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A Generational Analysis of Today’s Home Improvement Customers

Retail TouchPoints

For brands and retailers, that translates to taking the time to explain the process for home improvement projects and providing content that dives into the details on major home furnishings purchases. They are 26% more likely to take on a DIY home improvement project due to the pandemic.

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World-first Ikea Close to You concept opens in Hong Kong

Inside Retail

Home furnishing giant Ikea has launched the world’s first Ikea Close to You concept store inside the Market Place grocer in Hong Kong’s Discovery Bay.

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Address Labor Shortages by Creating Attractive Retail Career Paths

Retail TouchPoints

“I do think the nature of retail jobs will change, whether it’s [staffing] microfulfillment centers or just ship-from-store and BOPIS,” said David Ritter, Managing Director of the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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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. Finally, being the world’s largest home furnishing retailer, we are proud to be a pioneer in environmental and social responsibility.

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The Future of Shopping: What to Expect in 2032

Retail TouchPoints

By 2032, digital will be the most important area of their business, and sectors that today have remained relatively untouched — motor vehicles and parts, convenience stores, furniture/home furnishing stores, building material, and more — will have reinvented their digital posture and orientation.

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How Cloth & Company Saved Time and Money With its 3D Virtual Showroom Collaboration

Retail TouchPoints

Home furnishing brand Cloth & Company is working with 3D asset creation and management provider All3D to help even small retailers and designers overcome this challenge through the creation of virtual showrooms using 3D rendering software.

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Nike, Ikea, Asos join a growing list of global retailers spurning Russia

Inside Retail

Sportswear retailer Nike and home furnishings firm Ikea have shut down their stores in Russia, as the world responds to the rogue state’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. Additional reporting from Anna Ringstrom, Gwladys Fouche and Eric M. Johnson of Reuters.