Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2023

“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. In addition, Ikea will build 900 new Pick-up locations where customers can pick up purchases made online.

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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. At Wayfair, innovation is at the core of everything we do, and this pilot with J.B. Hunt 360 technology to automate processes such as check calls and transactions.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Located on Camden High Street, the Chinese lifestyle retailer is opening its doors on 14 February. Spanning 4,110 sq ft, the site marks Miniso’s 26th store in the UK and its fourth stand-alone high street location. Miniso is opening its largest-ever UK store in Camden later this month, its ninth store in London.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This September, SHEIN and Klarna are teaming up to present the ‘In Pink We Trust’ tour bus, making stops at major shopping centres across the UK, including London, Birmingham, and Manchester. Moreover, the bus’s exterior terrace is designed as a sanctuary for home décor enthusiasts.

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Shopping Center

MAY 5, 2023

Five new tenants will join Shops at Merrick Park, a retail center located in Coral Gables, roughly five miles outside downtown Miami. Coral Gables, Fla.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

IKEA will expand options for urban customers on the West Coast with two planning studios in the Los Angeles area set to open in spring 2022: one in Long Beach and a second in a yet-to-be-determined location. Shoppers will be able to book appointments with design specialists to help with both planning and ordering home furnishings.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Located at 100 Oxford Street, the store showcases the retailer’s new beauty and fragrance collection alongside its range of plushies, home furnishings and toys. The 2,700sq ft flagship is one of three new stores the Chinese giant is set to unveil before the end of this year.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2021

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. The new store was opened alongside Bread Pantry at the Market Place Discovery Bay launched last Friday (October 1).

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2023

The company will achieve this by opening 900 new pickup locations where customers can collect purchases; eight new stores; and nine Plan & Order points, where shoppers can schedule free appointments to discuss their interior design needs with Ikea’s experts. “We We know U.S. in a statement. “We

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Shopping Center

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Indianapolis — RH (NYSE: RH), a home furnishings retailer formerly operating as Restoration Hardware, has opened RH Indianapolis, The Gallery at DeHaan Estate. Located at 4501 N.

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A1 Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As Northern Irish family-owned, department store Menarys celebrates its centenary, it has also announced it will open its 18 th store at The Junction Retail and Leisure Park, Antrim. The new store at the Lotus Property-owned scheme will carry a variety of women and men’s fashion, accessories, home furnishings, cooking and dining.

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

Loft, a dubiously classified ‘home furnishings’ concept is an idea that should have travelled but hasn’t. Loft checks all the boxes for a successful concept if placed in the right location. As Inside Retail reported on February 4 , Seven and I is looking at options for divesting itself of the Sogo & Seibu unit.).

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The future of augmented reality (AR) in retail was on full display at a pop-up event hosted by makeup brand Pat McGrath Labs and Google earlier this week. “When it comes to makeup, I always say, ‘use without caution,’ and now you can shop without caution, too.” In 2020, 83.1 million in the year prior.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

We responded by ensuring affordability was at the forefront for the customer. Housing affordability is at its lowest in decades and will continue to make the wallets of Australians thinner. The rising expectations of customers are propelling our omnichannel strategy at lightning speed. What impact has that had on the business?

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VMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

RH (Corte Madera, CA) will open a four-level design gallery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, CA that will feature a rooftop restaurant and wine bar, the luxury home furnishings retailer announced. RH also a 7,300-square-foot store located at the Fashion Island mall that will remain open.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 13, 2022

JD.com has opened two robotic shops by the new brand name “ ochama ” in the Netherlands, with more locations to follow soon. The new model of shops introduces an unprecedented shopping format merging online ordering and pick-up shop in which robots prepare the parcels, and home delivery service.

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VMS

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Located at 97 Wooster St., it replaces a New York flagship that closed at the end of last year. Finnish design house Marimekko (Helsinki) has opened a new experiential retail space in SoHo. Continuing this tradition, our new store aims to create a dialogue with New York, its inhabitants and creative culture.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Johnstons of Elgin, the luxury Scottish Cashmere and fine Woollens manufacturer, has launched its debut outlet store at Kildare Village in Ireland. . Items featured in the boutique include timeless womenswear and menswear ranges, alongside luxurious textile accessories and woven home furnishings. .

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Storis

JANUARY 22, 2024

So, buckle up, home furnishings retailers; we’re ready to accelerate. The State of the Home Furnishings Industry With abundant opportunity, let’s explore how market and consumer behavior position retailers for success. These positive indicators can support a successful year for home furnishings retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

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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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2023

Announced in 2019 , the 34,000sqm store will be located at Sylvia Park in Auckland. It will feature three levels – including a significant retail space, parking and a restaurant and bistro serving Swedish delicacies – with sustainability at the heart of the development. We believe that this will continue moving forward.”

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VMS

JULY 9, 2021

Home furnishings and kitchenware brand Williams-Sonoma (San Francisco) opened its first United Arab Emirates store in Dubai in March of this year. The 6500-square-foot space, located on the first floor of The Dubai Mall, will host free classes and product demos along with exclusive events and private shopping by appointment.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Store growth for Costco going forward will be focused more away from the US than domestically because of decreasing opportunities for expansion at home. Newer stores are not as productive as older ones, indicating that the concept is approaching saturation or already there in the US and Canada, where Costco has most of its locations.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 22, 2021

8 at 366-368 King’s Road, marking the brand’s debut central London location. . 8 over the summer on a pop-up basis at 227-229 & 239 King’s Road are interior design brands, Libby Blakey Designs and Mews Furnishings. ft pop-up space at 239 King’s Road acting as the first tangible store for the online retailer. .

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It isn’t clear who has the other 62 per cent, but regardless, Moshi Moshi’s current expansion is aimed at filling what the company sees as numerous gaps in the national market that are not currently covered by the existing 117-strong store fleet. Some stores also sell pet accessories. What makes Moshi Moshi special?

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 12, 2022

From jewelry to furniture and everything in between, brands can restock their inventory instantly at AmericasMart’s Spring Cash & Carry Show. If this is your first rodeo, or have been out of the game for a while due to COVID, here are some tips to plan your excursion at AmericasMart to make the most out of the show: Plan Your Parking.

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Retail Focus

JULY 13, 2021

RPMI Railpen (Railpen), has announced the launch of the first pop-up outlet store for luxury label Johnstons of Elgin at Caledonia Park, Scotland’s premier designer village. The launch of Johnstons of Elgin follows news of the progress of the phased refurbishment works at Caledonia Park, which is due for completion in winter 2021.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 27, 2022

Braehead, a leading retail and leisure destination, owned by property company SGS and asset managed by Global Mutual Properties, has announced a string of recent and upcoming openings at the centre. As Scotland’s premier retail and leisure destination, space at Braehead remains in high demand amongst brands.

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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. The average size of a House store is 150-160 metres, we’re looking at [growing that to] about 200.”. We’re definitely looking for larger footprints.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2021

Retailers must construct their digital environment as carefully and strategically as they do their physical store locations. A returns process that has been devised to reduce logistics costs at the expense of customer experience is likely to convert a dubious customer experience into a negative one.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 10, 2022

From its automated warehouses to its carbon positive goals for the future and new city format stores, the 80-year-old furniture giant is continuing to evolve its offering, said Tolga Öncu, Ikea’s retail operations manager at the World Retail Congress last week. A rooftop terrace and hostel are also located on the top level of the store.

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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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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The mall will include retailers such as Gentle Monster; Maison Kitsuné and the 28th location of its acclaimed Café Kitsuné; California-based, celeb-approved athleisure brand, Alo Yoga; as well as Finnish textile, clothing and home furnishings brand, Marimekko. The mixed-use development will be anchored by a 1.3

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

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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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2021

Alex Richardson, Chief Technology and Digital Officer at haircare retailer Frederic Fekkai Brands , noted during the presentation that “Even though we only have about 20 SKUs, we found a lot of customers didn’t know quite which product to use, since you can just walk into Target or Ulta Beauty and look at the shelves of products.

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A1 Retail

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Home furnishing store Plush will be opening its first ever store, and Fone World are also joining The Lexicon. Home furnishing store Plush will open a new 19,210 sq ft flagship store offering a wide-range of innovative, comfortable furniture from premium quality brands.

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A1 Retail

JANUARY 25, 2022

With a focus on home furnishing accessories, and a brand-new food offering, IKEA Hammersmith will feature everything customers know and love about the retailer. They will also be able to explore the whole range, for delivery to a convenient collection point or directly to their home.”

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