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

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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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2023

Lifestyle label Laura Ashley has partnered with homeware marketer Basford Brands to launch a soft furnishings range in Australia and New Zealand. 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

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. Conran opened his first store in Chelsea to market his Summa range of furniture.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2023

Ikea is planning to invest more than US$2.2 The US is one of our most important markets, and we see endless opportunities to grow there and get closer to the many Americans with affordable products and services,” said Tolga Oncu, head of Ikea Retail at Ingka Group.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2022

Gen X homeowners are also 21% more likely than the average consumer to receive marketing messages in the mail and 30% more likely to use coupons — so don’t abandon your direct mail flyers yet. This might come as a surprise: As a result of the pandemic, 19% of Boomers decreased their home improvement projects.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2023

While some fallen retailers return as “ghost IPs” that exist only to wring the final few dollars out of their names, Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson has far more concrete plans for the company’s acquisition of Bed Bath & Beyond’s intellectual assets. We’re an online home furnishing and furniture company.

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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.

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A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The exceptional interest in the 150 available positions marks the largest-ever response the home furnishing retailer has seen in the UK, shattering all previous recruitment records. In addition, the store will offer free planning services for kitchens, wardrobes and bathrooms.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 31, 2021

According to data from BDO , 51% of retailers are planning to implement training to upskill employees’ technology capabilities, said Natalie Kotlyar, BDO’s National Leader for the Retail and Consumer Products Industry Group in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Inside Retail

MAY 13, 2021

Global Retail Brands Australia (GRBA) is making an aggressive push into the home furnishings market with the launch of a new brand, House – Bed & Bath. This provides the environment to introduce quality and price pointed accessibility of our brands to new markets across Australia,” Lew said.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2022

As it unpacks the market layer by layer, Ikea’s range of services and products is constantly expanding to suit the evolving needs of Indian shoppers. We’re still in the nascent stages in terms of home furnishing category,” Kavitha Rao, India’s chief commercial officer told Inside Retail. Breakfast, biryanis, and homeware s.

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365 Retail

MARCH 5, 2025

JYSK , the Danish home furnishing chain, is set to mark a historic milestone on Saturday 22 March 2025 , with the opening of its first store in Uruguay. A Strategic Expansion into South America Uruguays political and economic stability played a key role in JYSKs decision to enter the market.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

In the property market, things are slowing for now, but the record shortage of rental properties will continue to drive prices up for tenants, particularly in our capital cities. Research and consulting firm Fifth Dimension states that the second-hand market in Australia is now worth $60 billion and growing 25 per cent a year.

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Storis

JANUARY 22, 2024

So, buckle up, home furnishings retailers; we’re ready to accelerate. We surveyed home furnishings retailers for insights on strategies to accelerate growth. More than 50% of those surveyed plan or use Generative AI for designing digital ads, writing content, and personalizing marketing.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2023

He said that New Zealand is a smaller market compared to other countries, including Australia, where Ikea has had a presence for 50 years. In terms of online shopping, New Zealand rates highly compared to many markets. The post “Fairly unique”: How Ikea plans to do things differently in New Zealand appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The home furnishing and accent retailer, which operates 20 showrooms and 13 Ashley Home Store showroom licenses in Florida, partnered with cloud commerce provider Kibo , which offered a flexible ecommerce technology that would allow CITY Furniture to develop and support highly customized customer journeys and a fluid shopping-cart experience.

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V Count

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The home goods industry is one of the largest markets a country’s economy depends on and the industry continues to grow despite the rising inflation and economic recession. The Covid-19 pandemic changed things for the industry as people had to stay home during lockdowns and many had to start working from home.

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365 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This allows guests to experience products from Samsung as well as lighting from Philips Hue and Nanoleaf , roller shades by Eve , Aqara curtain drivers and other smart home devices from Kasa firsthand. ” Simplifying the Smart Home Shopping Experience Ashley and Samsung plan to roll out the experience in more stores in the future.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

“This has definitely been a market that we’ve wanted to get into for a little while,” notes Harvey Norman UK managing director Lachlan Roach as he takes Retail Gazette on a tour of the new 57,000 sq ft store inside the former Debenhams store.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 5, 2022

After identifying a purpose for planning a pop-up experience, Mardi Najafi, VP of Retail Strategy and Design at FIGUR3 leads brands through the early planning stages. After identifying a purpose for planning a pop-up experience, Mardi Najafi, VP of Retail Strategy and Design at FIGUR3 leads brands through the early planning stages. “[We]

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Thailand’s Central Retail is also going to have a go, quite literally, at the wholesale market. This one definitely mimics elements of Costco, and more are planned. per cent, with big-ticket items in the home furnishing and electronics categories taking a significant hit. This, too, will be member-based.

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VMS

DECEMBER 14, 2022

That plan was disclosed by CEO Gary Friedman in the company’s third quarter earnings call , though he didn’t offer details on the upcoming brick-and-mortar initiatives. Upscale furniture maker RH (Corte Madera, Calif.) will remodel all of its stores and introduce a new gallery design as it looks toward the coming year.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Products will cover Dunelm’s home and furniture categories and will include the latest collections and collaborations. It gives Londoners much easier access to our specialist offer for the home and starts to unlock a real opportunity for our brand in the Capital. The home furnishings retailer reported sales were up 4.5%

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 7, 2021

as shoppers continued investing in home improvement projects during late 2020. At Home plans to retain this momentum with an emphasis new customer retention and growth. H&F believes At Home’s low-cost operating model and emphasis on low prices will help the retailer continue to gain market share in the future. “As

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VMS

JANUARY 30, 2023

The move is designed to spur sales of higher-margin, discretionary items such as apparel, beauty products and home furnishings. That previous coverage said Walmart planned as many as 30 such flagships.) In shopper surveys, he said, nearly every shopper said that store’s displays and mannequins encouraged them to browse longer.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2020

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. Finally, Model No.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The home furnishing and accent retailer, which operates 20 showrooms and 13 Ashley Home Store showroom licenses in Florida, partnered with cloud commerce provider Kibo , which offered a flexible ecommerce technology that would allow CITY Furniture to develop and support highly customized customer journeys and a fluid shopping-cart experience.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 15, 2024

However, there will be winners and losers across the sector with market conditions favourins some businesses and smart strategic moves setting others apart. Susannah Streeter Head of money and markets Hargreaves Lansdown Winner: Marks & Spencer “Marks and Spencer is on a roll and looks set to continue to be a winner in 2024.

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Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2023

Vincom is easily the largest mall developer and operator in Vietnam, and wants to focus less on new development this year and more on a trifecta of objectives aimed at its existing mall fleet: driving rental growth, upgrading its market positioning, and strengthening the shaky operating metrics of elements of its far-flung portfolio.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 13, 2021

WASHINGTON – Former Macy’s executive Martine Reardon is joining the National Retail Federation as chief marketing officer and executive vice president of content and membership. She served as Macy’s chief marketing officer from 2012 through 2016. She served as Macy’s chief marketing officer from 2012 through 2016.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Ikea is planning to rival online furniture resale platforms such as Facebook Marketplace, eBay and Shpock with the launch of its new peer-to-peer marketplace. But what is the world’s largest furniture retailer’s marketplace plan and will it revolutionise furniture resale? How does Ikea’s marketplace work?

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Inside Retail

JULY 19, 2022

In a crowded market like the home fragrance category, where everyone from fast fashion and beauty brands to discount department stores and pharmacists are selling candles, it’s near impossible to create and retain cut-through, much less develop an iconic brand synonymous with luxury and quality like 60-year-old Parisian brand Diptyque.

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Storis

DECEMBER 2, 2024

As the housing market gears up for a significant rebound, furniture and appliance retailers stand for a promising surge in demand. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR) , forecasts a 9% increase in home sales for 2025 and a 13% rise for 2026. It’s important to make a great first impression.

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365 Retail

MARCH 17, 2023

As the UK heads towards the spring and an enhanced bank holiday season, millions of consumers have revealed they are planning to go shopping on the forthcoming Bank Holiday weekends. These are some of the findings of a new research report commissioned by creative customer experience marketing agency Gekko and carried out by YouGov.

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365 Retail

MAY 25, 2021

Online furniture seller Made.com has unveiled plans to float on London’s stock market in a move set to value the group at a reported £1 billion. Online furniture seller Made.com has unveiled plans to float on London’s stock market in a move set to value the group at a reported £1 billion.

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