Furniture Sales news and trends

IKEA and Afterpay Bring BNPL to Furniture Buying
Retail // September 19, 2023

IKEA has entered the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space with the help of Afterpay. The world’s largest furniture retailer announced Tuesday (Sept. 19) that Afterpay’s “Pay in 4” service was now available at its stores and website for customers in the U.S. The program, which lets...

January Furniture Sales Helped by Promotional Financing
Consumer Finance // February 21, 2023

Consumers’ use of retail promotional financing for in-store purchases of furniture rose in January. The number of applicants for in-store furniture financing programs rose by 8% compared to December and 10% year-over year, Versatile Credit said in a press release. January also saw the approved...

Wayfair’s Way Forward In A Crowded Field
Retail // August 09, 2018

When a new Wayfair worker joins the team – and as of late, there have been an awful lot of Wayfair workers – their first lesson is in customer service. The goal of the Wayfair worker is to work on “innovating better together,” becoming “fast fixers and...

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IKEA and Afterpay Bring BNPL to Furniture Buying

September 19, 2023
IKEA has entered the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space with the help of Afterpay. The world’s largest furniture retailer announced Tuesday (Sept. 19) that Afterpay’s “Pay in 4” service was now available at its stores and website for customers in the U.S. The program, which lets customers pay for products in four payments over a six-week […]

January Furniture Sales Helped by Promotional Financing

February 21, 2023
Consumers’ use of retail promotional financing for in-store purchases of furniture rose in January. The number of applicants for in-store furniture financing programs rose by 8% compared to December and...