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11 Best Shopify Furniture Stores for Inspiration in 2024
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Thinking about setting up an exclusively online furniture shop or contemplating creating an ecommerce channel for your brick and mortar furniture store? It’s a great move and can be an opportunity to create and grow a new business or new…
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5 Retail Trends That Will Transform the Industry in 2019
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Growing up, my town’s local shopping mall was a bustling hub of commerce, chock full of busy shops and pesky tweens. But today, half the place has been gutted -- it looks like an empty morgue of stores now.
Topics: customers, furniture, facebook, industry, retailers, transform, retail, experiences, consumers, stores, brands, trends, buy. -
AO wants to deliver other retailers’ furniture
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AO World, a major UK online retailer specialized in electrical goods, is experimenting with delivering non-electrical products on behalf of third-party retailers. The company is focusing continuously on its third-party logistics business. AO revealed the trial project with furniture delivery on behalf of third-party retailers during the presentation of its… Continue reading
Topics: retailers, furniture, thirdparty, end, delivery, party, deliver, products, ao, retailer, financial, trial, logistics, wants. -
Adobe Showcases Labs Innovations for eCommerce
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At the Imagine Conference, Adobe will give a sneak peek into eCommerce innovations coming out of R&D.; Attendees get an exclusive look at technology that will impact the industry most and what it means for their business.
Topics: innovations, ecommerce, retailers, furniture, product, shopping, price, labs, online, experience, showcases, shoppers, existing, adobe, technology. -
Alibaba buys into furniture chain Macalline
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Alibaba has invested US$640 million in Red Star Macalline Group, the largest furniture retail chain in China.
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Amazon Best Sellers in the Home Office Furniture Category
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The demand for home office furniture has exploded since the beginning of the pandemic. Given how many companies are considering making remote work permanent, the "Home Office Furniture" category on Amazon is worth looking at closely.
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Amazon debuts Showroom, a visual shopping experience for home furnishings
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Amazon just over a year ago launched its first in-home furniture brands, with private labels Rivet and Stone & Beam. This past fall, it began experimenting with a new, more visual way to shop for furniture and other merchandise with its Pinterest-like recommendation service Scout. Now, Amazon is venturing further into home furnishings with the debut […]
Topics: item, virtual, furnishings, shopping, furniture, experience, debuts, room, décor, feature, visual, showroom, amazon. -
Beliani lets customers rent furniture
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Swiss online furniture retailer Beliani not only wants to sell its entire range of around 3,000 pieces of furniture, the company also wants to rent them out. With this initiative, Beliani is responding to the upcoming subscription culture, in which more and more people rent stuff instead of buying it.… Continue reading
Topics: wants, switzerland, students, lets, customers, furniture, subscription, thats, young, beliani, rent, rental. -
Branch carves out new furniture collection as folks return to the office
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Customers can purchase premium furniture without having to go through a dealer, saving on average 50% over buying from traditional retailers.
Topics: business, office, collection, techcrunch, return, company, carves, furniture, folks, hayes, products, including, branch, way. -
Despite limitations, 3D and AR are creating new realities in retail
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“Within the next five years, I think we're going to see that having AR and 3D on your dot-com and beyond will be mandatory.”
Topics: furniture, realities, customers, technology, retail, techcrunch, limitations, shopping, creating, room, youre, online, ar, products, 3d, despite. -
Direct to Consumer Trends: Up & Coming Brands Succeeding with DTC
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Think about the first time you purchased furniture. Chances are you trudged along in a warehouse or department store, making…
Topics: customers, customer, winning, brands, dtc, product, directtoconsumer, source, brand, experience, direct, furniture, trends, consumer. -
Fonq acquires Naduvi
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Dutch online furniture store Fonq has acquired Naduvi, a competing online platform, that sells furniture by dropshipping products to consumers. Combining scale and competencies will bring more focus to both companies. The amount of money involved in the deal was not disclosed. Fonq is an online store that sells furniture…
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Furniture startup Burrow raises $25M
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Burrow, a startup that first launched with a modular sofa, eventually aims to sell you furniture for every room in your home. Today, it’s announcing that it’s raised $25 million in Series C funding. Burrow participated in the Y Combinator accelerator in 2016 with an initial aim of building sofas that, by virtue of being […]
Topics: 25m, room, modular, products, kuhl, product, series, going, techcrunch, burrow, customer, startup, furniture, launched, raises. -
Getting Acquired Without Your Typical Off-the-Chart Sales Figures
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In this episode of Shopify Masters, Alex Back, a cofounder of Apt2B shares the logistical challenges of shipping furniture and how to make your business attractive to potential acquisitions—without “insane” sales figures.More
Topics: marketing, offthechart, weve, figures, sales, industry, online, business, things, furniture, really, lot, customers, getting, acquired, typical. -
How D2C brands are holding up during the pandemic
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So what's up with digital natives and how has COVID-19 played out for the segment?
Topics: d2c, compared, brands, pandemic, holding, categories, growth, pets, furniture, reality, techcrunch. -
How to Sell Home Decor Online: The Ultimate Guide
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Home is no longer just the place we relax or sleep. The concept of homes as we know them has shifted—and consumers have adapted to it.
Topics: guide, consumers, sales, sell, ultimate, brands, website, furniture, omnichannel, product, brand, décor, online. -
Ikea launches online store in Luxembourg
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Swedish furniture store chain Ikea has launched its offical online store for the Luxembourgian market. The launch in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg follows one year after Ikea opened an online store in Belgium. Since yesterday, Luxembourg has its own online Ikea store. Previously, they had to order their Billy closets and… Continue reading
Topics: launches, ikea, luxembourg, furniture, online, items, store, belgium, guide, choose, started. -
Indian startup WoodenStreet thrives on O2O model
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Indian furniture startup WoodenStreet is targeting 15 additional experience stores in the territory by the end of the year.
Topics: startup, o2o, upbringing, tastes, theyve, yearthe, type, wantedwoodenstreet, furniture, woodenstreet, model, us1, indian, thrives, territory. -
Indonesia’s Fabelio raises US$9 million for expansion
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Indonesian online furniture retailer Fabelio has raised US$9 million in a Series C funding round led by Taiwanese venture firm AppWorks.
Topics: expansion, indonesias, times, raises, million, round, market, indonesia, main, furniture, improve, fabelio, funding, us9. -
Inhabitr raises $4 million to let you rent furniture
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Inhabitr, a Chicago-based furniture rental platform, has today announced the close of $4 million in Series A funding, led by Great North Labs. Inhabitr launched in 2016 after the co-founders, who have gone through dozens of moves between the two of them, decided that purchasing, moving and maintaining furniture is one of the biggest pain […]
Topics: retail, moving, techcrunch, furniture, swap, company, raises, platform, room, pieces, rent, category, million, inhabitr, let. -
Interior Define and Monica + Andy collaborate to make children’s furniture
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It isn’t super common to find two entrepreneurs in one marriage, especially two entrepreneurs that want to work together. But married couple Rob and Monica Royer are making it happen with a new collaboration between Interior Define and Monica + Andy. Interior Define, founded by Rob Royer, looks to offer super customizable, high-quality furniture at […]
Topics: teams, andy, idea, interior, childrens, furniture, rob, collaborate, define, royer, monica. -
Interior Define, the custom furniture startup, opens new location in SF
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The direct-to-consumer space has some stand-out players, both in newcomers like Brooklinen and old-timers like Warby Parker. But one company, Interior Define, has maintained a low profile over the four years of its existence. The company offers fully customizable furniture, including couches, dining sets and bed frames, to customers through an online showroom. But ID […]
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Loveseat gets comfy with new funding to expand its returned home goods marketplace
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Husband-and-wife co-founders Chris and Jenny Stanchak started Loveseat back in 2013 as a vintage furniture business that they pivoted into an auction marketplace.
Topics: returned, chris, stanchak, techcrunch, furniture, marketplace, returns, market, auction, gets, loveseat, inventory, expand, comfy, items, funding, goods. -
Modsy confirms layoffs, 10 months after announcing its $37M Series C
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Modsy, an e-commerce company that creates 3D renderings of customized rooms, has confirmed to TechCrunch that it laid off a number of staff. In addition, several of its executives, including CEO Shanna Tellerman, will take a 25% pay cut. TechCrunch first heard about the layoffs from a source. The company’s confirmation of cuts comes amid […]
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Muji to launch monthly subscription service with Idee
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Japanese retailer Muji is to launch a subscription service for furniture and interior goods with its designer brand Idee.
Topics: offers, interior, subscription, services, service, lives, launch, muji, monthly, furniture, stores, idee, problems. -
Online furniture store Loberon expands to the Netherlands
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Loberon, an online furniture store from Germany, has launched a dedicated ecommerce website in the Netherlands. The launch marks the third time the German retailer opened an online store abroad, after starting operations in Austria and Switzerland. Loberon has not only launched its online store in the Netherlands, it will Continue reading
Topics: pay, online, dutch, launched, customers, store, netherlands, furniture, million, expands, loberon, offers. -
Online share of furniture industry in Germany at 14 percent
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Consumers in Germany are increasingly buying furniture online. The share of online shopping has now reached around 14 percent. And it’s mostly single households and consumers under the age of 30 that tend to buy their furniture online instead of in physical stores. This was said by Jan Kurth, the Continue reading
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Otto leads online furniture in Germany with 1.5 billion euros in 2020
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Consumers all over the world prefer to buy furniture and appliances offline, as is seen in the fact that only 14 percent of total revenues were generated via online sales in 2020. The German furniture market is very offline focused, yet Otto.de is the biggest online store with net sales… Continue reading
Topics: growth, offline, furniture, germany, leads, euros, sales, reached, market, online, net, worth, otto, billion. -
Pancake aims to make customers flip for its virtual home design platform
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Pancake is democratizing interior design services to make it accessible to everyone.
Topics: flip, designer, pancake, seed, platform, aims, virtual, techcrunch, space, work, round, company, design, furniture, customers. -
Pinterest’s AR shopping feature expands to include furniture and home décor
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A new Pinterest feature will allow consumers to see what furniture or other home décor items will look like in their own home, using augmented reality (AR). Similar technology has already been put into place by major retailers, like Amazon, IKEA and Wayfair, as well as others in the home design space, like Houzz. In […]
Topics: include, consumers, space, décor, product, users, techcrunch, furniture, expands, pinterests, try, pinterest, ar, feature, shopping. -
Steelcase launches its first online store in Hong Kong and Singapore
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Office furniture company Steelcase has launched online stores in Hong Kong and Singapore, offering office furniture to help people adapt their homes for work.
Topics: online, store, director, office, company, kong, work, launches, working, furniture, stores, singapore, hong, products, steelcase. -
The Inside adds sofas to its custom furniture lineup
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While The Inside already offers a range of made-to-order furniture like beds, headboards, chairs and ottomans, it’s aiming for the center of your living room today with the launch of its first sofa collection. Founded by CEO Christiane Lemieux (who previously founded Dwell Studio and sold it to Wayfair) and COO Britt Bunn (who previously […]
Topics: lineup, customers, furniture, inside, sofas, weeks, start, launch, techcrunch, adds, previously, custom, prices, lemieux, sofa. -
The Platform Group is looking for more acquisitions
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The Platform Group has become the sole owner of Möbelfirst, an online provider of luxury furniture in Germany and surrounding countries. The group remains on a takeover path, with up to eight more acquisitions in the coming year. Platform strategy This is mentioned in a press release about the complete…
Topics: coming, tpgs, furniture, sectors, tpg, möbelfirst, looking, germany, group, acquisitions, platform, strategy. -
Try These 4 Content Strategies Used by a Successful Furniture Brand
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Sofas are an infrequent purchase, and the buying experience can be slow and frustrating. Snug founder Rob Bridgman set out to fix that, with modular couches that are delivered within days. He talks about the company’s experimental social media strategies and his advice for other brands.More
Topics: successful, content, rob, company, sofa, brand, furniture, social, snug, strategies, used, try, fit, sofas, really, video. -
Walmart-owned Flipkart opens offline furniture experience centre
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Indian e-commerce platform Flipkart has opened a physical furniture experience centre in Bengaluru.
Topics: opens, customers, flipkart, vp, furniture, walmartowned, traditionally, touch, strong, offline, experience, centre, understand, supermarket. -
Why Should Buying a Sofa Be So Hard? How Burrow Changed The DTC Furniture Landscape
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In an increasingly digital world, the customer experience has evolved and become more important to a brand’s success. Consumers are…
Topics: experience, dtc, buy, landscape, content, sofa, changed, customers, furniture, burrow, going, customer, hard, buying, create, different, product. -
eBay adds home services to its site via new partners Handy, Porch and InstallerNet
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eBay shoppers will now be able to buy installation services along with their purchases. The company this morning announced new partnerships with Handy, Porch and InstallerNet, which will allow online shoppers the option of booking installation and assembly services when buying items that require a bit of extra work — like TVs, bikes, furniture and more. The option will be […]
Topics: installernet, installation, walmart, tv, adds, handy, furniture, company, porch, assembly, ebay, professionals, services, site, partners.