Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 9, 2020

With the COVID-19 pandemic escalating the adoption of online shopping across all categories, the home goods sector in particular has seen a notable spike in ecommerce. Social shopping also has been a major source of traffic for the brand, and has increased significantly year-over-year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2021

Despite this good news, many executives at shopping malls and “destination centers” wonder just how much of this returning traffic will find its way to their venues. “ Retail TouchPoints spoke with executives from shopping destinations across the U.S. Shopping Destinations Set Sights on an ‘Experiential’ Tenant Mix.

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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. Inventory is a separate but related lever.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 9, 2020

With the COVID-19 pandemic escalating the adoption of online shopping across all categories, the home goods sector in particular has seen a notable spike in ecommerce. Social shopping also has been a major source of traffic for the brand, and has increased significantly year-over-year.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 18, 2021

Called the “Home Experience of Tomorrow”, the transformation includes an innovative new design and incorporates new technology, new ways to shop, and a focus on emotional and empowering customer experiences. I’m thrilled we could bring the first ‘next gen’ store to a futuristic fast-moving market such as Shanghai.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2023

of Digital Merchandising and Marketing, Nordstrom Resale is going to be a big value-driving initiative for many retailers. We’re seeing it be a real traffic driver, because people come to sell a product they no longer need or shop the refurbished options, and then stay and shop the rest of the store.

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A1 Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2023

billion in FY22, and significant investment across its biggest markets, including more than EUR 4.5 As the popularity of online shopping continues to grow, IKEA UK opened a multi-million-pound distribution centre in Dartford, with the capacity to deliver one million orders annually. billion, an increase of 5.7 percent on EUR 39.5

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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. The longer a consumer has shopped on our platforms, the more they spend through more orders across more product categories,” said the company in a statement.

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Storis

MARCH 21, 2023

Written for the Home Furnishings Association’s Educational Series In a world before showroom technology , it was inefficient to track non-purchasing guests. Today, retailers leveraging in-store technology to track guests and build shopping carts generate valuable data. First-party data is increasingly important.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 27, 2022

area residents are often frustrated by being stuck in traffic, we identified geographic areas in the market that are beyond a 30-minute drive from existing stores and where affinity to IKEA is extremely high,” said IKEA Area Manager Janet McGowan. Stores as fulfillment centres. Understanding that many L.A.-area Food to lure you in.

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A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

IKEA UK’s first small store, with a focus on home furnishing accessories and access to the total IKEA offer, opened its doors on Hammersmith’s King Street yesterday. New services, delivery and fulfilment capabilities enabling faster and more sustainable customer deliveries will follow.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2020

Eric Hutchinson, Founder of Resident , talked about how the direct-to-consumer seller and distributor of mattresses used its algorithms to identify those customers most likely to be more comfortable with in-person shopping and direct them to retail partners’ stores. The company hired more than 500. It’s human-to-human,” Medina added.

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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.

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Retail Next

APRIL 1, 2021

Today, retailers and brands need to support their customers how, when and where they want to shop. Retailers and brands need to support, allow and empower their customers to engage with – and shop – them as the customer wants. Fulfillment. Virtual shopping. TikTok has tested a “Shop Now” button. Social commerce.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

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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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

And two categories that were down for the year we’re home furnishings and electronics which is interesting to me in a little surprising. [15:48] And then the last thing that I will tell you I still haven’t totally figured out in surprise me is if you said hey Jason based on all those trends.

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VMS

JANUARY 30, 2022

Now, the same underlying concept is making its presence felt in retail – think of it as a pop-up shop on steroids. We have been approached by developers interested in recruiting us to come to their shopping districts with compelling incentives.”. The big-box home furnishings retailer made the move to expand the program in the U.S.

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