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IKEA’s Strategy for Staying on Top

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-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. While it might be hard to image this location doesn’t even have parking. Sustainable practices.

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

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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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5 Examples of the Store of the Future

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This allows us to offer more selection without requiring customers to sift through racks to find that right color, size and fit,” said Simoina Vasen, managing director of Amazon Style. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox.

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JD.com's Strategy, 10 Things to Know

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Selling groceries generate frequent and repeat business and are one of the keys to the success of retailers like Walmart. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Omni-channel retailing is alive and well in China.

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We’re Living in the Age of Conscious Consumerism

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MIT Sloan Management Review. IKEA is phasing out non-rechargeable alkaline batteries from its home furnishings, encouraging customers to reuse and recycle items, and will no longer print its iconic catalog. MIT Sloan Management Review. 2 Mummalaneni, Simha and Jonathan Z. June 30, 2020. 13 Sandler, Rachel. June 30, 2020.

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

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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.