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Ljubljana – Swedish furniture group Ikea opened its much-anticipated first store in Slovenia on Thursday. “Although this is not an opening we expected, we are grateful to be here today,” Sara Del Fabbro, the CEO at Ikea South East Europe, said at today’s inauguration event in Ljubljana’s BTC shopping district amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ljubljana – The Swedish furniture group Ikea is set to open its first store in Slovenia in Ljubljana on Thursday. To ensure a safe shopping experience in Covid times and avert long queues in front of the store, Ikea has mandated advanced bookings for in-person shopping in the first weeks following the opening.

Ljubljana – The Swedish furniture group Ikea will be launching its online store for Slovenia on 25 February. If coronavirus restrictions will allow, its new brick-and-mortar store in Ljubljana will also open on the same day, the company said in a press release on Friday.

Popular Swedish furniture and houseware retailer IKEA is set to open an "urban concept store" in downtown Piraeus, following the success two years ago of a pop-up store opened in the Greek port city.

The commercial property market is bracing for recessionary phenomena in the coming months that will be reminiscent of the 2012-13 slump, as chains and stores are struggling to stay afloat.

IKEA is reaching out to Limassol fans and beyond, with a new Planning Studio location now open in the southern town.
A Planning Studio operated by IKEA is now open in Limassol's Kato Polemidia borough, offering local customers a place where they can access products and services and place orders with help from staff.

One IKEA store is opening its doors to more than just shoppers looking for a bargain. In Catania, Italy, IKEA is allowing stray dogs to come inside so they can stay warm during the winter — and the internet is loving it.

International brands ZARA and IKEA will launch their first stores in Plovdiv and the two chains will open their premises in the renovated Plovdiv Plaza Mall. After its renovation, the shopping center is set to open again in November. The Inditex fashion industry giant's brand will have a store of more than 3700 square meters in the mall.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said this on Wednesday as she spoke with the leadership of the municipality and businesspeople from that region, the government announced.

Billionaire IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, who turned a business he launched as a teenager into one of the world's best known furniture brands, has died at the age of 91, the Swedish company said on Sunday, reported Reuters.