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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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Address Labor Shortages by Creating Attractive Retail Career Paths

Retail TouchPoints

“I do think the nature of retail jobs will change, whether it’s [staffing] microfulfillment centers or just ship-from-store and BOPIS,” said David Ritter, Managing Director of the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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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. Lids, which sells fan and fashion-oriented headwear and apparel across the US, Canada and Puerto Rico, has signed on a c.1,000

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 254 – Walmart and Shopify earnings and retail sales data

Retail Geek

And two categories that were down for the year we’re home furnishings and electronics which is interesting to me in a little surprising. Like an industry-standard estimate what what you do have you know again think about this December had a weird or shape than ever before it was way more e-commerce n trick.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 285 – 2021 Full Year and Holiday Data Deep Dive

Retail Geek

It did and then, furnishings and furniture and Home Furnishings grew at 21 percent so about the industry average and again because of all the money people spend on their homes I kind of would have expected that to be higher so those two things.

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Nike, Ikea, Asos join a growing list of global retailers spurning Russia

Inside Retail

Sportswear retailer Nike and home furnishings firm Ikea have shut down their stores in Russia, as the world responds to the rogue state’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. Additional reporting from Anna Ringstrom, Gwladys Fouche and Eric M. Johnson of Reuters.

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JD.com's Strategy, 10 Things to Know

Indigo 9 Digital

JD.com sells a range of products from electronics to food to apparel and has over 550 million active customers. Some of the reasons why JD.com decided to focus on building a first party business was to improve the quality of goods on its platform, reduce the amount of counterfeit merchandise and ensure more reliable and fast shipping.