The giant Ikea, founded in Sweden and which has more than 420 stores in more than 50 markets around the world, will open its first store in Colombia in April next year, which will be located in the Mall Plaza shopping center in Bogotá.
The second store will open in 2024 and will be located in the Viva Envigado shopping center, in the south of Valle de Aburrá, and the third will be in Mallplaza Cali.
This was reported by Mall & Retail, citing sources close to this global brand. And he pointed out that this first store will be one of the largest in the region.since it is expected to have three floors and an extension that reaches 28,000 m2.
Likewise, it will be connected to the food area on the third floor of said shopping center, which is being adapted to the needs of the new tenant because the Swedish brand will have its own food area that will strengthen the gastronomic offer of the mall.
And since Ikea has its own international standard in terms of furniture and distribution, the first store, in Bogotá, has forced Mall Plaza, a Chilean shopping center operator chain, to reconfigure all its spaces, with investments close to $120,000 million.
This opening is part of the investment plan that Ikea has together with the Chilean group Falabella in Latin America, which includes the opening of nine stores within nine years. The investments scheduled for these openings will be close to US$600 million.
In the face of these openings, Ikea has already begun to publish and promote vacancies for various areas.
According to Mall & Retail, the application does not require university degrees or previous knowledge in decoration. They only deserve personnel interested in design and solutions for the home.
To find out regarding all the job offers available from Ikea Colombia, you can review them on the AIRA platform, the official channel for these contracts.