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Ikea plans to open store in Bulgaria by 2013
Fourlis Holdings, the Ikea franchise-holder for Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria, plans to open its first Bulgaria store by 2013, Bulgarian-language Dnevnik daily quoted Reuters on October 14 2009.
Fourlis planned to open up to 12 new stores in the Balkans, including Bulgaria, Reuters quoted a CEO Apostolos Petalas. According to Reuters, Fourlis considered opening not one but two stores in Bulgaria.
This is not the first time Fourlis has revealed plans to open an Ikea store in Bulgaria. The first statements appeared in 2005. Later, it was announced that the first store would open its doors in Sofia in 2010.
Reportedly the company even bought land near the city ring road. In January 2009, Greek media went even further by saying that Fourlis had increased its stake in its Bulgarian Ikea franchise to 100 per cent and, secondly, its plans were to operate three Ikea stores in Bulgaria by 2013.
Currently, the nearest Ikea stores to Bulgaria are in Bucharest and Thessaloniki which has developed shopping tour services as many Bulgarians have started shopping there on weekends.
Fourlis planned to open up to 12 new stores in the Balkans, including Bulgaria, Reuters quoted a CEO Apostolos Petalas. According to Reuters, Fourlis considered opening not one but two stores in Bulgaria.
This is not the first time Fourlis has revealed plans to open an Ikea store in Bulgaria. The first statements appeared in 2005. Later, it was announced that the first store would open its doors in Sofia in 2010.
Reportedly the company even bought land near the city ring road. In January 2009, Greek media went even further by saying that Fourlis had increased its stake in its Bulgarian Ikea franchise to 100 per cent and, secondly, its plans were to operate three Ikea stores in Bulgaria by 2013.
Currently, the nearest Ikea stores to Bulgaria are in Bucharest and Thessaloniki which has developed shopping tour services as many Bulgarians have started shopping there on weekends.
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ils sont nazes!
on est servi toujours en dernier, par la faute de qui?, je ne vous le fait pas dire...
attendre encore jusqu'à 2013, on a le temps de voir le déluge
if you need ikea stuff let us know we run trips there, and shop for those too busy to come with us.
then we deliver and install everything for you, from kitchens to beds, lights the lot, mainly we run from bansko to thessaloniki, but can go from any town, and have even done runs to buchereset if you have a big enough order. stemblett@hotmail.com
Oh why do they keep postponing it, I am so desperate for an Ikea. I was geared up for visiting my favorite home store within the next few months, and now I must wait two/three years. So sad.
Maybe once the old man dies:
"Ikea said Tuesday [June 23, 2009]that it was suspending further investment in Russia, apparently because of pervasive corruption and demands for bribes, The New York Times’s Andrew E. Kramer writes from Moscow."
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/with-