Retail Focus

JANUARY 8, 2025

Sector highlights: practicality tops the list The 2024 Boxing Day sales also saw impressive growth in categories tied to utility and everyday improvements: DIY sector revenue surged by 173% YOY driven by an increase in home improvement gifts such as tools and supplies.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 18, 2021

“People have higher expectations for home, and a greater desire to belong in the community and social life,” says Anna Pawlak-Kuliga, Country Retail Manager and Chief Sustainability Officer for China. The essence of retail is to serve people. Open meeting places are designed to encourage interaction and community.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2023

Franchise Group owns and operates a number of “franchised and franchisable” businesses that include The Vitamin Shoppe as well as Pet Supplies Plus , Wag N’ Wash , American Freight , Badcock Home Furniture & More , Buddy’s Home Furnishings and Sylvan Learning.

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Home Furnishings Management Location Shopping 279

365 Retail

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The retailer, known for its selection of quality bedding, curtains, and home décor, has opened a new 1,800 sq ft store. Julian Charles, with a history dating back to 1947, has established itself as a significant player in the home furnishing sector with over 70 outlets across the UK.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2021

Tapping into the platform’s 85 million+ audience of those searching for home inspiration and ways to shop, IKEA U.S. The immersive interaction brings shoppers deeper into home furnishing inspiration and products from IKEA with questions like, “If you could be anywhere irl… Where would you be?” in a statement.

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A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

According to data from eCommerce provider Visualsoft , shoppers are moving away from conventional romantic gifting and prioritising DIY, home furnishings, and personalised presents over impulse purchases. Retailers need to embrace this shift and offer more customisable, experience-driven products to meet evolving customer expectations.”

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A1 Retail

JANUARY 16, 2025

The new IKEA store in Brighton will focus on providing locally relevant, functional, and sustainable home furnishing solutions, inspired by the regions distinct local identity. Brighton’s homes are a mix of rented and owned properties, with a notable trend towards renting compared to the rest of England.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

The multi-category home company was founded as an online-only business in 2014 and has since expanded into brick-and-mortar with 13 storefronts, recently launched in Canada and continues to grow its category assortment, which now includes mattresses, apparel and furniture.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 28, 2023

British clothing brand Next has acquired the website and intellectual property of home furnishings label Cath Kidston for £8.5 Cath Kidston is a home furnishing retail company that sells vintage-themed goods, homewares, gifts and handicraft items that incorporate British lifestyle themes. million (A$15.65

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2022

Unlike its traditional warehouse-like stores, the Planning Studio is sized between 300-500sqm and designed for customers to plan and order complex home furnishings and services such as dining, kitchens, and bed spaces. The first is in Northwest Melbourne, with the second planned for Newcastle.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 28, 2021

The 4,120-square-foot store will be the first location in Michigan for the retailer, which sells women’s and men’s apparel, jewelry, footwear, accessories, home furnishings and art. One-of-a-kind pieces and items exclusive to Sundance will be the cornerstone of the product offering. “We

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2022

Lachlan Mitchell, Ikea Australia’s product recovery leader, said: “Our new As-Is Online platform gives our customers an easy way to shop more sustainably and find the perfect home furnishing products to make their life at home better.”.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

Furniture retailer Nick Scali is entering the UK market through acquiring Anglia Home Furnishings, trading as Fabb Furniture, for £3.5 million ($6.7 Nick Scali intends to pay $1 million to exercise the option to exit the existing distribution centre arrangement and inject up to $11.5 million of working capital.

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A1 Retail

APRIL 2, 2025

Both Fashion and Furniture, Home Furnishings and DIY experienced their peak sales on the Monday before Mothers Day, while Gifts, Gadgets, Gaming and Health, Beauty and Cosmetics peaked on Tuesday. Conversely, Furniture, Home Furnishings and DIY saw a 7 percent decrease in AOV, from 223.14

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

Day’s proven track record and previous success growing home furnishing brands make her the ideal candidate to run the West Elm brand,” said Alber in a statement. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s been a pleasure being the CMO, transforming Overstock.com into a 100% home furnishing retailer in 2022 and swiftly relaunching as the new online Bed Bath & Beyond in August 2023,” Hsu wrote on her LinkedIn page.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Online furniture and home furnishings retailer Overstock has partnered with Citi Retail Services to offer customers digital-first benefits and rewards through a co-branded Overstock Mastercard. “As

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Conversations with internal and external stakeholders were around figuring out what we, with our unique capabilities as a home furnishings retail company and design experts, would bring to these types of problems.”

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Home Furnishings Outdoor Promotions ATS 311

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

Citing the war as a “human tragedy,” in addition to noting the impact of supply chain challenges, the companies shared their belief that a resolution is not foreseeable at the moment and are taking the following steps in response: Continuing to halt IKEA’s retail business and reduce its workforce; Selling the remaining home furnishings inventory in (..)

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The shops will focus on providing inspiration and smart home solutions for city living as part of IKEA’s efforts to better meet the needs of its California customers. Shoppers will be able to book appointments with design specialists to help with both planning and ordering home furnishings.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2022

These brands and businesses, thoughtfully integrated and amplified on what we believe will be the world’s most innovative and dynamic global design platform, will begin to fundamentally change the landscape of the interior design industry.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In order to reach and interact with the many people, we will keep inspiring with our home furnishing solutions in new ways.”. Turning the page with our beloved catalog is in fact a natural process since media consumption and customer behaviors have changed.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Already today, 10% of the secondhand home furnishing market is made up of Ikea products. “The global secondhand furniture market is growing rapidly, with a projected annual growth rate of 6.4% in 2024,” said Jesper Brodin, Ingka Group CEO in a statement.

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Home Furnishings Returns Marketing ATS 278

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 15, 2022

Kohl’s has reportedly received a $9 billion takeover offer from Franchise Group , the parent company of The Vitamin Shoppe and Buddy’s Home Furnishings , three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The offer values Kohl’s at $69 per share, slightly lower than the $70 per share Hudson’s Bay Co.

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2023

Established in 1953, Laura Ashley sells a range of lifestyle products including home furnishings, women’s sleepwear, children’s apparel, accessories and hospitality experiences.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The new Ikea store will house more than 8,000 home furnishing and appliance products, together with a restaurant, where customers can find the brand’s famous Swedish meatballs. The 67,760sqm store, scheduled to open on November 25, is located next to the Mall of Asia and spans five stories.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2024

Europe-based home furnishing chain Habitat has shut down all of its operations, just a month after collapsing into receivership. The company’s trustees have initiated a final liquidation due to the lack of cash flow and a recovery plan. The fate of five other shops in Barcelona, Geneva, Madrid, Milan and Zurich is unclear.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Ochama shops, located in Leiden and Rotterdam, carry everything from food to home furnishings and are operated entirely by robots. JD.com has entered the autonomous store space in Europe with the launch of two omnichannel cashierless stores in the Netherlands.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

By becoming the first major home furnishings retailer to launch a renewed line in partnership with The Renewal Workshop, we continue to build on our industry-leading sustainability commitments to encourage further innovation for the betterment of our world.”.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 17, 2023

per cent and home furnishings at 2.4 Consumers spending on apparel rose by 6.7 per cent, on groceries by 6.6 per cent, lodging 4.1 per cent, electronics 3.5 per cent, jewellery 2 per cent, and at restaurants by 1.8 per cent last month. Year-on-year sales were down for fuel and convenience at 4.1

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 11, 2023

The Ikea designer and customer will then communicate through three virtual, one-on-one sessions, via the Ikea website and videoconferencing, to develop an inspirational mood board, floor plan, elevations, detailed 3D renderings, lighting plan, curated product list, home furnishing tips and material suggestions.

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A1 Retail

MARCH 18, 2025

The IKEA Oxford Street store will offer the traditional IKEA experience: a showroom packed with inspiration and roomsets, a market-hall filled with affordable home furnishings accessories, planning appointments and a Swedish Deli. Taking the escalator one floor down, shopperswill discoverinspirational and innovative roomsets.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2022

Franchise Group has acquired several other struggling retailers in recent years, including Pet Supplies Plus in 2021 and The Vitamin Shoppe , Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores and Buddy’s Home Furnishings in 2019. The firm changed its name from Liberty Tax to Franchise Group following the acquisition of Buddy’s.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Jonathan Johnson, CEO of the home furnishings retailer formerly known as Overstock.com , which operates as Bed Bath & Beyond , will step down from his post as well as the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. Beyond, Inc.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2022

Home furnishings retailer Wayfair will be part of a six-week autonomous delivery pilot this July and August along the I-45 corridor between Houston and Dallas. Hunt Transport Services will deploy the Waymo Driver solution, and will use J.B. Hunt 360 technology to automate processes such as check calls and transactions.

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Home Furnishings Planning Location ATS 278

Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2021

And, potentially the biggest winner out of the entire lockdown-related shift in consumer spending, home furnishing, also saw strong growth at 245 per cent. Luggage sales were also up 830 per cent, with many Australians preparing for a potential return to international and domestic tourism.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2023

Prior to joining Macy’s, Mitchell advised retailers as a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group and was CEO of home furnishings retailer Arhaus LLC. Mitchell, who has served as CFO since November 2020, has been integral to the development and execution of the retailer’s Polaris transformation strategy.

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