Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2022

Lachlan Mitchell, Ikea Australia’s product recovery leader, said: “Our new As-Is Online platform gives our customers an easy way to shop more sustainably and find the perfect home furnishing products to make their life at home better.”.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 17, 2023

per cent and home furnishings at 2.4 Consumers spending on apparel rose by 6.7 per cent, on groceries by 6.6 per cent, lodging 4.1 per cent, electronics 3.5 per cent, jewellery 2 per cent, and at restaurants by 1.8 per cent last month. Year-on-year sales were down for fuel and convenience at 4.1

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Inside Retail

MAY 24, 2022

We’re still in the nascent stages in terms of home furnishing category,” Kavitha Rao, India’s chief commercial officer told Inside Retail. The consumer spending on the home furnishing category in terms of percentage of the disposable income is about 4.5 A study table was a luxury in most Indian homes before the pandemic.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2024

Ikea Australia CEO and chief sustainability officer, Mirja Viinanen, (pictured above with Australia Post CEO and MD Paul Graham) said that while the brand is famous for its flatpack furniture, many of its customers do not always realise that much of the Ikea home furnishing range is available to them in a parcel via the post.

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Inside Retail

MAY 28, 2023

The aim is to offer a wide range of well designed and functional home furnishing products, with prices [assisting] as many people as possible to afford them,” she said. With its stock levels improving, she said that Ikea has been in a strong position to lower the price of a number of its best selling products.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The new Ikea store will house more than 8,000 home furnishing and appliance products, together with a restaurant, where customers can find the brand’s famous Swedish meatballs. The 67,760sqm store, scheduled to open on November 25, is located next to the Mall of Asia and spans five stories.

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Inside Retail

MAY 16, 2024

The textiles, clothing, and home furnishings company saw its Finland sales rise by 8 per cent while international sales increased by 6 per cent. Marimekko Group ‘s net sales increased 7 per cent to €37.7 million (US$41.0

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Inside Retail

JULY 24, 2023

Kmart will continue to be price-driven and Target largely centred on affordable apparel and soft home furnishings, he added. “I I don’t see us doing this from a position of weakness. It’s quite the opposite.”

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Design Middleeast

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Elevating the standard of luxury home furnishings, 2XL Home proudly announces the opening of its new store on Umm Suqeim Road, Al Barsha, Dubai, UAE. 2XL Home has strategically positioned itself in the bustling heart of Al Barsha, Dubai, aiming to redefine the local luxury home furnishings landscape.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2021

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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Retail Design Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Marina Home, renowned for home furnishings, partnered with Altavia ODG to revamp its Reem Mall store in Abu Dhabi.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This is a significant investment for Ikea in cutting-edge digital AI technology which is market-leading for a home furnishing retailer in Australia,” said Giovanni Rutigliano, Ikea Australia’s digital manager.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2021

And, potentially the biggest winner out of the entire lockdown-related shift in consumer spending, home furnishing, also saw strong growth at 245 per cent. Luggage sales were also up 830 per cent, with many Australians preparing for a potential return to international and domestic tourism.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2023

“We are committed to continuing to grow in this market with our thousands of co-workers and millions of customers who look to Ikea for home furnishing inspiration and solutions at an affordable price,” added Javier Quinones, CEO & chief sustainability officer at Ikea US.

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Design Middleeast

AUGUST 23, 2024

This expansion highlights IKEA’s ongoing commitment to expanding its presence and providing functional, affordable home furnishings in the UAE. This new store at Dalma Mall not only reflects our dedication to providing affordable and stylish home solutions but also strengthens our connection with the local community.

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Retail Times

AUGUST 28, 2024

Adyen, the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies, announces a global partnership with Swedish home furnishing business IKEA. Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides!

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Retail Times

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Julian Charles home furnishings has launched a new children’s bedding collection to raise money for Alder Hey Children’s Charity, including a range named in memory of the daughter of its finance director.

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Inside Retail

JULY 20, 2022

per cent, on home furnishings by 6.5 SpendingPulse covers all in-store and online spending across all forms of payment and includes the hospitality sector. Spending on lodging in June was up by 17.9 per cent, electronics by 4.8 per cent, and apparel by 2.4 per cent. .

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2021

US fashion retailer Gap is set to enter the home furnishings category, releasing its first home essentials range in partnership with Walmart. The Gap Home collection will feature more than 400 products, ranging from home decor and tabletop items, to bedding and bathroom accessories.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 18, 2021

We’re] a home furnishing company, and we want to make it easier for people to live a more sustainable life at home,” Ikea Sweden sales manager Bojan Stupar said.

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VMS

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In a letter to shareholders , Friedman again lamented the “widespread discounting” across the home furnishings industry. “ … While it’s been almost two years since we’ve deployed a promotional email, we’ve been receiving two sale emails per day from many home furnishings retailers.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Mobile check-out is a first for home furnishing retailers in Australia, and we’re proud to lead the way wit this initiative with the aim of creating a no-wait checkout experience for our customers.”. Our goal is to provide our customers with a consistent, seamless, and efficient shopping experience across all channels.

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

Loft, a dubiously classified ‘home furnishings’ concept is an idea that should have travelled but hasn’t. The name Loft inspires thoughts of furnishing an edgy urban apartment, but it turns out not to be very much like that. Loft is not a home furnishings store in the conventional sense. Isetan is a case in point.

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Design Middleeast

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This includes products from different home furnishing categories such as the iconic STRANDMON wing chair for your cosy corner, TROFAST for your child’s toy storage and KALLAX shelving unit to display your favourites to mention a few.

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Retail Times

MARCH 20, 2023

The Plan & Order Point is a smaller store dedicated to kitchen and bedroom planning, where customers can visit for home furnishing advice and expertise to help design their ideal space. Today marks the opening of the IKEA Plan & Order Point in Stockport, Greater Manchester.

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Design Middleeast

MARCH 28, 2024

According to a Xinhua News report, the CIFF exhibition played a pivotal role in fostering the reconstruction of the home furnishing industry chain and the enhancement of the value chain. This sets a positive trajectory for the high-quality development of the home furnishing industry.

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VMS

JANUARY 26, 2023

Day’s proven track-record and previous success growing home furnishing brands make her the ideal candidate to run the West Elm brand,” said Alber. “We Kornbluth will report to Laura Alber, President and CEO of parent company Williams-Sonoma Inc., and joins the brand April 3. We are proud to welcome Day to the Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

SES-imagotag, the global leader in digital solutions for physical commerce, today announced that JYSK, an international home furnishing retailer, has chosen SES-imagotag to roll-out VUSION in two additional countries, Netherlands and Belgium, for a total of 152 new stores.

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VMS

JANUARY 30, 2023

The move is designed to spur sales of higher-margin, discretionary items such as apparel, beauty products and home furnishings. Mass merchant Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.) has remodeled five of its SuperCenters in the Eastern U.S. into flagship stores featuring upgraded visual merchandising, CNBC reports.

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Retail Times

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Danish furniture and home furnishings brand, JYSK has announced record results in the UK & Ireland during the financial year 2020/2021, with total sales reaching €68.9M, an increase of 67% on previous year.

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Retail Times

MAY 15, 2023

Sewn London, a home furnishings online brand, has just launched Sewn Small which will now offer children’s cushions, bunting, aprons, and little ornaments, designed for children’s playrooms or bedrooms.

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VMS

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The store’s interiors are inspired by the industrial architecture of Marimekko’s textile printing factory in Helsinki, with traditional retail display fixtures replaced by “carefully selected design gems from different decades and distinct material choices,” the fashion and home furnishings retailer said in a release.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 13, 2022

The omni-channel model allows shoppers the convenience of ordering products online through ochama’s App, where a full range of A-brand products are offered covering fresh & packaged food, household appliances, beauty, maternal and child products, fashion, home furnishings and more.

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Design Middleeast

APRIL 27, 2024

2XL Home , one of the region’s leading home furnishing retailers stands in solidarity as the UAE continues to recover after a record-breaking recent storm. The ethos at 2XL Home isn’t just about furnishing homes; it’s about fostering a sense of community and understanding the challenges faced as a whole.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Items featured in the boutique include timeless womenswear and menswear ranges, alongside luxurious textile accessories and woven home furnishings. .

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In 2017, Swedish furniture and home furnishings retailer Ikea launched Ikea Place, an AR app that allowed consumers to virtually place products in their own home using Apple iOS 11’s ARKit technology. According to the retailer, the app automatically scaled products based on room dimensions, with 98 per cent accuracy.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

Finally, being the world’s largest home furnishing retailer, we are proud to be a pioneer in environmental and social responsibility. However, we never lose sight of the fact our product range is at the heart of our business – and the offer of affordable, high-quality home furnishings is who we are and what we do.

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