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Amazon's newest furniture brands are available online
Amazon's newest furniture brands are available online.

Amazon's New Furniture Brands and What They Mean for Your Showroom

After months of speculation and a few trade market appearances, Amazon officially entered the furniture game this month with the launch of two new private label brands, Rivet and Stone & Beam.…
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Today's home's are collected, meaning they combine items from chains, family heirlooms and products from showrooms like Consort, pictured above.

At Home Today

In this issue, we’re diving into the topic of “today’s homes,” tackling how we live in this day and age and the products that help us do so.   In gathering content for the issue, I was pleasantly…
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Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? IKEA Place app makes augmented reality easier than ever.

Decorate the Lighting & Decor Atrium with IKEA Place

In some ways, augmented and virtuality reality tools are old news when it comes to furniture. Wayfair's app lets buyers preview furniture in their homes before buying, and Lowe's and Pottery Barn…
Local_SEO
Taking some manageable steps to ensure your local consumers can find you easily will work wonders for your online and foot traffic. (Photo: bakhtiarzein - stock.adobe.com)

How to Localize Your SEO

As the days of yellow pages and landlines become a distant memory, local consumers can find businesses in their area in a matter of seconds online. You want your online pages to rank well locally so…
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Macy’s green clocks have watched State Street morph into the retail powerhouse it is today, but no retailer or designer is truly safe from the internet’s grasp.

Design Interrupted

In 2005, Marshall Field & Company announced its flagship store on State Street in Chicago would be changed to Macy’s. What would become of the iconic green clocks that overlooked State Street?…
Wayfair's visual search tool allows users to upload a photo and instantly find exact or similar products.
Wayfair's visual search tool allows users to upload a photo and instantly find exact or similar products. (Photo: Wayfair)

How Visual Search is Changing Retail

Sometimes, words fail us. Sometimes, they can’t fully contain what we want them to. This is especially true when it comes to online shopping — searching “polyester grey rug with abstract pattern and…
The augmented reality technology at Lowe's allows customers to visualize products in their space. (Photo: Lowe's)
The augmented reality technology at Lowe's allows customers to visualize products in their space. (Photo: Lowe's)

How Augmented and Virtual Reality Technology is Changing Retail

A recent study from U.K. mixed reality company DigitalBridge concluded that consumers are less likely to buy the right items for their home – and less likely to shop in general – because they can’t…
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