Inside Retail
MAY 9, 2022
Ikea is to launch its small-format planning studio concept in two locations in Australia this year. Unlike its traditional warehouse-like stores, the Planning Studio is sized between 300-500sqm and designed for customers to plan and order complex home furnishings and services such as dining, kitchens, and bed spaces.
Design Wanted
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Unveiled as part of 5Vie during Milan Design Week, the Italian brand makes its debut with a focus on craftsmanship, raw materials and masterful processes. It helps that Honesta, which is a sister brand to Italian craft master Rawood, has employed the help of international designer Matias Sagaria to help make waves with its first collection.
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Inside Retail
MAY 24, 2022
From delicious biryanis to free breakfasts and vertical storage solutions to cooking pans, Ikea’s 8,000-strong inventory is painstakingly designed to satisfy the local needs. We’re still in the nascent stages in terms of home furnishing category,” Kavitha Rao, India’s chief commercial officer told Inside Retail.
Retail Focus
AUGUST 18, 2021
IKEA Xuhui will be testing an innovative retail concept centred around enabling people to live a better and healthier life within the limits of the planet. Open meeting places are designed to encourage interaction and community. The essence of retail is to serve people. This will be backed by an extensive As-Is section.
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. Focusing on Design!
Inside Retail
MAY 15, 2022
Japanese retail is not only good on its own patch – you will find some of the most attractive stores in the world here – but when Japanese concepts have travelled to other countries, they have generally gone over well. Loft, a dubiously classified ‘home furnishings’ concept is an idea that should have travelled but hasn’t.
VMS
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Finnish design house Marimekko (Helsinki) has opened a new experiential retail space in SoHo. Marimekko has always walked its own path in the boundaries between fashion, design, art and architecture,” says Rebekka Bay, Creative Director of Marimekko. Located at 97 Wooster St., In all, Marimekko has about 150 stores in 35 countries.
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