Shoppers, rejoice! Dubai to soon get second IKEA store

Dubai - Considering the popularity of the IKEA restaurant, an in-store bakery will also be introduced.

IKEA shoppers in Dubai will soon be spoiled for choice, as the city gets ready to welcome its second IKEA store.

Located in Jebel Ali, close to the main Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway, the 30,000sqm store will feature additional restaurant concepts, and coffee shops for visitors. With the popularity of IKEA's restaurant, an in-store bakery will also be introduced.

This second IKEA store will also be embracing digital integration via a mobile application that will allow customers to make purchases by scanning the products at the store and having them delivered straight to their doorstep.

Set to open in 2019, there will also be special focus in developing a high level sustainable store, which will also be home to an international training centre for the IKEA family.

The store is part of a mixed use development by Al Futtaim. The company has broken ground on the development of a 78,500sqm site, which forms part of the Jebel Ali Development (JAD) mixed use master planned community.

Alongside IKEA, an additional 100 retail stores are also being leased, alongside a food court and café-style dining, entertainment, a large hypermarket and Al-Futtaim ACE hardware store -- all set to be completed by Q1, 2019. The new ACE outlet will also be a concept store not seen before in Dubai, offering more than 33,000 products including exclusive ranges for ACE, worx power tools, Addis home products and Broil King barbeque brands. In addition, it will feature an in-store cafe and garden centre with plants and accessories for the perfect garden.

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• Dubai