IKEA plans new US stores in $2.2-billion push to challenge Walmart and Wayfair

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By Rappler

Sweden’s IKEA is seeking to win market share in the United States as cash-strapped consumers look for more affordable products

LONDON, United Kingdom – IKEA stores owner Ingka Group will spend 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) expanding in the United States over the next three years, its biggest investment in a single country, in a bet to win American customers as other big-box retailers close stores.

Sweden’s IKEA, which opened its first US store in 1985, near Philadelphia, is seeking to win market share in the US as cash-strapped consumers look for more affordable products.

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