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1.7KRetailRetail Pulse: CVS, UPS Test Drone Potential; Birchbox Grows Walgreens Partnership
Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming with logistics firms to test drones for delivery — and making progress on their experimental flights. UPS subsidiary...
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3.4KRetailIKEA, H&M Funding Tech Startups To Sidestep Retail Disruption
IKEA and Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) are putting money into technology startups as a way to help them sidestep retail disruption, the...
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4.2KGig EconomyHow TaskRabbit, With IKEA, Is Reshaping The Gig Economy
One of the basics of platform design and ignition is getting “anchor tenants” on board who — given their size, scale and...
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2.6KRetailAs NBA Drama Plays Out In China, Retailers Push Forward
The last few days has brought new retail news from China, as the NBA tries to keep hold of its commerce presence...
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2.7KRetailHow New Tech Is Changing Furniture Shopping
Look to furniture and home furnishings to drive more retail innovation. That includes robots. The era of robotic furniture is upon us...
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4.5KInnovationSmart Home Wars Heat Up — Will Apple Catch Up?
The long-term battle for payments and commerce supremacy is hitting close to home — literally. And that battle is increasingly involving the heaviest...
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3.0KRetailIKEA To Take On Amazon With Expanded Smart Home Offerings
IKEA is making big moves into the smart home ecosphere with its biggest investment in decades. The company wants to become a...
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2.4KRetailRetail Pulse: Walmart Provides Health Career Path; Inspire Brands To Buy Jimmy John’s
Brick-and-mortar retailers are expanding their efforts to provide customers with health and wellness services while taking steps to train their employees for...
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3.2KRetailIKEA To Accelerate China Expansion
Following a slowdown in sales growth in the country, IKEA is making its largest annual investment in China. The furniture retailer is putting over...
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5.5KInternet of ThingsIkea To Launch Dedicated Unit For Smart Home Solutions
Ikea is going deeper into the Internet of Things (IoT), furthering its investment in smart home technology and products, TechCrunch reported on...
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2.3KRetailIKEA Partners With Ori On Robotic Furniture
The era of robotic furniture is upon us, or it will be in 2020, if IKEA’s partnership with Ori to bring robotic...
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3.3KRetailHow Consumers Browse And Pay With Digital Technology
With an array of options at their fingertips, consumers find and pay for retail purchases ranging from clothing to cosmetics through a...
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2.7KRetailIKEA’s New App To Increase Digital, Decrease Physical Store Sales
IKEA is gearing up to roll out a new retail app that will enable consumers to shop online for products they can...
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2.3KRetailIndia-Based Interior Design Startup Livspace Scores IKEA Investment
A popular interior design startup in India, Livspace, has received an investment from Ingka Investments, the venture capital arm of IKEA, according...
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3.2KRetailRetail Pulse: The RealReal Takes Omni Approach To New Store; Amazon Go Opens In NYC
Online brands are exploring the world of physical retail with brick-and-mortar stores, and this week, fashion eTailers continued to expand their brick-and-mortar...
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2.6KRetailIKEA Debuts Central Paris Location
As IKEA moves to create a new range of stores to meet the changing habits of consumers, the furniture retailer opened its...
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4.8KNewsAlexa, Stolen Fingerprints And The Rest Of The Week’s News
It’s the end of a busy week, one full of news about payments and commerce. We here at PYMNTS are as excited...
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3.0KRetailIKEA Opens Planning Studio In NYC
IKEA has opened its first Manhattan store, but it’s unlike any of the retailer’s other U.S. locations. The 17,000 square-foot store, located...
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5.8KeCommerceIkea Dubbed The Amazon Of Furniture
Ikea, the furniture retailer, is reportedly looking at launching an online site that sells its own products as well as furniture from...
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6.1KRetailIkea Uses TaskRabbit Acquisition To Gain Retail Edge
Retail furniture giant Ikea’s recent acquisition of handyman site TaskRabbit shows that it’s aware of competition from other online-only furniture retailers, and...
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5.8KRetailIKEA Tests Subscriptions In The Sharing Economy Age
Brick-and-mortar retailers are reinventing their business models amid changes in consumer preferences and the emergence of the sharing economy. IKEA, which is...
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4.4KRetailIkea Buys A Stake In Traemand To Broaden Its Service Offerings
Ikea’s parent firm, Ingka Group, has purchased a 49 percent stake in U.S. kitchen installation firm Traemand as it pushes to expand and...
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3.9KRetailRetail Pulse: IKEA To Open ‘Planning Studio’ In NYC; Pizza Hut Will Acquire QuikOrder
Big retailers are opening smaller-format stores in major U.S. cities, and IKEA is no exception: It is intending to bring a “Planning...
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4.5KRetailHow Merchants Are Driving Conversions With Five Features
In eCommerce, convenience is the name of the game — and merchants are making it easier for consumers to make the decision...
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4.4KRetailIKEA Unveils Manhattan ‘Planning Studio’ Concept
To allow shoppers to discover and purchase products for home delivery, IKEA is planning on opening a new store in Manhattan that...
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3.1KRetailIKEA Looking For Partnerships With Russian Companies
IKEA wants to form strategic partnerships with Russian companies to expand its online business in the country. According to Reuters, the retailer’s...
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3.1KRetailApple, Nike Lose Favor With Chinese Consumers
A new survey has found that big retailers like Apple and Nike are losing favor in China, as consumers are showing a...
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3.2KRetailIKEA Sets Prices Lower Ahead Of Store Launch In India
IKEA has priced its furniture even lower in India to lure customers to its first store in the country this week. The company...
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IKEA Launches Inspiration Experience In Select Cities
IKEA announced that it will commemorate its 75th anniversary this year with a limited-time IKEA Inspiration Experience in New York and Chicago....
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2.6KRetailRetail Pulse: lululemon Gets New CEO; IKEA Gears Up For First India Store
Sales at lululemon athletica have fared well despite retail industry woes, but the company has experienced a challenging start to the year...
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4.7KRetailIKEA Gears Up For First Store In India
Marking a departure from its do-it-yourself business model, IKEA plans to have a 150-person assembly team for its first store in India, located...
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5.0KRetailRetail Pulse: IKEA Axes New Store Plans To Focus On Digital Store
IKEA is slowing the growth pace it has sustained in the U.S. market, axing plans for new stores in three U.S. cities...
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6.1KRetailIKEA Cancels Planned Stores Amid Focus On eCommerce
Following years of U.S. growth, IKEA is reining in its brick-and-mortar expansion efforts: The furniture retailer cancelled planned stores in North Carolina, Tennessee...
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6.8KAmazon DeliveryAmazon Takes Tough Stance On Returns
Remember that old saying, “You break it, you bought it?” A tweak on that might read: “You click on it, you bought...
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3.8KRetailIKEA Rolls Out Rewards Credit Card
Following moves by Amazon and Uber, IKEA is rolling out its own branded credit card. The new Visa card will offer 5...
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6.3KSafety and SecurityTaskRabbit Takes Website, App Down After Computer Hack
TaskRabbit — the freelancer marketplace owned by IKEA, the Swedish furniture retailer — has been the victim of a hack that prompted...
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IKEA Unveils Smart-Speaker Line
Continuing its foray into smart-home devices, IKEA is rolling out four smart speakers dubbed Eneby. The launch, however, is the company’s first...
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7.1KRetailBeyond The Buzzword: Harnessing Platforms’ Real Power
Two decades ago, talk of platforms was mostly centered around software, often by academics and engineers in highly technical settings. Today, the...
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IKEA’s New CFO’s Strategy To Compete With Amazon
To evolve with changing shopping habits, IKEA has announced plans to keep up with or increase its heavy level of investment in...
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6.4KRetaileBay Plans New Augmented Reality Features
eCommerce marketplace eBay will add new augmented reality (AR) features this year to make shopping on its site more engaging. As a result,...
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7.8KRetailIKEA Tests Furniture Rentals
To reach more consumers and foster more eco-friendly operations, IKEA is testing out renting its furniture offerings in Japan, Curbed reported Wednesday (Jan....
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IKEA Looks Toward A Future With AI
When it comes to planning for its future, furniture giant IKEA is trying to figure out how to use artificial intelligence (AI)...
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IKEA Gamifies Store Openings With VR
IKEA has already done some early work to embrace augmented reality in its brick-and-mortar stores. Through a recent design collaboration with Wavemaker,...
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7.1KRetailBringing ‘Try Before You Buy’ To Interior Design
It looked great in the store, but it didn’t look so great when it got home. It’s a problem all consumers face,...
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IKEA Explores New ‘Open-Source’ Design And ‘Co-Create IKEA’ Options
In retail news, Scandinavian home furnishings chain IKEA has announced plans to test full-range showrooms and an “open-source” design, according to reports...
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5.4KPartnerships / AcquisitionsTaskRabbit Acquisition Is Latest Move In Ikea’s Digital Strategy
TaskRabbit, the contract labor marketplace startup known and loved within the gig economy, has been purchased by Swedish home goods giant Ikea....
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5.6KRetailIKEA ARKit App Lets Shoppers Virtually Try Before They Buy
Augmented reality (AR) is making itself right at home in the home furnishing retail space. IKEA, the Swedish home goods giant, has...
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5.6KAppleIKEA Moves Into AR Furniture With Apple Partnership
Following its Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple has another announcement. The tech giant recently shared its new partnership with IKEA and is moving forward...
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IKEA Offers New Parents Up To Four Months Of Leave
Swedish company IKEA is known for its innovative furniture, but it’s adding a paid parental leave policy to that innovation. The furniture and...
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5.2KRetailIKEA, Getting Experimental And The Power Of The Pop-Up
It is known as the “IKEA effect,” and actual scientific study has been dedicated to it. However, even a non-scientist can watch...
