Ikea will shut its R Metropolis Mall retailer in Mumbai
Swedish homeware and way of life retailer Ikea plans to shut down its retailer in Mumbai’s R Metropolis Mall within the coming six months. The plan is a part of Ikea’s objective of enhancing buyer expertise and streamlining operations in India.
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“There was an total buyer expertise situation with the shop,” an nameless supply near the event informed India Retailing. “The format and design was not optimum.”
Ikea’s R Metropolis Mall retailer measures an expansive 72,000 sq. ft and first opened its doorways to the general public in July, 2022. The shop was considered one of Ikea’s first shops which have a smaller measurement and are situated in additional central metropolis areas.
“This strategic resolution is behind the learnings we now have had by way of buyer expertise and aligned to our imaginative and prescient of making a leaner and sooner retail enterprise within the nation,” stated Ikea India in an organization assertion. “It additional permits us to consolidate our Mumbai operations to Ikea Worli, Ikea Navi Mumbai, and on-line presence whereas exploring newer alternatives for future progress.”
Ikea plans to proceed to bolster its omni-channel operations in Mumbai and can discover new retail codecs for the metro. The enterprise plans to proceed to make use of the over 100 staff from its R Metropolis Mall retailer and can relocate them to different Ikea shops in India.
Ikea has quite a few enlargement plans for India in 2024. These embrace beginning e-commerce operations in New Delhi and the enterprise additionally plans on opening a retailer in Pune within the close to future.
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