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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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Kotlyar predicted that remote consultations with associates will expand beyond apparel into the electronics and home furnishings verticals. Tech knowledge also will be increasingly essential as retailers learn whether remote solutions deployed during the pandemic might have “legs.”

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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. Hunt Transport Services will deploy the Waymo Driver solution, and will use J.B. Hunt 360 technology to automate processes such as check calls and transactions.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

decline, furniture and home furnishings stores reported a 2.6% The decline occurred despite muted inflation of just 0.1% , according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index (CPI). Certain areas were hit harder than others. Department stores saw a 2.9% decrease and building materials and garden centers fell 2.5%.

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Storis

JANUARY 22, 2024

So, buckle up, home furnishings retailers; we’re ready to accelerate. We surveyed home furnishings retailers for insights on strategies to accelerate growth. The State of the Home Furnishings Industry With abundant opportunity, let’s explore how market and consumer behavior position retailers for success.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2024

This financial year, Ikea has fulfilled more than 500,000 parcel orders online, shipped from its 10 stores in six states and territories across the country. Partnering with Australia’s largest delivery provider allows us to greatly enhance our accessibility for our customers in this way.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2022

The company was founded to simultaneously fulfill a consumer need and do good in the world by giving a second chance to traditionally short-lived baby gear, and it handles everything from pickups to confirming the quality of items prior to selling. “I

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 9, 2020

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. “The

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2023

According to Ikea, this is the company’s largest investment in the US in four decades, and it will focus on creating new stores and expanding fulfilment networks to serve more Americans. Ikea expects to open eight additional shops, nine Plan & Order points, and create more than 2000 jobs during this first phase of expansion. “We

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Storis

JUNE 4, 2025

The Big-Box Challenge for Mid-Sized Furniture Retailers Mid-size home furnishings retailers face a unique challenge: competing against national chains that seem to have limitless buying power, inventory, and marketing reach. Big-box stores may dominate on scale, but today’s retail competition is not just about who’s bigger.

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Storis

JUNE 4, 2025

When you’re managing dozens of locations and omni-channel fulfillment, small inefficiencies become expensive fast. Without a unified view of your inventory, it’s nearly impossible to optimize fulfillment or confidently promise availability to your customers. For large furniture retailers, the stakes are high.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2023

Obviously, retailers can generally recapture more value from returned items when they can charge more for them — either by negotiating better deals with clearance partners (such as TJ Maxx for apparel and Overstock.com for home furnishings) or setting up their own clearance outlets.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 13, 2021

Overall, online physical goods GMV grew 21% YoY in fiscal year 2021, driven primarily by the FMCG [ fast moving consumer goods ] and home furnishings categories. We will continue to focus on customer experience and value creation through innovation, as we pursue our mission to make it easy to do business anywhere in the digital era.”.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

For us, growth in online sales driven by the Covid-19 pandemic has led us to transform service formats and customer meeting points, reimagine stores as fulfilment centres, and evolve our customer service centre for customers to shop with us remotely.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2023

Additionally, it’s an important piece of our efforts to meet our 2030 sustainability targets.” — Seana Strawn, Head of Retail Design and Home Furnishing Identity, IKEA U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 9, 2020

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. “The

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2023

But he believes current financial pressures, as well as Covid-19 restrictions, have highlighted the importance of a comfortable and functional home and led to increased demand for home furnishings, interior design and products that make life at home “a better place to be.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2020

Home furnishing sales also migrated further online during the pandemic, putting pressure on the supply chain for Resident, which sells mattresses under the Nectar Sleep, Awara Sleep, Level Sleep and DreamCloud Sleep brands as well as the Bundle brand for furniture. The company hired more than 500.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If you are curious about how Wayfair came to dominate the online home goods market here are seven facts about Wayfair’s strategy you should consider including the challenges it faces as an eCommerce business. Wayfair launched after it consolidated 250 individual websites selling home furnishings into a single brand called Wayfair.

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Storis

APRIL 14, 2025

STORIS Academy – Specialized Training for the Home Furnishings Industry At STORIS, our Learning Management System (LMS) is uniquely tailored for furniture and appliance retailers. Increased Team Productivity: Engaging, targeted courses result in better skill retention and direct boosts in overall productivity.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Take click-and-collect, for example, where many retailers are now trying to fulfil online orders from existing stores, offering convenience to shoppers and potentially bringing more consumers into shopping malls or high street retail strips. “I I think the market has been a bit slow off the mark in recognising the benefits.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 12, 2021

We will use the Fenny Lock site to fulfil customer orders for fashion, small home furnishing items and technology products.”. “We We will use the Fenny Lock site to fulfil customer orders for fashion, small home furnishing items and technology products.”.

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Storis

MAY 29, 2024

Dropshipping is gaining momentum as streamlined supply chains become a significant competitive advantage in the home furnishings industry. This logistical strategy empowers streamlined fulfillment with reduced overhead for retailers while expanding product offerings with significant flexibility.

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Storis

JUNE 5, 2022

How can your home furnishings website help you get there? Research Home Furnishings Online, Buy Offline The most prevalent consumer shopping behavior is to research online before ultimately purchasing in a showroom. Therefore a primary goal of your website is to drive educated shoppers into your home furnishings store.

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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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Storis

DECEMBER 5, 2022

One of the challenges home furnishings retailers are facing today is having excess inventory due to prolonged supply chain delays. As a retailer, you want to ensure you have enough inventory to fulfill your customers’ orders but not too much that you have a hard time selling it.

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Storis

DECEMBER 5, 2022

One of the challenges home furnishings retailers are facing today is having excess inventory due to prolonged supply chain delays. As a retailer, you want to ensure you have enough inventory to fulfill your customers’ orders but not too much that you have a hard time selling it. Speak to a Home Furnishings Retail Expert.

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VMS

JANUARY 30, 2022

The big-box home furnishings retailer made the move to expand the program in the U.S. While we remain committed to the site, we have slowed down the process to ensure we design a location that aligns with our multichannel strategy and strengthens our approach to customer fulfillment,” a spokesperson for IKEA’s U.S.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 22, 2020

While brick and mortar stores still play a strategic role in this market vertical, online shopping has skyrocketed, and with $294 billion expected in online home furnishing sales by 2022, retail store owners can no longer afford to miss out on the opportunity to ramp up their cross-channel game plans. What is cross-channel retailing?

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Storis

JULY 12, 2022

As we continue STORIS NextGen’s evolution, we share the Top 5 Areas of ROI your peers have found through our web-based, mobile solution for home furnishings retail. But the vast majority of those guests ultimately need to fulfill their shopping needs. With STORIS NextGen, increase the likelihood guests will buy from you.

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Storis

AUGUST 8, 2018

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. Communicate regularly on when an item is getting ready for delivery and other key milestones leading up to fulfillment. Powerful Conversion Tools. Request a Demo.

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Storis

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales associates are at the forefront of your business, representing your brand to customers; therefore, having a dedicated and knowledgeable team is crucial to every home furnishings retailer. Can varying fulfillment options get my customer their products faster? How do other items on this order impact the overall availability?

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Storis

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales associates are at the forefront of your business, representing your brand to customers; therefore, having a dedicated and knowledgeable team is crucial to every home furnishings retailer. Can varying fulfillment options get my customer their product faster? How do other items on this order impact the overall availability?

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Storis

MAY 1, 2024

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. Communicate regularly on when an item is getting ready for delivery and other key milestones leading up to fulfillment.

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Mass Relators

JULY 15, 2024

Several product categories have already reached that level, including toy and hobby, office supply, consumer electronics, books and magazines, music and videos, computer hardware and software, home furnishings, and sporting goods. “E-commerce E-commerce in the U.S. The report also highlights several trends to watch in the U.S.

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Storis

APRIL 19, 2024

Retail leaders can take advantage of Webhooks to accelerate automation in their home furnishings retail operations and build scalable data-driven workflows. For example, if the trigger event is a new order being placed on a website , a Webhook could send an alert to the order management system to kick off fulfillment.

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Storis

APRIL 8, 2024

Retail leaders can take advantage of Webhooks to accelerate automation in their home furnishings retail operations and build scalable data-driven workflows. For example, if the trigger event is a new order being placed on a website, a Webhook could send an alert to the order management system to kick off fulfillment.

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