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Ikea taps mid-sized stores in India growth push
Financial Express Delhi
|February 09, 2026
FURNITURE RETAILER IKEA is looking to set up new stores in the range of 50,000-70,000 sq ft in the country, which will sit comfortably between its smaller stores (15,000-20,000 sq ft) and big-box retail outlets (4 lakh sq ft), Adosh Sharma, country commercial manager at Ikea India told FE in an interaction.
Best-known for its 'blue-box' destination stores worldwide and in Indian cities such as Hyderabad, Navi Mumbai and Bengaluru, Ikea's tweaks come as the retailer looks to grow its presence in the country using a multi-format retail footprint.
This story is from the February 09, 2026 edition of Financial Express Delhi.
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