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Business News/ Industry / Retail/  Ikea to invest Rs10,500 crore more in India, eyes 25 stores in 10 years
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Ikea to invest Rs10,500 crore more in India, eyes 25 stores in 10 years

Ikea says the new stores, each needing investment of around Rs500 crore, will come in the cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore

Ikea India has already got FIPB nod to invest Rs10,500 crore in India. Photo: AFPPremium
Ikea India has already got FIPB nod to invest Rs10,500 crore in India. Photo: AFP

Mumbai: World’s largest furniture retailer Ikea on Wednesday said it has plans to invest 10,500 crore to set up 25 stores in the country over the next decade.

The new stores, each needing investment of around 500 crore, will come in the cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore, the Swedish furniture retailer said.

Ikea India has already got FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board) nod to invest 10,500 crore.

“We are looking at investing around 10,500 crore to set up 25 stores at a cost of 500 crore each," Ikea India chief executive Juvencio Maeztu told a retail summit here.

“It is difficult to specify any time-frame when we will set up the first store, still I can say we are working on it and we are in talks with different states and are looking at all major metros for land as we require very large area of land that is near a highway," he added.

The company is likely to set up its first store in Bangalore or Hyderabad within the next couple of years. The company would require very large space as each store will be set up in an area measuring 350,000 sqft, he said, adding that it has not yet singled out any city for setting up its first store.

“For now, the priority is the right location and we are focusing on all major metros, the right location and the good price of land, which is important for us to start right," he said.

Typically Ikea operates large format stores located on expressways close to large cities, where it sells various household goods such as flat pack furniture, furnishings etc at relatively lower prices. Ikea plans to tie up with local suppliers for raw material for its forthcoming stores in the country, Maeztu said. PTI

Note: The story has been updated to reflect the correct figures for Ikea’s planned investment in India

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Published: 17 Sep 2014, 09:47 PM IST
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