{"id":147157,"date":"2018-01-18T01:02:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T06:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=147157"},"modified":"2018-01-18T01:02:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T06:02:05","slug":"ikea-to-announce-opening-date-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/18\/ikea-to-announce-opening-date-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"IKEA to announce opening date this year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Swedish furniture company IKEA was planning to announce targeted opening date in the Philippines within the year, IKEA Sustainability and Communication Director Lars Svensson said Wednesday. (Photo<\/a>: IKEA\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— Swedish furniture company IKEA was planning to announce targeted opening date in the Philippines within the year, IKEA Sustainability and Communication Director Lars Svensson said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In an interview on the sidelines of Responsible Business conference in Makati, Swedish Ambassador Harald Fries said IKEA was planning to open its first Philippine store early 2020.<\/p>\n

Asked about this, Svensson neither denied nor confirmed saying “until (they) have everything firmed up, that’s when (they’ll) announce the date of opening.”<\/p>\n

“I can say that within this year, we’ll announce it,” he said, explaining they were concealing it for the meantime so as to avoid influencing property prices.<\/p>\n

“It’s just that it is an aspect of not fuelling speculation because the size of the company and the size of the brand equates to the interest, that’s a positive thing for us but we do not want to drive speculation where we’re\u00a0going to be influencing property prices etc.,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Absolutely, it is no secret we’re eyeing the Philippines to open next IKEA,” he added.<\/p>\n

Svensson said they were highly optimistic about “the maturity and the development” of the Philippine economy. “We really believe it’s a place that is ready in terms of capacity and industry that could support.”<\/p>\n

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