Swedish home furnishings retailer, IKEA, will open its new store in Navi Mumbai on December 18. The over 500,000 sq. ft store will be IKEA’s second store in India after it opened its Hyderabad store in August 2018. Located on the Thane-Belapur Road, customers will now be able to test, try and purchase popular products such as BILLY Bookcase, MALM Bed, EKTORP Sofa, the company said.
To provide a safe shopping experience amid Covid-19, the company will be taking a number of extra precautions apart from its global best practices and relevant learnings from its Hyderabad operations. To ensure proper physical distancing, the company will initially have a cap on the number of visitors through prior registration on its website, by which customers will be allotted a day and time slot to visit the store.
Peter Betzel, CEO and chief sustainability officer, IKEA India, said, “Mumbai is one of our priority markets in India. We have been present online in Mumbai since early 2019 and soon the many people of Mumbai will be able to shop at our fantastic IKEA store.”
“IKEA will bring alive inspiring home furnishing solutions with its large, unique range and home furnishing knowledge, showcasing many room-sets and homes, and multiple solutions for a more beautiful, smart, sustainable and affordable life at home – all this reflecting how people live in Mumbai. With our long-term commitment to Maharashtra, we will create over 6,000 jobs by 2030, of which 50% will be women,” he said.
