NEW YORK — As big box competition drives many retailers from city centres, IKEA is making ambitious incursions into them, The Economist reports. London, Paris and New York are among the 30 urban core areas that will see new stores as part of IKEA’s current wave of expansion. They are supported in part by the company’s belated but enthusiastic embrace of e-retail.
IKEA swims against urban retail exodus
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