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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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How Ikea Australia plans to champion affordability and the shopping experience

Inside Retail

However, international shipping disruptions in the Red Sea and global conflict’s potential impact on oil prices will continue to put pressure on product availability and costs. 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.

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Address Labor Shortages by Creating Attractive Retail Career Paths

Retail TouchPoints

“Tech training can create a more attractive job for some employees, because it’s a marketable skill,” said Kotlyar. Many of these changes are recent: “Ship-from-store wasn’t economically viable [as recently as] two years ago,” said Ritter.

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How Cloth & Company Saved Time and Money With its 3D Virtual Showroom Collaboration

Retail TouchPoints

Additionally, the end result is a set of 2D imagery that can inspire — but that still doesn’t offer quite the same experience as seeing an actual piece on display in a showroom. The process also greatly reduced the necessary investment, reducing the cost of bringing the collection to market from tens of thousands to just thousands.

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How Model No. is Disrupting the Furniture Industry with 3D Printing and Products Made from Food Waste

Retail TouchPoints

Additionally, through the adoption of 3D printing technology using agricultural waste from corn husks, sugar cane and sugar beet as materials, the company minimizes carbon emissions and toxic byproducts while creating an upcycled collection of sustainable home furnishings. Additionally, Model No.

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5 Awesome Brand and Retail Partnerships and What You Can Learn From Them

Wiser

To help its customers better coordinate their homes’ color schemes, Pottery Barn and its sister brands partnered with Sherwin-Williams to create paint palettes that match the retailers’ home furnishings. Kohl’s would accept Amazon returns at its store, handling the packing, labeling, and shipping for the eCommerce giant.

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(Some of) the Technology that is Empowering the Customer Channel in Physical Retail

Retail Next

Customers (or should I say “shoppers”) don’t look at different channels. Half shipped, half in store? Ship to store? TECH CONNECTS: HELPING BRIDGE THE JOURNEY (five places that improve the end-to-end experience). Again, Nordstrom with their new Nordstrom Live virtual shopping experiences. They are in control.