September 3,
        2015   by   in Industry, Retail Technology   
  
        
    
    Austin, Texas-based Starmount Solutions, a commerce platform for cross-channel customer interactions, has deployed Starmount Engage, Starmount Connect and Oracle Retail Point-of-Service for 106 Unicomer stores in El Salvador and is implementing its solutions in 20 countries.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        September 2,
        2015   by   in Designer Weekly   
  
        
    
     A junior at Iowa State University of Science and Technology is the winner of the 2015 Raymond Waites Design Competition.
A junior at Iowa State University of Science and Technology is the winner of the 2015 Raymond Waites Design Competition. 
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        September 2,
        2015   by   in Designer Weekly   
  
        
    
    Dwell on Design will return to New York Oct. 2-4 with a packed agenda filled with panels and seminars for attendees that CEU credit certified.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        September 2,
        2015   by   in Designer Weekly   
  
        
    
    Decorating Den Interiors said the company’s first-half 2015 sales performance achieved a milestone with furniture sales taking over as the top product category for the first time in the company’s 46-year history.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        September 2,
        2015   by   in Business Strategy, Furniture Retailing, Industry   
  
        
    
    Online retailer Wayfair (NYSE: W) has shuttered its Get It Near Me marketing program that was created to drive traffic to local furniture stores.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        September 2,
        2015   by   in Advertising, Industry, Social Media, Web Retail   
  
        
    
    The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released its IAB Digital Influence on Home Improvement Plans, a custom analysis of Prosper Insight data, showing that U.S. consumers planning home renovations are nearly twice as likely as the general population to be influenced by mobile and desktop ads.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        September 2,
        2015   by   in Furniture Retailing, Industry   
  
        
    
     Ikea has broken ground on its 456,000-square-foot store in Burbank, Calif.
Ikea has broken ground on its 456,000-square-foot store in Burbank, Calif.