Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Bunnings’ botched DIY job on Homebase involved switching its soft furnishings – which was its clear differentiator from market leader B&Q – for the Aussie retailer’s no-nonsense DIY sheds filled with power tools galore. For the year ending 29 December 2019, it delivered £3.2m EBITDA, compared with a £114.5m

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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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Storis

MAY 29, 2024

Dropshipping is gaining momentum as streamlined supply chains become a significant competitive advantage in the home furnishings industry. Another rising use of dropshipping is to aid home furnishings and appliance service departments. This opens up avenues for store expansion and widens the markets retailers can serve.

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Independent Retailer

JUNE 21, 2022

Expansion in resources and programming is positioning Las Vegas Market as Summer 2022’s premier opportunity to source top furniture, gifts, and décor with new products from top lines complemented by engaging education and events. A full list of Las Vegas Market exhibitors can be found at LasVegasMarket.com/exhibitor/exhibitor-directory.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Wayfair is more than just a pretty website, the company has been able to penetrate the online home goods market in a way that few competitors including Amazon have been able to. Wayfair launched after it consolidated 250 individual websites selling home furnishings into a single brand called Wayfair.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Electronics and appliances as well as furniture and home furnishing stores both marked double-digit increases over the previous month. Every major category saw spending increases, including the food and drink establishments hit hard by the pandemic. These saw a 6.9%

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

” There are real benefits to being able to virtually try on products online, as Stephanie Horton, senior director of commerce marketing at Google, pointed out in an official statement about the launch. . “When it comes to makeup, I always say, ‘use without caution,’ and now you can shop without caution, too.”

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Through this rebranding, we’re breathing new life into Bed Bath & Beyond, positioning it as an asset-light, e-commerce retailer with an expanded home furnishings and furniture assortment. Think of it as Bed Bath & – a much bigger, better – Beyond.” However, according to JAT Capital Management, an activist hedge fund with a 9.6

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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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Mass Relators

JULY 15, 2024

of retail market share in 2024, compared with 21.6% Despite continued growth, e-commerce market share of total retail sales is expected to decelerate compared to the pre-COVID period and plateau near 35% by the middle of next decade. retail industry, which demonstrate an effort to adjust to market changes. E-commerce in the U.S.

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Storis

JANUARY 22, 2024

So, buckle up, home furnishings retailers; we’re ready to accelerate. Our survey found that furniture retailers are enthusiastic about many applications of AI led by those that will increase marketing efficiency and reduce bottom-line costs. economy is driven by consumer spending and a thriving job market.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It generates billions in cash flow, returns billions in dividends and share repurchases to its shareholders year in, and year out, and employs more than 2 million people. Walmart believes it achieved market share gains among higher-income brackets, suggesting that more affluent households have been trading down.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Home furnishing brand Cloth & Company is working with 3D asset creation and management provider All3D to help even small retailers and designers overcome this challenge through the creation of virtual showrooms using 3D rendering software.

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Storis

JULY 12, 2022

As Found by Your Retail Peers Valuable technology delivers a return on investment. As we continue STORIS NextGen’s evolution, we share the Top 5 Areas of ROI your peers have found through our web-based, mobile solution for home furnishings retail. It takes valuable marketing dollars to drive store traffic.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 15, 2024

Interest rates play a crucial role in various financial transactions, influencing borrowing and lending decisions, investment returns, and overall economic activity. Lower interest rates translate to cheaper borrowing, prompting consumers to take loans for significant purchases such as homes and cars.

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365 Retail

JUNE 24, 2024

Retailers have also reversed this, and instead of having the focus being on in-store applications, have allowed people to see products in their own homes. This is particularly good for home furnishings, where people can place AR sofas or cabinets in their existing spaces to see how they fit and match them with other design elements.

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 8, 2021

For example, OFFPRICE saw huge success with their Orlando Market on February 9-11. Taking place in the Orange County Convention Center, the show was organized with health and safety as a priority, in response to fashion retailers’ and buyers’ demand for an in-person trade show to support a return to business.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2023

Profitability is the Name of the Game Retailers will be looking for strong returns on investment throughout the enterprise, which means potentially putting projects with a longer-term payback — like the metaverse — on the back burner.

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365 Retail

JULY 4, 2023

In a different sector, IKEA, the home furnishing giant, launched its buy-back initiative in the UK, encouraging customers to sell back their gently used IKEA items in exchange for store vouchers. Yet, the question lingers: Will retailers see the returns on their circular investments?

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Storis

DECEMBER 12, 2023

With a legacy since 1989, STORIS is your trusted source in bringing market-relevant products to the home furnishings industry. Your warehouse team will be able to keep everything running like clockwork so those reindeer can return to the skies. Ensure they all have a stable to dock at with a well-timed receiving calendar.

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Storis

DECEMBER 12, 2023

With a legacy since 1989, STORIS is your trusted source in bringing market-relevant products to the home furnishings industry. Your warehouse team will be able to keep everything running like clockwork so those reindeer can return to the skies. Ensure they all have a stable to dock at with a well-timed receiving calendar.

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VMS

DECEMBER 1, 2022

On a return visit, this pattern grew from a collaboration between me and my business and life partner, Jaime Viñas to create this wildly fabulous Jungle design. Two colorways are available in-stock, Emerald in lush shades of green and Concrete in delicate greys. Additional colorways are available as special order. “My www.imaginetile.com.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2021

Despite this good news, many executives at shopping malls and “destination centers” wonder just how much of this returning traffic will find its way to their venues. We target first-to-the-market tenants and have 71 in our portfolio,” said Northwood Retail President Ward Kampf in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Storis

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Personalization of Abandoned Cart Email Templates Personalization is a cornerstone of effective email marketing; abandoned cart emails are no exception. For brick-and-mortar retailers, driving return visits is essential for sustaining sales. Unleashing the Power of Email Marketing for Business Growth Potential.” FasterCapital,

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Now it is looking to take its brand to the European market, rather than waiting for Europeans to visit Southeast Asia. Smitten with the tropics, its climate and natural landscapes, he returned after the war ended and built an urban oasis in what is now central Bangkok, a short walk from National Stadium.

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Storis

MARCH 21, 2023

Written for the Home Furnishings Association’s Educational Series In a world before showroom technology , it was inefficient to track non-purchasing guests. In fact, research shows that with follow-up or targeted marketing, approximately 20% of originally unsold guests can become converting customers.

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Storis

MARCH 21, 2023

Written for the Home Furnishings Association’s Educational Series In a world before showroom technology , it was inefficient to track non-purchasing guests. In fact, research shows that with follow-up or targeted marketing, approximately 20% of originally unsold guests can become converting customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2020

Home furnishing sales also migrated further online during the pandemic, putting pressure on the supply chain for Resident, which sells mattresses under the Nectar Sleep, Awara Sleep, Level Sleep and DreamCloud Sleep brands as well as the Bundle brand for furniture. The company hired more than 500.

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 12, 2022

Take advantage of special savings and floor samples, including high-end goods plus gift items in the temporaries with no minimum orders, while also getting to know what is in demand from leading gift and home furnishings brands. Avoid returning to your car over and over by bringing a small cart for all of your finds.

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Hyken

JULY 4, 2022

It helps understand the customer better, allows you to personalize (at scale) marketing messages, improve the shopping experience, and more. Forbes) Having many returning customers is the goal of most successful businesses. This is exactly how AI is being used today. CMSWire) What’s in your abandoned cart?

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Wiser

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

To help its customers better coordinate their homes’ color schemes, Pottery Barn and its sister brands partnered with Sherwin-Williams to create paint palettes that match the retailers’ home furnishings. Kohl’s would accept Amazon returns at its store, handling the packing, labeling, and shipping for the eCommerce giant.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 24, 2023

Managing director Phil Halliday says the decision to return was a simple one: “It’s Oxford Street, isn’t it?” “It’s Up market department store Fenwick is soon to vacate Bond Street after 130 years to help ensure the business is on “strong financial footing”. You won’t be able to take all the furniture back home.

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Retail Next

APRIL 1, 2021

While the last years fueled massive improvements in researching, browsing, selecting, purchasing, returning and/or exchanging on mobile devices, tablets and desktops, the current transformation brings more intelligence and continuity to customer experiences with retailers, where the store is a fundamental part of the process. . I think not.

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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. relaunch. “We’re

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

since early 2023 Unlike consumer confidence indices, which often focus on consumer opinion about business or labor market conditions, financial well-being focuses on the consumer’s own financial situation, security and future expectations. Financial well-being sentiment has plateaued in the U.S. Peak inflation of 9.1% 25 to 31, 2024.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 21, 2022

Scot: [12:30] Yeah the counter is the used markets on fire and they’re marking the cars up so there’s kind of like an inflation of car prices in there that I think. Expected you know with the hit that restaurants took that the grocery would have outperformed the industry average but you know it doesn’t seem like it.

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