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IKEA To Sell Products Inside Some Best Buy Stores: What To Know IKEA To Sell Products Inside Some Best Buy Stores: What To Know
IKEA To Sell Products Inside Some Best Buy Stores: What To Know IKEA is testing out a collaboration with Best Buy to sell some of its furniture at the electronics giant's stores. Best Buy and IKEA will begin a pilot program in the fall to have IKEA products in Best Buy locations, the chains announced in a joint news release on Thursday, July 31. This marks the first time IKEA merchandise will be available through another US retailer. Ten Best Buy locations across Florida and Texas will feature 1,000-square-foot IKEA showrooms where shoppers can get design help, along with purchasing furniture, appliances, and storage setups. "When you're shop…

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by Chris Spiker
Business
Swedish Invasion: IKEA Expanding Upstate With First Store Outside NYC Swedish Invasion: IKEA Expanding Upstate With First Store Outside NYC
Swedish Invasion: IKEA Expanding Upstate With First Store Outside NYC Flat-pack furniture and Swedish meatballs are finally making their way north. IKEA, the global home furnishings giant known for its maze-like showrooms and self-assembled furniture with Swedish names – and meatballs – will open its first upstate New York store in Syracuse, the company announced Tuesday, July 8. The new store will open inside the Destiny USA shopping center in fall 2025. It will be IKEA’s third New York location, joining existing stores in Brooklyn and Long Island. “We are thrilled to offer Syracuse metro area residents more ways to shop and experience IKEA,” said CEO Javie…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Fatal Furniture Truck Crash: 1 Dead, 1 Injured After Brakes Fail In Dutchess County Fatal Furniture Truck Crash: 1 Dead, 1 Injured After Brakes Fail In Dutchess County
Fatal Furniture Truck Crash: 1 Dead, 1 Injured After Brakes Fail In Dutchess County A New Jersey man was killed and another injured after a box truck loaded with furniture lost control on a steep hill and crashed into trees in the Hudson Valley, according to authorities.  The crash happened around 2:55 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, on Wingdale Mountain Road near Clove Valley Road in the Dutchess County town of Union Vale, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office said on Friday, May 30.  Investigators say a 2007 Freightliner box truck was traveling westbound when the driver, a 32-year-old Union County resident of Elizabeth, NJ, lost control while going down a steep hill. …

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by Ben Crnic
Business
Wayfair To Open Massive Retail Store At Shopping Center In Hudson Valley Wayfair To Open Massive Retail Store At Shopping Center In Hudson Valley
Wayfair To Open Massive Retail Store At Shopping Center In Hudson Valley A major new addition is coming to a bustling Westchester shopping center: popular online home retailer Wayfair has announced plans to open a 114,000-square-foot large-format store.  The announcement came Thursday, May 15, via Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, who called the development, which will come to Ridge Hill, another example of the city’s success in attracting “innovative and transformative businesses.”  The upcoming Wayfair store will feature 19 departments, showcasing everything from furniture and home décor to outdoor living and home improvement products. The store will be orga…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Wayfair’s Way Day 2025 Sale Is Now Live—Here’s What to Know Wayfair’s Way Day 2025 Sale Is Now Live—Here’s What to Know
Wayfair’s Way Day 2025 Sale Is Now Live—Here’s What to Know Wayfair’s biggest event of the year, Way Day 2025, officially launched early Saturday, April 26, and will run through Monday, April 28.  The three-day event is one of the retailer’s most significant markdown periods of the year, with discounts of up to 80% across thousands of items. If you're in the mood to refresh your space, now might be a good time to start browsing. This annual spring sale, which launched in 2018, has become a bit of a favorite among home shoppers thanks to its steep discounts, sitewide free shipping, and limited-time flash deals that pop up throughout the weekend.…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Business
Retail Spending Slips As Inflation Climbs In January, Adding To Economic Concerns Retail Spending Slips As Inflation Climbs In January, Adding To Economic Concerns
Retail Spending Slips As Inflation Climbs In January, Adding To Economic Concerns After a solid holiday season, US retail sales took a surprising step back to start 2025, snapping a streak of growth and fueling worries about the economy. Retail and food services sales fell 0.9 percent in January, according to Census Bureau data released on Friday, Feb. 14. The decline reversed the trend from December 2024's revised increase of 0.7 percent, signaling that consumers may be feeling the squeeze from rising prices. Economists had predicted only a slight decline, with Dow Jones estimating a 0.2 percent drop, NBC News reported. The sales totals were seasonally adjusted but…

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by Chris Spiker
News
Popular Hudson Valley Furniture Builder Who Lost Shop To Fire Asking For Help Popular Hudson Valley Furniture Builder Who Lost Shop To Fire Asking For Help
Popular Hudson Valley Furniture Builder Who Lost Shop To Fire Asking For Help A Hudson Valley furniture maker known for building specialty pieces for the rich and famous needs help after a fire ripped through his shop. The blaze occurred in Orange County at Authentic Authentic Antique Lumber on Tuesday, Sept. 17, in Goshen. Sal Mastropolo owns the business, which makes everything from flooring to reclaimed tables and live-edge slabs, all with 100-year-old wood. It has a five-star review on Google. Rockland Video Productions via Mark Lieb According to the business website, some of the stars he has built furniture for include Yoko Ono, Keith Richards, Robert D…

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by Kathy Reakes
Real Estate
Fox News Star Sean Hannity Sells New York Home For Just Under $13 Million Fox News Star Sean Hannity Sells New York Home For Just Under $13 Million
Fox News Star Sean Hannity Sells New York Home For Just Under $13 Million After just a week on the market, news anchor Sean Hannity sold his 10,600-square-foot waterfront estate. The estate, located in the town of Oyster Bay village of Centre Island, was listed for $13.75 million but sold at $12.7 million. Sold by Nest Seekers International’s Shawn Elliott after a bidding war, the buyer (who has not been named) received not only the seven-bedroom, nine-bath house but all the furniture as well, according to the Wall Street Journal and a representative for Elliott. Earlier Report: Fox News' Sean Hannity Lists Oyster Bay Home For $13.7M The estate boasts …

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by Sophie Grieser