IKEA Worli City Store is now open!

by Suman Gupta

Mumbai/ Maharashtra, December , 2021: IKEA (part of the Ingka Group), the Swedish brand and world’s leading home furnishing retailer, today opened its first of a kind Worli City Store to the many people of Mumbai. Spread over 80,000 sq. ft, the store opened at 10:30 am and welcomed its first customer with much fanfare as coworkers and customers came together to cheer and celebrate another milestone in IKEA’s retail journey in India.

Insert first customer entry pic and video here (Caption: IKEA Worli City Store’s first customer joins the launch of the store through ribbon cutting along with the coworkers)

As a responsible retailer, IKEA will continue to promote a safe shopping experience. Customers who are looking forward to shop at IKEA Worli City Store, need to follow the latest COVID-19 guidelines by being fully vaccinated with 2 doses and should have completed 14 days after second dose.  With temperature checks, sanitisers and social distancing protocols in place, IKEA is ready to offer a safe shopping experience to all.

The IKEA Worli City store aims for 1.5 million store visits in the first year of the opening. Located in Utopia City, near Kamala mills, the city store promises everything for your home to help you do more with every space in the house. From the 8000-9000 products available at the Worli City Store, over 2,200 products will be available for direct take away and the rest will be home delivered. IKEA coworkers as well as various digital tools will support customers with placing orders for larger items that aren’t available for takeaway. The store will host 03 room sets and inspirations focused on small space living, space saving hacks and other needs of the home.

The store was also visited by Aaditya Uddhav Thackeray, Mayor of Mumbai and Cabinet Minister of Industries, who met with IKEA India management team and shared best wishes for the brand’s journey.

ABOUT INGKA GROUP: With IKEA retail operations on 32 markets, Ingka Group is the largest IKEA retailer and represents about 90% of IKEA retail sales. It is a strategic partner to develop and innovate the IKEA business and help define common IKEA strategies. Ingka Group owns and operates IKEA sales channels under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. It has three business areas: IKEA Retail, Ingka Investments and Ingka Centres. Read more on http://Ingka.com

About IKEA India: IKEA India, part of Ingka Group opened its first big-format retail store in Hyderabad in August 2018. The Navi Mumbai Store opened in December 2020, the Worli City Centre Store opens to the public on December 9, 2021 and one more City Centre Store will open in Mumbai during FY22. IKEA has online presence today in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat, and Vadodara. The third big-format IKEA store will open in Nagasandra, Bengaluru during FY22. In parallel, we are also exploring other potential cities that we can enter with an omnichannel approach.

IKEA has been sourcing from India for 35+ years with 50+ suppliers. It is working with over 45,000 direct employees and 400,000 people in the extended supply chain in India to produce for IKEA stores worldwide. IKEA also works with Indian social entrepreneurs, engaging 2000+ women artisans to produce unique limited-edition products for its global store