each state.
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    Clark Linstone ALA Hall of Fame Lamps Plus President and COO Clark Linstone Inducted Into American Lighting Association Hall of Fame.
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    In-Store Pros Program Launch Lamps Plus unveils innovative store-based customer care program for Pros program.
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  • Stiffel Chandeliers Exclusive Stiffel brand chandelier designs introduced.
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    Forrest Lamp Campaign Forrest Sequoia floor lamp campaign with NFL lineman Forrest Lamp.
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    Wonder Woman 1984 Wonder Woman 1984 film features fictional Lamps Plus store.
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  • Luxury Lighting Launch We launch LP Luxury Lighting portal with top luxe designs.
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    Named #7 Top Retailer Lamps Plus named Number 7 Housewares/Home Furnishings Retailer by Digital Commerce 360.
    Best Specialty Lighting Retailer Award Awarded 2020 Best Specialty Lighting Retailer in Home & Garden category by BUILD Magazine.
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    Newsweek Best Online Shop Named a 2020 Newsweek Best Online Shop in the Home Decor & Textiles category.
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    Dunn-Edwards Partnership We partner with paint company Dunn-Edwards on lighting with designer colors.
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    Target Marketplace We launch our marketplace on Target.com.
    Customer Engagement Award Awarded Customer Engagement Award 2020 (Data Analysis) by Retail Touch Points.
    Dead To Me TV Show Our designs featured in the Emmy nominated show Dead To Me.
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  • Best Omni-Channel Retailer Award Lamps Plus named 2019 Best Omni-Channel Retailer by eTail.
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    CommerceNexty Award Win 2019 CommerceNexty Award for Best Use of a New Channel.
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    Retailer and Innovation Awards 2019 Named a Top 10 Housewares/Home Furnishings Retailer by Internet Retailer. Ranked #141 among Top 500 sites by Internet Retailer. Awarded 2019 Innovator of the Year Award by Manhattan Associates. Win 2019 Best Use of a New Channel (Brand Ambassador Program) by CommerceNext.
    New Ambassadors 2019-2020 Brand Ambassadors announced.
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    Britto Art Designs Lighting designs from Pop artist Romero Britto introduced.
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    Pros Division Rebrand Our professional trade division rebrands as Lamps Plus Pros.
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    Customer Engagement Award Win 2019 Customer Engagement Award from Retail TouchPoints.