Competition and Industry News
Ikea betting on new markets; will open stores in India next yearedit
Ikea will debut in India next year, with one store each in Hyderabad and Maharashtra: Ikea’s larger roll-out plan includes setting up 25 stores in the country by 2025.
Publication: ET Retail
Date: October 27, 2017
Empowering village women: An IKEA initiativeedit
For Nirmala Maurya, 32, running and managing the home became tedious and she began a different life swimming against the social current. For Nirmala, from Arjunpur Pathak village, her journey of self-reliance and financial independence began in 2010 when she was approached by Rangsutra, a community-owned craft company of over a thousand artisans from remote regions of India which boasts of “ensuring sustainable livelihoods and regular employment for rural artisans”.
Publication: ET Retail
Date: October 27, 2017
Martha Stewart Will Come to Your House and Read You For Filthedit
In the profile, we get to watch the stars reminisce while the present occupants stand around patiently. Matthew Broderick takes off his shoes and puts his bare feet on a man’s furniture, which took me all the way out, but you know, do you. Whoopi Goldberg and Lauren Hutton also revisit their old stomping grounds. But the piece de resistance is your queen and mine, Martha Stewart.
Publication: Elle
Date: October 27, 2017
15 Dish Racks That a) Work and b) Aren’t Hideousedit
I sometimes avoid cooking in my minuscule New York City apartment kitchen just because the idea of having to washing the various dishes afterward makes me feel tired. C’est la vie of anyone without a dishwasher, right? But then there’s the fact that I, and probably you, don’t have the cash to throw down on delivery every single night, either. So fine, if must, we can all wrap our minds around cleaning our cereal bowls. But toweling each dry by hand? Nope.
Publication: Architectural Digest
Date: October 27, 2017
How One Hurricane Harvey Victim Rebuilt Her World in 72 Hoursedit
One scorching afternoon, we meet. It’s been a week since Hurricane Harvey landed in Houston. The stench of fetid floodwater and mold knocks me sideways. I take a break from mucking flooded homes to grab some fresh air. Urania Clark is weaving a client’s hair outside her apartment as I pass by. She motions her comb toward the open door, shakes her head slowly, and says: “Everything. Gone.” It is as simple and heartbreaking as that.
Publication: Architectural Digest
Date: October 27, 2017