Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Franchise Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a restructuring agreement with its primary lenders that will allow its three strongest banners — Pet Supplies Plus , The Vitamin Shoppe and Buddy’s Home Furnishings — to remain in operation. 5 at its 365 locations and online.

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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

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. However, JD.com may start to catch up with its plans to open two additional stores in the Netherlands, with locations set for Amsterdam and Utrecht.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 17, 2025

By doing so, we can create a fantastic store filled with bespoke roomsets and home furnishing solutions relevant to the Sussex areas wants and needs. This makes for a tailored shopping experience, helping people to live more functional, sustainable, and beautiful at home, all at an affordable price.”

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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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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2023

Ikea is planning to invest more than US$2.2 Ikea expects to open eight additional shops, nine Plan & Order points, and create more than 2000 jobs during this first phase of expansion. Last year, Ikea US has added 15 customer Pick-up locations and two Plan & Order stations to make Ikea more accessible to customers. “We

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Inside Retail

JULY 24, 2023

Kmart will continue to be price-driven and Target largely centred on affordable apparel and soft home furnishings, he added. “I I don’t see us doing this from a position of weakness. It’s quite the opposite.” Amid the rising cost of living, Kmart has put through 1000 price drops over the past two weeks.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

decline, furniture and home furnishings stores reported a 2.6% Nearly 44% of survey respondents indicated they planned to hire more staff to handle returns during the holiday season, and 71% of these retailers intend to add staff specifically for stores. Certain areas were hit harder than others. Department stores saw a 2.9%

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 8, 2025

The season also marked the continuation of trends first seen during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, with Black Friday setting the tone for a practical and planned-out festive period. Early promotions captured a significant share of the festive budget, allowing consumers to plan purchases while taking advantage of discounts.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In May 2022, IKEA franchisor Ingka Group revealed its plan to invest more than €3 billion ( $3.16 At IKEA, it is always our ambition to offer quality and sustainable home furnishings to our customers at an affordable price,” said Javier Quiñones, CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA U.S. This latest push by IKEA U.S.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2022

For brands and retailers, that translates to taking the time to explain the process for home improvement projects and providing content that dives into the details on major home furnishings purchases. Our data indicates consumers plan to continue their home furnishings and home improvement purchases well into the future.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

MV: In recent years, we have invested heavily in our journey as an innovative omnichannel retailer, opening Plan and Order Point locations in Greater Melbourne and Sydney, enabling us to be exactly where our customers need us to be, which is a key part of our growth strategy for Ikea in Australia.

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2022

We’re still in the nascent stages in terms of home furnishing category,” Kavitha Rao, India’s chief commercial officer told Inside Retail. It plans to unveil as many as 30 stores in the next seven years. The consumer spending on the home furnishing category in terms of percentage of the disposable income is about 4.5

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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. For the recently acquired MyHouse business, GRBA is planning to expand the business beyond NSW, with stores in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland. “We

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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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V Count

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The findings suggest the home furnishing industry will continue to earn well over $100 billion regularly in the US alone and underline that people still prefer going to retail when it comes to buying furniture and other goods for improving home life. . The Home Furnishing Market Will Continue to Grow and So Should Your Store.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 25, 2022

It follows the homewares giant buying the former Topshop flagship store in London’s Oxford Street for £378 million, with plans to open Ikea Oxford Street in autumn 2023. For the first time, Londoners will be able to take the Tube to an Ikea store, pop in, grab a yellow bag and buy all the home furnishing accessories that make a house a home.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2023

But he believes current financial pressures, as well as Covid-19 restrictions, have highlighted the importance of a comfortable and functional home and led to increased demand for home furnishings, interior design and products that make life at home “a better place to be.”

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Retail Wire

JUNE 2, 2021

Bed Bath & Beyond has launched three new private label lines as part of the retailer’s plan to reposition itself in the marketplace. The new lines include Our Table kitchenware, Wild Sage home furnishings and Squared Away storage products.

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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 Gazette

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The home furnishings retailer’s latest initiative will transform old mattresses into raw materials, which can then be used for new products. Ikea has launched a new mattress removal and recycling scheme as part of its sustainability efforts.

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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 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 Times

MARCH 20, 2023

Today marks the opening of the IKEA Plan & Order Point in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The Plan & Order Point is a smaller store dedicated to kitchen and bedroom planning, where customers can visit for home furnishing advice and expertise to help design their ideal space.

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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 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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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 7, 2024

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% during the 26 weeks to 30 December. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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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. “[We] Preparing to Pop-Up Through Smart Planning. Home furnishings and accessories brand Sundays launched a Los Angeles pop-up experience Sept.

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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.) Mass merchant Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.) has remodeled five of its SuperCenters in the Eastern U.S.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Plans are underway to augment its Nursery & Baby, Seasonal & Outdoor, and Gifting ranges, in addition to strengthening its bedding and home furnishing categories. Matalan is not only focused on expanding its fashion range but is also enhancing its homeware collection.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2021

On a micro level, we try to complement apparel with intimates, we have a very strong exposure to home furnishing in our Cady’s Alley design district, plus entertainment, health and beauty, and we would like to expand on unique food and beverage tenants that define the character of our district.”

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Retail Times

JULY 25, 2023

Monday 24 July 2023 marked the opening of the IKEA Plan & Order Point in Preston, Lancashire. The Plan & Order Point is a smaller store dedicated to kitchen and bedroom planning, which customers can visit for home furnishing advice and expertise to help design their ideal space.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Dunelm is planning to launch its first stores within the inner boroughs of London, after it saw its highest sales growth rate last year in the capital. The home furnishings retailer reported sales were up 4.5% during the 26 weeks to 30 December.

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