IKEA, the world’s leading Swedish home furnishing retailer, opened its first in-mall store in India at R City in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar (West) area on July 28. Although it is the third store in Mumbai and the fifth in India, it is the first in-mall store in the country.
Also, the Swedish home furnishing retailer has announced up to 50 percent off on online orders for Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara. All discounts will be applied directly at checkout. A discount of 20 percent or more has been given on some products.
IKEA said that its new IKEA store is spread over 72,000 square feet and offers more than 7,000 well-designed, affordable, good quality, functional and sustainable home furnishing products.
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In addition, customers can also place orders for over 5,000 products that will be delivered to them, and they can buy 2,000 products directly from the store.
“IKEA aims to offer home furnishing solutions that match the aspirations and dreams of many Mumbaikars for a better everyday life. With the R City store, we aim to offer many of Mumbai’s best home furnishings with products for every member of the family. To become more accessible and relevant to the masses. We are excited to welcome our customers to our latest store in Mumbai,” Alan Buckley, IKEA R City Customer Meeting Point Manager, said on July 20.
The new store house will have 15 rooms for inspiration and ideas and an IKEA restaurant with a seating capacity of 130 that will serve a wide range of Indian and Swedish cuisine.
“With a planned investment 6,000 crore in Maharashtra, IKEA expects to attract around 4 million visitors to Mumbai this year,” it said in a statement.
The retailer hired 180 coworkers, 76 percent of whom were local, and plans to employ more people from local neighborhoods.
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