A1 Retail

APRIL 2, 2025

Both Fashion and Furniture, Home Furnishings and DIY experienced their peak sales on the Monday before Mothers Day, while Gifts, Gadgets, Gaming and Health, Beauty and Cosmetics peaked on Tuesday. Conversely, Furniture, Home Furnishings and DIY saw a 7 percent decrease in AOV, from 223.14

Home Furnishings

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2025

Teylez Perez: That’s related to our overall goal, which is to offer access to products to improve the quality of life for families that are working really hard , encompassing home furnishings, appliances, electronics, apparel and gaming.

Payment Services

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

“Conversations with internal and external stakeholders were around figuring out what we, with our unique capabilities as a home furnishings retail company and design experts, would bring to these types of problems.”

Home Furnishings

VMS

JULY 7, 2025

Elk Home (Nesquehoning, Pa.) The designer lighting/home furnishings retailer has hired GA Group to run a liquidation sale for the $46 million in inventory the company still has at its distribution center in Georgia. is going out of business. and New York. Published reports say those locales are now closed.

Home Furnishings

VMS

JUNE 25, 2025

Though its main business is the sale of furniture and home furnishings, Ikea’s in-house restaurants (think Swedish meatballs) also bring in $2.5 billion yearly, according to a variety of published estimates. That list does not include the 60 or so stores operating under the Ikea name in U.S.;

Home Furnishings

Retail Customer Experience

JULY 22, 2025

The home furnishing brand has revamped its Ikea Family rewards program to provide reward opportunities throughout the entire customer journey — from planning to shopping to purchase.

Home Furnishings

A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The exceptional interest in the 150 available positions marks the largest-ever response the home furnishing retailer has seen in the UK, shattering all previous recruitment records. In addition, the store will offer free planning services for kitchens, wardrobes and bathrooms.

Home Furnishings

Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Roach also points out that the West Midlands is “literally four hours” away from anywhere in the country “from a logistics standpoint” With a second store close to being signed, we find out more about Harvey Norman and its plans for the UK.

Home Furnishings

365 Retail

MARCH 5, 2025

JYSK , the Danish home furnishing chain, is set to mark a historic milestone on Saturday 22 March 2025 , with the opening of its first store in Uruguay. Located in Canelones , just north of Montevideo, the store represents not only JYSKs expansion into a new country but also its first venture into South America.

Home Furnishings

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Franchise Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a restructuring agreement with its primary lenders that will allow its three strongest banners — Pet Supplies Plus , The Vitamin Shoppe and Buddy’s Home Furnishings — to remain in operation. 5 at its 365 locations and online.

Home Furnishings

Storis

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The rise of cyber-attacks across industries has elevated cybersecurity from a background consideration to a mission-critical priorityespecially for home furnishings retailers. For home furnishings retailers, these risks are magnified during peak selling periods, where even a brief disruption can result in substantial lost revenue.

Payment Services

A1 Retail

APRIL 30, 2025

Creating a unique shopping experience in the heart of one of the worlds most dynamic shopping streets, IKEA Oxford Street will bring together home furnishing inspiration and retail innovation, offering more than just a place to shop. The consultation on these plans closes on 2 May so I encourage everyone to have their say.

Home Furnishings

Storis

JUNE 11, 2025

Specifically designed for home furnishings retailers, STORIS provides a comprehensive retail platform that seamlessly integrates essential business operations like point of sale, inventory management, delivery scheduling, and customer relationship management (CRM).

Home Furnishings

A1 Retail

MARCH 18, 2025

The IKEA Oxford Street store will offer the traditional IKEA experience: a showroom packed with inspiration and roomsets, a market-hall filled with affordable home furnishings accessories, planning appointments and a Swedish Deli. Taking the escalator one floor down, shopperswill discoverinspirational and innovative roomsets.

Home Furnishings

Retail Dive

JUNE 27, 2025

Dive Brief: Home textile brand Parachute plans to close a total of 19 stores by the end of this year, according to information the company shared with Retail Dive. Ait Oufkir said the brand plans to deepen partnerships with Nordstrom and Target, where an exclusive collection launched in April.

Payment Services

Retail Dive

JUNE 27, 2025

Meanwhile, the spooky store plans to bring on 50,000 employees. Image courtesy of Pottery Barn Teen For its exclusive home furnishings collection with the Women’s National Basketball Association, Pottery Barn Teen created bedding and room decor featuring all 13 teams.

Home Furnishings

365 Retail

MARCH 18, 2025

The IKEA Oxford Street store will offer the traditional IKEA experience: a showroom packed with inspiration and roomsets, a market-hall filled with affordable home furnishings accessories, planning appointments and a Swedish Deli. Taking the escalator one floor down, shopperswill discoverinspirational and innovative roomsets.

Home Furnishings

Retail Dive

JUNE 24, 2025

It announced plans in 2021 to open three stores , including two All-Modern locations and one Joss & Main, all to be located in the parent’s home state of Massachusetts. Wayfair’s offline strategy comes at a time when the home furnishings market is struggling to regain its footing after facing sharp demand declines.

Payment Services

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. Advanced Warehouse Reporting: Utilize data-driven insights for improved decision-making and strategic planning.

Management

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2025

The store also will feature a home planning hub offering complimentary one-on-one design consultations with Ikea home furnishings experts and a selection of 3,500 affordable home furnishings accessories and small furniture. Ikea plans to open eight new smaller-format stores this year. In the U.S.,

Home Furnishings

VMS

JUNE 13, 2025

Luxury home furnishings retailer RH (Corte Madera, Calif.) In addition, Friedman wrote that to mitigate risk for the company, RH is delaying the launch of the new concept that was planned for the second half of 2025 to the spring of 2026, when there is more certainty regarding tariffs. San Diego and Palm Desert, Calif.

Home Furnishings

Retail Dive

MAY 20, 2025

In addition to an e-commerce presence in the region, the home furnishings retailer will also offer its personalized design services.

Home Furnishings

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Government policies significantly impact supply chain dynamics evolving trade regulations, stricter environmental standards, updated labor laws and increasing technological investments reshape how home furnishings products are designed, manufactured and delivered.

Home Furnishings

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

IKEA will expand options for urban customers on the West Coast with two planning studios in the Los Angeles area set to open in spring 2022: one in Long Beach and a second in a yet-to-be-determined location. Shoppers will be able to book appointments with design specialists to help with both planning and ordering home furnishings.

Planning

Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2022

Ikea is to launch its small-format planning studio concept in two locations in Australia this year. The first is in Northwest Melbourne, with the second planned for Newcastle. There will be no food on sale, as the main focus of the concept store is assisting customers in customising their home furnishing solutions.

Home Furnishings

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2023

Plans include opening new stores, strengthening its fulfillment network and enhancing its regional product offerings to better reflect the needs of customers in different parts of the country. Ikea will invest more than $2.2 billion in its U.S. Ikea is seeking to get closer to its shoppers, both physically and digitally. We know U.S.

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2023

Jeff Gennette, Chairman and CEO of Macy’s since 2017, plans to retire in February 2024 after a total of four decades with the retailer. Prior to joining Macy’s, Mitchell advised retailers as a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group and was CEO of home furnishings retailer Arhaus LLC.

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2024

Ingka Investments will hold a one-third stake in the project alongside preferred equity components and full ownership of the building’s prime retail space, an 80,000 -square-foot store with a corner entrance on Fifth Avenue where Ingka plans to put an Ikea “customer meeting point.” in a statement. . in a statement.

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2024

plans to relaunch Overstock.com as a standalone site later this month. News of Zulily’s demise first broke in December 2023 , when the company began to advertise a liquidation sale on its website and filed several Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARNs) outlining planned layoffs. Now Beyond, Inc.

Planning

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Ochama shops, located in Leiden and Rotterdam, carry everything from food to home furnishings and are operated entirely by robots. However, JD.com may start to catch up with its plans to open two additional stores in the Netherlands, with locations set for Amsterdam and Utrecht.

Home Furnishings

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 11, 2023

The Ikea designer and customer will then communicate through three virtual, one-on-one sessions, via the Ikea website and videoconferencing, to develop an inspirational mood board, floor plan, elevations, detailed 3D renderings, lighting plan, curated product list, home furnishing tips and material suggestions.

Consumer

Inside Retail

APRIL 24, 2024

Furniture retailer Nick Scali is entering the UK market through acquiring Anglia Home Furnishings, trading as Fabb Furniture, for £3.5 million ($6.7 Nick Scali intends to pay $1 million to exercise the option to exit the existing distribution centre arrangement and inject up to $11.5 million of working capital.

Home Furnishings

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.

Home Furnishings

Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2024

Europe-based home furnishing chain Habitat has shut down all of its operations, just a month after collapsing into receivership. The company’s trustees have initiated a final liquidation due to the lack of cash flow and a recovery plan. The fate of five other shops in Barcelona, Geneva, Madrid, Milan and Zurich is unclear.

Home Furnishings

Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2023

Established in 1953, Laura Ashley sells a range of lifestyle products including home furnishings, women’s sleepwear, children’s apparel, accessories and hospitality experiences.

Home Furnishings

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In May 2022, IKEA franchisor Ingka Group revealed its plan to invest more than €3 billion ( $3.16 At IKEA, it is always our ambition to offer quality and sustainable home furnishings to our customers at an affordable price,” said Javier Quiñones, CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA U.S. This latest push by IKEA U.S.

Home Furnishings

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

decline, furniture and home furnishings stores reported a 2.6% Nearly 44% of survey respondents indicated they planned to hire more staff to handle returns during the holiday season, and 71% of these retailers intend to add staff specifically for stores. Certain areas were hit harder than others. Department stores saw a 2.9%

Returns