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 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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Design Wanted
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Based in New York City and Milan, Sagaria ’s studio has worked on award-winning hospitality projects for brands including Mandarin Oriental, Park Hyatt, Rosewood and Freehand Hotels as well as flagship retail spaces , restaurants and high-end residential developments across America, Europe and Asia.
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. There’s space for a lot more players,” she added. As a Scandinavian retailer, we had a large open storage concept. A study table was a luxury in most Indian homes before the pandemic.
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. Instead, the new layout will expand into a mix of open squares and calm spaces, inviting visitors to interact, connect and recharge. The essence of retail is to serve people.
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.
Inside Retail
OCTOBER 22, 2023
Store growth for Costco going forward will be focused more away from the US than domestically because of decreasing opportunities for expansion at home. Newer stores are not as productive as older ones, indicating that the concept is approaching saturation or already there in the US and Canada, where Costco has most of its locations.
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