IKEA to resume operations in Ukraine in 2025
18 February 18:24
IKEA stores are expected to open in Ukraine in 2025.
This was announced by Dmytro Lashin, the chief operating officer of Lavina Mall and Blockbuster Mall, Interfax-Ukraine reports , Komersant ukrainskyi.
According to him, the final opening date will be announced officially by Ikea.
“There is very encouraging information that it will definitely happen this year, but there are two scenarios. The first is that the fighting in Ukraine will stop, so it will happen very, very quickly. If the fighting does not stop, the opening will take a little longer. They are physically ready,” Lashin said.
He noted that the retailer carries out daily physical renovation of the store (cleaning, partial repairs, replacement of signs, removal of old goods, etc.)
As a reminder, in May 2020, IKEA officially launched its online store in Ukraine alongside pickup points in Kyiv’s Auchan Rive Gauche and Metro Cash & Carry shopping centers.
In December 2020, the third delivery point was opened in the Lavina Mall. In 2021, the first physical store was opened on the second floor of the Blockbuster Mall in Kyiv.
IKEA is a Dutch manufacturing and retail group based in Sweden, one of the world’s largest retailers of furniture and household goods. It is part of the Ingka Group. IKEA (Inter IKEA Group) reduced its retail sales by 5.3% to EUR 45.1 billion in the fiscal year ended August 31, 2024. Last year, the company opened 56 stores and operates 400 stores of various sizes and 174 planning and ordering points.
