Outward: Furniture World News: Digital Platform Company Outward to "Wind Down" Operations

Outward, Inc., the digital photography platform, an independent Williams-Sonoma company, announced that it is "winding down" the Aperture Platform and services due to challenging economic conditions. In October 2023, Outward added 53 new professionals to various departments to support its dynamic growth and ongoing success of its Aperture Platform. A statement that appeared on https://outwardinc.com noted that "First and foremost, we are so grateful to all of our customers for taking such a leap of faith in the unique Aperture Platform and the revolutionary concept it represents. It has been truly amazing to see how you've all used Aperture to reach new heights in visual content creation and efficiency. Your advocacy, support, and feedback throughout have been pivotal, and continue to be so heartening. Thank you so much, from the bottom of our hearts. 'To our partners, we thank you for your continuous support, especially in helping us get to market in such challenging times in an amazingly resourceful way, and for sharing the vision we've had to proliferate the benefits of the Aperture Platform across the industry and the globe. "We sincerely apologize for the potential disruption and stress this may cause, and will be putting in every possible effort in the coming weeks and months to make the transition and phase-out process go as smoothly as possible." About Outward, Inc.: Outward, Inc. is a visual transformation and technology company. Since 2012, the company has been reinventing the way product photography is created, presented and consumed. Inspired by its deep experience working with home furnishings lifestyle retailers and manufacturers, Outward has developed a fully automated photography solution, the Aperture Platform, which makes it easy to produce and publish high-impact product photography for a variety of visual merchandising uses. After completing an initial training session, manufacturers and retailers of all sizes and skill levels can produce a large volume of product images at the push of a button and publish them in any format - from e-commerce to traditional media. Outward is an independent Williams-Sonoma company.