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Seamless Shopping Journeys Attract Today’s Home Furnishings Consumers

Storis

The most common challenge vocalized by home furnishings retailers in 2019 was how to increase store traffic. Retailers are finding that customers venturing to their stores are qualified buyers in the late stages of their research, ready to make a purchase; just like I was. Written by Kristi Keyser, STORIS Marketing Specialist.

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Overstock.com Renames Website Following Bed Bath & Beyond Deal

Retail TouchPoints

Shoppers will have access to Overstock’s assortment of home furnishings as well as the kitchen, bedding and bath-related products that defined Bed Bath & Beyond’s offerings for three decades. Overstock.com will change its website name to bedbathandbeyond.com following its successful acquisition for $21.5 in the coming weeks.

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IKEA Planning Studio Concept Heads West With Two Los Angeles Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Shoppers will be able to book appointments with design specialists to help with both planning and ordering home furnishings. The stores won’t carry any inventory, but they will arrange transportation of orders either to shoppers’ homes or to other convenient points of delivery. in a statement. “By

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After 70 Years, IKEA Disassembles Both Print and Digital Catalogs

Retail TouchPoints

The digital version debuted in 2000, and at its peak in 2016, 200 million copies were distributed in 69 different versions, in 32 languages and to more than 50 markets. Turning the page with our beloved catalog is in fact a natural process since media consumption and customer behaviors have changed. in a statement.

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How Ikea Australia plans to champion affordability and the shopping experience

Inside Retail

We take the responsibility as a retailer to maintain our product offer through these times and not pass on these costs to our customers where possible. In the property market, things are slowing for now, but the record shortage of rental properties will continue to drive prices up for tenants, particularly in our capital cities.

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A Generational Analysis of Today’s Home Improvement Customers

Retail TouchPoints

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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2024 Industry Trend Guide

Storis

So, buckle up, home furnishings retailers; we’re ready to accelerate. To accelerate, “the architectural makeup of retail systems must work in harmony across all platforms to accommodate customers. More than 50% of those surveyed plan or use Generative AI for designing digital ads, writing content, and personalizing marketing.