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Ikea trials mobile checkout in Queensland stores

Inside Retail

Ikea is trialing in-store Mobile checkout in its Logan and North Lakes stores in Queensland with the aim of speeding up the buying experience at the furniture and homewares chain. The post Ikea trials mobile checkout in Queensland stores appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Ikea Australia lets customers buy second-life products

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Once reserved online, customers can make the purchase by visiting their selected store’s As-Is area, located near the checkout area. A new ‘ As-Is Online ’ section on the Ikea website lets customers access discontinued items, used showroom display items as well as pre-loved goods returned through the business’ Buy Back service.

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Cashierless Space Gets More Crowded: JD.Com Opens Two Autonomous Stores in the Netherlands

Retail TouchPoints

The Ochama shops, located in Leiden and Rotterdam, carry everything from food to home furnishings and are operated entirely by robots. Wundermart , which opened its first UK store in October 2021, plans to operate 10,000 cashierless convenience stores in a partnership with contactless checkout company AiFi.

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How Ikea Australia plans to champion affordability and the shopping experience

Inside Retail

Finally, being the world’s largest home furnishing retailer, we are proud to be a pioneer in environmental and social responsibility. However, we never lose sight of the fact our product range is at the heart of our business – and the offer of affordable, high-quality home furnishings is who we are and what we do.

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2024 Industry Trend Guide

Storis

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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City Furniture Overhauls Ecommerce Approach to Create Highly Customized Shopper Journeys

Retail TouchPoints

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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Digital Shopping Carts

Storis

Even if you are a home furnishings retailer that converts most of your revenue in your physical stores, your website plays a critical role in driving store traffic. So how can you make the checkout process on your furniture eCommerce website as convenient as possible to drive your conversion rate higher? DigitalCommerce360).