Urban First For IKEA As It Opens Highest Profile Store In The World
The post Urban First For IKEA As It Opens Highest Profile Store In The World appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The 130-seat Swedish deli serves up IKEA’s famous meatballs. IKEA After over four long years shuttered, London’s iconic Topshop store is back but not with the fashion retailer’s name upon it – though rumors of a retail return for Topshop do abound – but as an IKEA. Right in the heart of London’s West End the much-awaited IKEA Oxford Street store debuted on May 1, following a very lengthy renovation of the Grade II listed building at 214 Oxford Street which sits on the intersection of Oxford Street and Regent Street. It’s the second urban store to be opened in London by IKEA and when it threw open its stores this morning there were large crowds outside gathered to see just what the Swedish furniture and homewares retailer could cram onto a footprint far smaller than its huge out-of-town big box units and also catering for an audience that will largely live in smaller homes and will be in need of space saving solutions. So just what can shoppers expect? Well the Tardis-like IKEA actually spans three floors of the 239,000-square-foot, seven-story building, with offices above, and it has two other retail tenants within the block it owns. Nike is revamping its famous Nike Town and will temporarily take over Microsoft’s vacated store, which sits diagonally opposite and next to Apple’s store. A 4,600-square-foot Space NK will also join the line-up as a new tenant. And perhaps the biggest surprise is that despite being on a smaller footplate and in the middle of a city, the IKEA experience feels remarkably familiar – right down to the one system around room sets, the market area and, of course, a deli serving Swedish meatballs and other IKEA favorites. IKEA Opens In Iconic Site Topshop had owned the historic building from 1992 and…
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The 130-seat Swedish deli serves up IKEA’s famous meatballs. IKEA After over four long years shuttered, London’s iconic Topshop store is back but not with the fashion retailer’s name upon it – though rumors of a retail return for Topshop do abound – but as an IKEA. Right in the heart of London’s West End the much-awaited IKEA Oxford Street store debuted on May 1, following a very lengthy renovation of the Grade II listed building at 214 Oxford Street which sits on the intersection of Oxford Street and Regent Street. It’s the second urban store to be opened in London by IKEA and when it threw open its stores this morning there were large crowds outside gathered to see just what the Swedish furniture and homewares retailer could cram onto a footprint far smaller than its huge out-of-town big box units and also catering for an audience that will largely live in smaller homes and will be in need of space saving solutions. So just what can shoppers expect? Well the Tardis-like IKEA actually spans three floors of the 239,000-square-foot, seven-story building, with offices above, and it has two other retail tenants within the block it owns. Nike is revamping its famous Nike Town and will temporarily take over Microsoft’s vacated store, which sits diagonally opposite and next to Apple’s store. A 4,600-square-foot Space NK will also join the line-up as a new tenant. And perhaps the biggest surprise is that despite being on a smaller footplate and in the middle of a city, the IKEA experience feels remarkably familiar – right down to the one system around room sets, the market area and, of course, a deli serving Swedish meatballs and other IKEA favorites. IKEA Opens In Iconic Site Topshop had owned the historic building from 1992 and…
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