Someone I know in Auckland tells me IKEA is coming to NZ later this year. Does anyone have any details? I couldn't find anything on the net.
Gil
Someone I know in Auckland tells me IKEA is coming to NZ later this year. Does anyone have any details? I couldn't find anything on the net.
Gil
I don't know about them opening a shop in NZ, but I do know that a company in NZ called simply design will import whatever you want from Ikea in Oz and deliver to your door for a fee, I sent my request for a quote off last week!
www.simplydesign.co.nz
Worthwhile opening that site and the Ikea.co.uk site and doing a comparison of prices.
Seems to me that everything is well over twice as expensive (of course it will be more expensive but 250% more in some cases?) - for those still in Uk you could probably do very well buying some stuff and taking it with you in your container!
Good call Paul! It's a shame that, because Ikea is good value for money in the UK.
Our container will definitely be laden with some Swedish furniture that's for sure...
Yep - theres another company as well that imports IKEA:
http://www.imports2u.co.nz/
Also pretty overpriced - especially as they are (only) coming in from OZ and not the UK.
Im after an Expedit bookcase £64 or $600 !!!!!!!! Yikes! Id expect it to be going First Class on Singapore Air for that.
Sorry to be a geek...
But it might be worth noting that they have registered the domain name Ikea.co.nz but this might be just a tactical move.
If anyone feels like asking the question... here is the address.
Domain Name ikea.co.nz
Status Active
Date Registered 00:30, 23/3/2004
Date Billed Until 00:30, 23/3/2006
Date Last Modified 07:20, 3/3/2005
Include in DNS? yes
Registrant Contact Name Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
Registrant Contact Address1 Olof Palmestraat 1
Registrant Contact City Delft
Registrant Contact Province NL
Registrant Contact Postalcode 0000
Registrant Contact Country NL (NETHERLANDS)
Registrant Contact Phone +32 23 574111
Registrant Contact Fax +32 2 3574498
Registrant Contact Email domainadm@INTER-IKEA.COM
But it was registered 2 years ago And only billed until 03/06 Hopefully they'll do something with it soon!
These days domains are VERY rarely registered for a fixed term, I would be surprised if this doesn't renew as soon as it it is due for another two years. If it isn't however I think we will have a fair idea what sort of priority this is. :-D
Incidentally I don't know if you heard about Hotmail.co.uk but Microsoft actually lost their claim to the site briefly because they did let it expire, fortunately the person who snapped it up handed it straight back to them.
Hello -
does simplydesign.co.nz still exist? I can't open their website...
Malin
Reported by Gill South, Herald on Sunday, 17 September 2006.
The rumours are all true.
IKEA is set to shake up the furniture retailing market in New Zealand, once they find a space big enough to call home.
"When IKEA comes here it is going to go off like a bomb. There's no competition. The current state of furniture retailing in New Zealand is abysmal." said Tim Morris, retail analyst.
IKEA, the trendy furniture style icon to the masses, is now actively scouring the Auckland market for a site, for its first store in New Zealand. The company has appointed specialist retail company, Retail Consulting Group, to help it find a location for the store. RCG director said that the retailer had finally been attracted here because of the burgeoning apartment market, which it saw as a prime opportunity for business.
IKEA has hesitated over the years about coming to New Zealand because of the size of the population but they are well over that hurdle............... Auckland is a big market and has good apartment market that will continue to grow.
RCG director wouldn't specify what areas the retailer was looking at, although he ruled out Albany.
There were some rumours that the most likely location would be Botany Downs or Mt Wellington, where there are several sites vacant for bulk retailers.
An Auckland IKEA is still a couple of years away as the retailer is yet to decide on a site in the expensive Auckland property market.
YIPEEEEE..........................