Ikea increases prices by an average of 9%

The Corona pandemic is also affecting the furniture giant Ikea. As a result, the company is raising its prices – worldwide, by 9% on average. According to dpa, this was announced by a spokesperson for Ikea Germany on 30 December.

Maison & Objet Paris postponed to March

Maison & Objet will not take place in January this year, but will be postponed to 24 to 28 March. The organisers cite the rapid spread of the new Corona virus variant Omicron as the reason.

XXXLutz Group invests in moebel.de

Once again, the XXXLutz Group (XXXLutz, Pfister, Conforama, among others) is making a move and acquiring a stake in the furniture search engine moebel.de. The Austrians are taking over the shares from ProSiebenSat.1 Media. In recent years, moebel.de has grown to become the leading German-language specialist search engine for furniture, furnishings and interior decoration and has already started to internationalise the platforms in France and the Netherlands.

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J. Zimmer Maschinenbau: Rass and Mentler to succeed Naschberger

Zimmer Austria Digital Printing Systems announces that Tony Naschberger has decided to vacate his position as CEO of J. Zimmer Maschinenbau GmbH, Kufstein, as of December, 31st 2021. The Board of Directors appointed Andreas Rass and Thomas Mentler as the new Managing Directors of the company as of January 1st 2022.

„Very Peri“: The Pantone colour for the year 2022

The Pantone colour institute has chosen its trend colour for the year 2022. The special thing about 17-3938 Very Peri is that for the first time, a truly new colour has been developed especially for this purpose.

IMM Cologne 2022 also cancelled

After the cancellation of the major trade fairs Domotex and Heimtextil, the Cologne furniture fair IMM Cologne has now also been cancelled. The organisers cite "the current special conditions in the interior design sector" as the reason for the cancellation, which made it practically impossible to hold the fair

Study on purchasing decisions of German consumers

The majority of German consumers no longer follow familiar patterns in their purchasing decisions; this is what the consulting firm Accenture found out in its study "Life Reimagined". According to the study, consumers today want to know more about brands and the origin of products, attach great importance to health and safety aspects and give preference to manufacturers that are in line with their personal values and attitudes. They also value highly personalised services and easy communication at every point of their customer journey.

Messe Frankfurt: Heimtextil 2022 cancelled

Due to the worsening pandemic situation in Germany and the correspoding restrictions, Messe Frankfurt has cancelled the Heimtextil trade fair planned for 11 to 14 January 2022. According to a press release, the organisers will be discussing with the industry if and how a new event can be organised in summer 2022 parallel to the Techtextil/Texprocess trade fair duo. Events planned for later, such as Ambiente, Christmasworld, Creativeworld, Paperworld and Frankfurt Fashion Week, will take place as things stand.

Ikea Germany doubles online sales

Ikea Germany closed the 2021 financial year (1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021) with total sales of EUR 5.305 billion, down 3.2% year-on-year. At the same time, online sales grew by 102.9% and amounted to EUR 1.747 billion. The online share of retail sales rose to 34.3% (last year it was 16.2%). Globally, total sales of all Ikea franchise partners amounted to EUR 41.9 billion in the financial year 2021 (same period last year: EUR 39.6 billion).

"We have further accelerated our development into an omnichannel retailer and were able to almost compensate for the slump in sales in the stationary business," says Dennis Balslev, Managing Director and CSO of Ikea Germany. The massive expansion of online planning and consulting services as well as Click & Collect had contributed to more than doubling online sales (+102.9%).

At around 53.2 million customers, the number of visitors to the 54 German furniture stores fell by 35.4% due to Corona. The number of online visits again increased significantly, namely by 16.6%: 417.4 million people were inspired by the Swedish furnishing company's range of products on ikea.de. 31.8 million customers made purchases in one of the 54 furniture stores in the past financial year. 9.36 million people shopped at ikea.de, which corresponds to an increase of 172.8%.

The average receipt in the stationary trade rose by 13.8% to 101.57 EUR. The average receipt achieved online was 186.68 EUR, which is around 25.6% less than in the previous year.