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Take part: incube8 Digital Living Challenge
Do you want to help shape the ideas for tomorrow’s home living and completely rethink concepts in the context of digitalisation? True to its motto, “Design the future of intelligent living”, incube8, the new innovation campus powered by Koelnmesse, and its industry partner Häf...
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Marie Kondo and the furniture industry
Tidying expert Marie Kondo has done more than just spark a short-lived trend with her best-seller The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and the millions of copies she’s sold. Combined with minimalism, her systematic approach to decluttering is having an impact on the furniture industry.
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SEO trends for 2019: tips for furniture retailers
Good visibility in the Google search results is essential for furnishing companies, especially those in online furniture retailing, because the online store for furniture and living accessories is a central point of contact for new and existing customers.
Any company hoping to achieve a top ranki...
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All-in-one kitchens: No longer a dream
A kitchen appliance that can do everything. Wouldn’t that be a dream come true? But what do aspiring domestic gods and goddesses really want? If you can believe the shows on TV, we’re all turning into professional chefs with stylish home kitchens, equipped with gleaming stainless steel h...
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Customer journey, then what?
The digital revolution isn’t really revolutionary any more. It has become part of normal everyday life. It has eroded the distinctions between bricks-and-mortar retail, e-commerce and marketing, and it enables customers, manufacturers and retailers to communicate with each other on many differ...
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Amazon launches its own furniture brands
E-commerce retailer Amazon has expanded its range with two Amazon own-brand furniture labels, Movian and Alkove. While the Movian line features a flexible and practical collection of modern, Scandinavian-inspired furniture, Alkove is positioned as a “high-end brand”, according to Amazon&...
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IKEA plans its own online platform
Interesting news from IKEA: in future, the Swedish furniture group wants to sell its products not only on Amazon, but also on the marketplace run by the Chinese operator Alibaba. Torbjörn Loof, head of the Dutch holding company Inter IKEA, explained this new approach to the Financial Times. The...
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Variable furniture systems are contemporary
Modular and multifunctional furniture systems consist of individual elements that can be flexibly combined. They thus offer interior designers and end consumers a lot of room to manoeuvre and planning freedom. This is because furnishings consisting of modules can be easily adapted to changing life a...
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The customization mega-trend.
Manufacturing individual products for customers has been a mega-trend for years. But what exactly is a mega-trend? A "blockbuster of change", as defined by Zukunftsinstitut? That's a pretty good definition, because a trend that endures for at least 25 years, and that across national bo...
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Keywords of imm cologne - Part 1
imm cologne doesn't present only an excerpt, but instead the entire world of interiors and living, starting with classic free standing cabinets through solutions for the greatest sleeping and seating comfort to the holistic living worlds of premium international brands and the highlights of the...
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Focus on Bosnian furniture
Bosnia-Herzegovina is not known as a Mecca for furniture design. Nonetheless, furniture manufacturers from the Balkan nation have caused an international furore in recent years through the linking of traditional craftsmanship and modern formal language. The interplay of natural materials, solid wood...
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Strong, food-safe, made of wood, concrete or glass
The worktop is one, if not the most important area of the kitchen. Washing, cutting, stirring and mixing takes place here. Plates are arranged and glasses filled here. It must be able to withstand heat, bacteria and lots of dirt. And it must also be hygienically clean again at the end of the day.
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Minimalism: the design trend
Digitalisation is directly influencing our home environments: heavy, voluminous furniture is disappearing, and a trend for light, airy furnishings is emerging in the interiors industry. Many consumers prefer minimalist furniture and clearly structured design as a beacon of calm in the digital age &n...
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