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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. Research and consulting firm Fifth Dimension states that the second-hand market in Australia is now worth $60 billion and growing 25 per cent a year.

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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. The second-highest selection was virtual appointments with salespeople/stylists, at 34%.

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Expert Tips for Handling Inventory Surplus

Storis

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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Cross-Channel Home Décor Retailing: 5 Take Away Lessons from The Game Changers

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

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.

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

Retail Next

Half shipped, half in store? Ship to store? Fulfillment. Allbirds (via Shopify), to highlight one retailer, offers pick up in store and fulfills orders via ship from store. . Can you be a home furnishings retailer without compelling 3D product visualization and customization? They are in control.

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Wayfair’s Strategy – 7 Compelling Facts You Need to Know

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon Wayfair is more than just a pretty website, the company has been able to penetrate the online home goods market in a way that few competitors including Amazon have been able to. Wayfair launched after it consolidated 250 individual websites selling home furnishings into a single brand called Wayfair.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 254 – Walmart and Shopify earnings and retail sales data

Retail Geek

And two categories that were down for the year we’re home furnishings and electronics which is interesting to me in a little surprising. Like an industry-standard estimate what what you do have you know again think about this December had a weird or shape than ever before it was way more e-commerce n trick.