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The purpose of a retailer is changing. The core function may still be to sell products, but there are entire worlds being built up around consumers now that have — at least on the surface — little to do with products sitting on shelves. The rise
Brick-and-mortar retail was already facing challenges on many fronts. Traditionally, consumers have been shifting their spending from the material to the experiential, and after many weeks of ecommerce buying, post-crisis online retail will surely be the default shopper preference for most product and service purchases.
Sydney shoppers will be able to sell on their pre-owned Ikea furniture at the Swedish retailer’s Tempe store, in an Australian-first program. Used furniture can be exchanged for an Ikea voucher under the Take-back service that launched at the inner-south store on Wednesday. Customers need to fill out