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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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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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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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Extend Your Online Inventory to Facebook Marketplace

BigCommerce

Home Furnishing. Ship within 3 days, item arrives within 7 days. Currently, access to Facebook Marketplace by BigCommerce merchants is limited to those selling in the following categories: Accessories. Apparel (Men & Women). Baby & Kids. Bags & Luggage. Beauty (Women). Accept returns within 30 days.

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Will Wayfair’s Move Into Brick-And-Mortar Overcome Its Challenges?

RTP blog

Given Wayfair’s competition in the home furnishings market (from specialty retailers like West Elm. Furniture and home décor are high consideration product categories with long lifecycles, and there’s no shortage of competition in this vertical. as well as from big-box retailers like Target.

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#RIC18 Store Tours: From Luggage, Books And Running Gear To Kitchenware And Candy

RTP blog

Items can then be shipped to the customer’s home from the warehouse. Williams Sonoma The flagship Williams Sonoma store is a two-level shop that sells everything from kitchenware and electronics to cutlery and home furnishings. Upstairs, there is a complete home furnishing section.

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