Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

Loft, a dubiously classified ‘home furnishings’ concept is an idea that should have travelled but hasn’t. And even in the smallish space it occupies in those locations, the range of merchandise is formidable. The name Loft inspires thoughts of furnishing an edgy urban apartment, but it turns out not to be very much like that.

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VMS

APRIL 7, 2021

In a research note UBS published this past Monday, it predicts nearly 80,000 retail stores – roughly 9 percent – will close permanently by 2026, according to Fortune. The forecast comes as the total percentage of e-commerce retail sales continue to jump. In addition, roughly 7000 home furnishing stores are also likely to close.

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VMS

JANUARY 14, 2022

WASHINGTON, January 14, 2022 – Retail sales during 2021’s November-December holiday season grew 14.1 billion, easily beating the National Retail Federation’s forecast and setting a new record despite challenges from inflation, supply chain disruptions and the ongoing pandemic, NRF said today. General merchandise stores, up 15.2

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The company itself has been in business for more than 60 years, selling groceries and low- to middle-end general merchandise, operates 10,500 stores in 19 countries and churns out, with monotonous regularity, annual revenues higher than the GDP of every country in Scandinavia. In China, year-on-year sales grew by 11.3

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