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The Future of Shopping: What to Expect in 2032

Retail TouchPoints

By 2032, digital will be the most important area of their business, and sectors that today have remained relatively untouched — motor vehicles and parts, convenience stores, furniture/home furnishing stores, building material, and more — will have reinvented their digital posture and orientation.

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How Cloth & Company Saved Time and Money With its 3D Virtual Showroom Collaboration

Retail TouchPoints

Designing a photoshoot for a furniture collection is typically an expensive, logistics-heavy procedure that involves months spent coordinating teams of people, products and locations. This approach came naturally to Cloth & Company, which puts technology at the heart of its operation.

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World-first Ikea Close to You concept opens in Hong Kong

Inside Retail

Home furnishing giant Ikea has launched the world’s first Ikea Close to You concept store inside the Market Place grocer in Hong Kong’s Discovery Bay. Ikea Close to You is also the retailer’s first store located inside a supermarket.

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Braehead welcomes host of new brands

Retail Focus

Renowned fashion and home furnishings retailer, Laura Ashley, has recently opened a new section in Braehead’s NEXT Home store, selling a range of furniture and homeware products. The popular online retailer, which ships to 150 countries, launched its first ever bricks and mortar store in 2021.

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How Model No. is Disrupting the Furniture Industry with 3D Printing and Products Made from Food Waste

Retail TouchPoints

Additionally, through the adoption of 3D printing technology using agricultural waste from corn husks, sugar cane and sugar beet as materials, the company minimizes carbon emissions and toxic byproducts while creating an upcycled collection of sustainable home furnishings. location. Additionally, Model No. Raub: Model No.

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Costco’s cool: It’s not flashy but competent success is never dull

Inside Retail

You also learn that bulky items sold at Costco’s warehouses in Asia are now being produced and shipped locally instead of being shipped from the US, so, for example, paper towels can be sold at a lower price in Asia because of savings on shipping costs. Net sales in financial year 2024 increased 5.0

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How Ikea Australia plans to champion affordability and the shopping experience

Inside Retail

However, international shipping disruptions in the Red Sea and global conflict’s potential impact on oil prices will continue to put pressure on product availability and costs. Finally, being the world’s largest home furnishing retailer, we are proud to be a pioneer in environmental and social responsibility.

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