Ikea wants to sell department store – Västerbotten Courier

Affärsliv24. Ikea Group plans to more than two years to sell 25 shopping malls in Europe , four in Sweden: Haparanda, Örebro, Borlänge and Uddevalla.

– We have a vision to create communities around our shopping malls. That it is not just shopping malls but also other activities, more like a destination, says IKEA Group spokesperson Josefin Thorell, to Smålandsposten.

Ikea group has studied its shopping malls, noting then that some do not match the vision group has their Ikea centers, write business in the North.

– We can not develop the concept for them, says Josefin Thorell to Smålandsposten.

Ikea wants a mixed shopping center where different chains own their own properties. In other words, do not want to Ikea alone possess the properties adjacent to the mall, write business in the North.

– But it would not mean that Ikea Haparanda leave. We will be left with our stores regardless, with the franchise as before. There is no doubt, says Jacob Holmstrom, Press Officer at Ikea Sweden, to NSD.

– It sounds more dramatic than it is. There will be no notice, people will not be left without jobs and Ikea’s attractiveness will not diminish in the communities affected, says Jacob Holmstrom to NSD.

According Josefin Thorell sales shall be completed during the second half of 2018th

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