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Overstock Teams with UPS to Tackle Home Furnishings Returns

Retail TouchPoints

These post-purchase performance metrics will help us evaluate the end-to-end shopping experience for our customers,” said Johnson. The new doorstep returns pilot comes as Overstock.com completes its transition into a furniture-only online retailer, after 18 months spent exiting all non-home categories.

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The Importance of Group Counting Solution in Home Furnishing Industry

V Count

The home goods industry is one of the largest markets a country’s economy depends on and the industry continues to grow despite the rising inflation and economic recession. The Covid-19 pandemic changed things for the industry as people had to stay home during lockdowns and many had to start working from home.

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Vitamin Shoppe Parent Company to go Private Following Acquisition by Senior Management

Retail TouchPoints

Franchise Group owns and operates a number of “franchised and franchisable” businesses that include The Vitamin Shoppe as well as Pet Supplies Plus , Wag N’ Wash , American Freight , Badcock Home Furniture & More , Buddy’s Home Furnishings and Sylvan Learning.

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Seamless Shopping Journeys Attract Today’s Home Furnishings Consumers

Storis

I found out that the shopping journey for buying furniture was very different than my normal mobile purchases of clothing or shoes. Even though my journey to find new sofas started with my normal shopping habit of browsing online, I knew this purchase was going to require more thorough research.

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RIP: The late Terence Conran’s once high-flying Habitat is no more

Inside Retail

Europe-based home furnishing chain Habitat has shut down all of its operations, just a month after collapsing into receivership. The fate of five other shops in Barcelona, Geneva, Madrid, Milan and Zurich is unclear. The fate of five other shops in Barcelona, Geneva, Madrid, Milan and Zurich is unclear.

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How Ikea Australia plans to champion affordability and the shopping experience

Inside Retail

In the property market, things are slowing for now, but the record shortage of rental properties will continue to drive prices up for tenants, particularly in our capital cities. 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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Home furnishings retailer launches new immersive colour shopping experience

A1 Retail

Home furnishings retailer Terrys has unveiled its brand-new online immersive shopping experience, which tailors shopping specifically by colour palette. The unique Shop by Colour concept has been months in the making, after the retailer experienced a huge surge in on-site searches for colour related terms.