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IKEA to shut TWO UK stores tomorrow after ‘lessons learned' – is one going near you?
Read on to find which shops near you might be closing
BED-DER SAFE IKEA to shut TWO UK stores tomorrow after 'lessons learned' – is one going near you?
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IKEA is shutting down two UK stores in just hours as a result of "valuable learnings".
The Swedish retailer has 22 stores across the UK after opening its first branch in Warrington, Cheshire in 1987.
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Ikea will close two stores in just hours
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The plan and Order point in Liverpool will shut down on June 16
The retail giant, founded in Sweden in 1943, has announced its plans to close the Aintree Plan and Order Point store in Liverpool.
The first 'test and trial format' in the UK was set up in December 2022 at the Aintree Racecourse Retail Park store.
The smaller Plan & Order Point store provided customers with home furnishing guidance and was devoted to kitchen and bedroom planning.
According to Ikea, the closure was "a result of valuable learnings which will take the conceptual format in a direction to better suit the needs of UK customers."
A spokesperson for Ikea said: 'There has been an increased demand for Click and Collect services, a desire to shop a smaller selection of home furnishing accessories, as well as the ability to return goods to physical IKEA units, something which, owing to the space available, the current location is unable to offer.
'To better service its customers, future Plan and Order Point openings, including in Dundee, Hull and York will offer these services.
"IKEA also remains committed to trialling new formats including its upcoming small stores, one of which will open in Chester later this year.'
The Aintree Plan and Order points will be shutting down for good on June 16.
Any purchases made by customers can be picked up from Tesco Extra Birkenhead, Tesco Superstore Old Swan, the Warrington store, or the soon-to-open, smaller Chester location.
IKEA Stockport in Merseyway Shopping Centre, which opened just two years ago, will also cease operations on the same day.
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The current Stockport customers are now being directed to the next nearest main IKEA store, the branch in Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside.
Locals can also now pick up their IKEA purchases from Tesco Extra in Stockport and the Tesco Extra in Stretford as part of Click and Collect.
Other Plan and Order points, such as the ones in Dundee, York and Hull, will be adapted to meet those new demands and also include a small range of home furnishing accessories to buy.
The news comes after IKEA opened its own hotel in the Canary Islands.
Boasting cheap rooms, a swimming pool and breakfast, it also offers some of their most popular homeware items.
Las Dunas de Santa Catalina Boutique House is a new two-star hotel owned by the interiors brand in Gran Canaria.
Rooms start from £105 a night, which includes a continental breakfast, and works out to just over £50 a night for two people.
