Indianapolis retailer HHGregg with 229 stores in 20 states is due to file bankruptcy in the coming days, according to news reports.

Target renovates its Open House store in San Francisco with more interactive displays and more smart home products. The store also collects qualitative and quantitative data on engagement levels by shoppers.

Sonos begins selling smart speakers at its first retail shop in New York City, offering customers a listening experience they can't get anywhere else.

Cable supplier Belkin makes its first steps into the brick and mortar retail space with a direct-to-consumer store in the Loas Angeles Internation Airport (LAX) selling cables, headphones and connectors.

IP cameras, smart thermostats, IoT basketballs line shelves of Target’s Connected Living Experience in Minneapolis area, but ‘experience’ is a misnomer and home automation is mostly absent.