Drones and Efficiency: How INGKA Group is Revolutionizing Retail with a Human-Centric Approach
INGKA Group, the parent company of IKEA, has made a significant impact on the global retail landscape. With 482 stores worldwide and a remarkable…
Only 60 pc Indians Feel That Their Home Reflects Their Identity
Home is an extension of one’s identity however, currently, only 60 percent of people feel that their home reflects their identity. While 64 percent…
Brands on Wheels: Time to 'Reimagine' Retail
It wasn’t too long ago when every business claimed that the key to winning customers was in the quality of the product and the service that they…
Why the Furniture Industry is Optimistic for 2021?
The furniture industry has come a long way in procuring the maturation of market in all its inhibitions. Peculiarly after the pandemic throughout the…
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Caterpillar in the Veg-Biriyani!
New Delhi: Swedish furniture retailer IKEA opened its first showroom in India on August 9, 2018. And we watched how Hyderabad stood to an almost…
IKEA in India- What it means for other players?
Twenty days after Swedish retailer IKEA entered the Indian market with much hype and chaos in Hyderabad, it seems like its ‘desi’ counterparts are…
Four things to know about IKEA's first store!
Affordable Pricing  This is a landmark moment for IKEA after it got FDI approval in 2013 that allowed 100% FDI for single brand retailers in…
Pressure cooker to crockery, IKEA plans to go local with designs
As the countdown begins for Swedish retailer IKEA to launch its first store in Hyderabad, IKEA’s global design head Marcus Engman has maintained…
INDIAN RETAIL – PICTURE ABHI BAAKI HAI MERE RETAILERS
The Indian Retail Industry is poised to grow exponentially in next 10 years. The demographics of our country are screaming loudly about the…
India’s Home Fashion Industry Welcomes IKEA for Better Market Positioning
Swedish home furnishings retail giant IKEA has already entered India and is all set to open its first store in Hyderabad in early 2018 with an…
Pune’s Retail Real Estate Sector: The Game Gets Real
While the demonetisation wave put a dampener on residential sales across India, the retail market was comparatively unaffected and showed good…
Major retail investments of 2016 that will impact the retail in 2017
The organized trade in India is growing exponentially. As per the combined study of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry)…
How Virtual Reality can change the game for Retailers
What if you could do a tightrope walk, dissect a human heart, and jump out of a plane at 10,000 feet – all in one afternoon? VR or Virtual…
After Paytm, Future Group partners Snapdeal for a better customer acquisition
One of the major criticiser of the eCommerce models for selling products beyond its cost price, Kishore Biyani led retail conglomerate Future Group…
IKEA moves closer to opening its first India Store in Hyderabad
IKEA India store has moved a step closer to reality in India with its ground-breaking ceremony in Hyderabad today. The ground breaking took place…
IKEA to invest a mammoth sum of Rs 1500 crore in Mumbai
IKEA, one of the leading furniture retailer brands is eyeing Mumbai as its next hot destination to explore the Indian market. According to the…
IKEA unfolding its large expansion plans in India
IKEA, the Swedish home furnishings company announced the purchase of its first land parcel in Mumbai and second one in India after Hyderabad. The 23…
H&M realising big India play plans
The stage is set for H&M’s sixth store opening in India! The international retailer, known for fashion and quality at the best price in a…
Future Group plans to merge HomeTown with FabFurnish
Kishore Biyani-led Future Group, in order to strengthen its furniture vertical, is now planning to merge its furniture retail brand HomeTown with…
Budget Highlight: A Whooping 100% FDI in processed food retailing
The rollout of Union Budget 2016 come as a rollercoaster for the processed food industry as the government today has finally approved 100% foreign…
Global furniture retailer Ikea plans to open smaller stores in India
One of world’s largest furniture retailer brand Ikea is planning to set up small store in India because of the high land prices and strict building…
Swedish home furnishing brand Ikea plans 25 store in India
Swedish home furnishing retail giant Ikea is planning to open 25 stores in the country. Despite sourcing products from India for more than 28 years,…
IKEA to set up 3 stores in Uttar Pradesh
IKEA targets to invest about Rs 500 crore in each of these proposed stores. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state…
IKEA announces new initiative 'Make More in India'
Taking forward its commitment to the Indian market, IKEA, the global home furnishings leader, announced a new initiative - ‘Make More in India’.…
IKEA to invest $500 million in India, eyes 25 stores in 10 years
Furniture retailer major, IKEA revealed its plans to invest Rs 12,500 crore to set up 25 stores in the country over the next decade, says a PTI…
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Blow hot, Blow cold
The flickering approach of the Indian government in dealing with IKEA, is putting the country in shameful shade. The government is oscillating…
The Ikea story
Speculations with respect to Ikea making an Indian entry have been making rounds ever since the relaxation of the FDI norms came through and even…