Regardless of what many people say and crave for an IKEA store in St John’s...I’m convinced that IKEA would not succeed here with our small (and declining) population.
It’s not like Costco which which is general groceries and merchandise, IKEA is primarily just a furniture store. I’m sure if we did get one it would be super popular for about six months and then the novelty would wear off pretty quickly.
Plus Nova Scotia’s IKEA has the the benefit of a much larger population and the fact that province is attached to mainland Canada and nearby USA. We are separated here on an island which limits travelling to and from.
Perhaps a much smaller IKEA pickup and order store which was once mentioned as a new concept for them would make more sense for here. I
But a full size IKEA is just a pipe dream really in my opinion.
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Originally Posted by jeddy1989
A little bit of a teaser from The Telegram
https://www.thetelegram.com/business...n-ikea-359922/
It's notable to point out that in the past when people would post to IKEA on FB about them opening a store here, their response has always been something along the lines of "we are always looking for new expansion opportunities however there isn't a plan for a NL store at the moment"
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