skip to content

IKEA’s Navi Mumbai store to open in Jan’19

Date:

Mumbai: Global home furnishings retailer IKEA will open its second store in the country in Navi Mumbai in January 2019 with an investment of around Rs 1,000 crore, the company said today.

The store’s groundbreaking ceremony took place at Turbhe in Navi Mumbai today in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

“The store is the result of the MoU signed earlier by IKEA and Government of Maharashtra as a major step towards establishing retail stores in the state. We will extend full cooperation to enable ease of doing business in the state,” the chief minister said.

ALSO READ: Mukesh Ambani leads Forbes list of Global Game Changers

“IKEA furniture is devised for intelligent space management. There is a huge market for it here as Maharashtra has a target for affordable housing. We are going to build two million affordable houses,” he said.

IKEA had earlier said that Maharashtra will be a key market and it plans to open 5-6 stores in the state going forward, and also to open a distribution center in Pune.

The Navi Mumbai store will be spread across 4,30,000 square feet and is expected to employ 700 direct co-workers and another 1,500 for providing services including assembly, and delivery, the company indicated.

“We will make a positive footprint by creating employment, investing in skill development, growing local sourcing to meet demands in India and globally,” IKEA India’s Chief Executive Officer Juvencio Maeztu said.

The Swedish-headquartered retailer plans to open 25 stores across the country by 2025.

It is set to open its first store in Hyderabad in early 2018.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Share post:

Subscribe

Popular

More like this
Related

Fact Check: Viral Image Showing Rapper Honey Singh Hugging Badshah Is Digitally Altered

A photo claiming to show rappers Honey Singh and...

In Photos: PM Modi Offers Prayers, Performs Rituals At Triveni Sangam In Prayagraj

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, offered prayers at...

Emmanuel Macron Names Francois Bayrou As New French Prime Minister

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday appointed the President...

Fact Check: Video Claiming Protest In Memory Of Babri Masjid Demolition In Bangladesh Is Misleading

As the 32nd anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition...