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Furniture retailers like Wayfair suffer as fewer people buy homes

by Daniel Ackerman
Aug 2, 2024
This week, Wayfair reported a $42 million loss and its CEO compared the drop in demand to the one seen in the last financial crisis.
Wayfair, among other furniture retailers, has experienced revenue declines in recent months.
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Wayfair steps into IRL retail

by Meghan McCarty Carino
May 16, 2024
Many consumers are more comfortable buying furnishings in person. Several online-native brands have recently expanded into physical retail.
Wayfair's first brick-and-mortar store, located in Wilmette, Illinois. The 150,000-square-foot space will carry only a fraction of what’s online.
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States look to new holiday shopping tax dollars post Wayfair decision

by Kimberly Adams
Dec 20, 2019
In many states, it’s the first holiday shopping season since they starting requiring online businesses to collect sales tax.
An eBay representative shows customers the eBay app at a holiday market in Denver in 2017.
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Online shoppers have to pay state sales tax, Supreme Court says

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 21, 2018
States and cities have long been saying that they have a right to profit from residents’ on line purchases.
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What happens if online retailers have to charge sales tax?

by Molly Wood and Shaheen Ainpour
Apr 26, 2018
"This is a very big deal ... for all small entrepreneurs everywhere," Etsy's CEO says.
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