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Securing planning permission and actually getting round to building it are two very different thing...

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Securing planning permission and actually getting round to building it are two very different thing...

 

The Next store didn't hang around from what I remember??

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The Next store didn't hang around from what I remember??

 

True, they were probably in a position to start straight away. Plus they probably wanted to stick two fingers up to the Council who initially rejected it :hihi:

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Just so it definitely isn't a figment of our imagination about this store ever opening, here is an article in the Mirror today:

 

IKEA has been flat-out after posting an 11% jump in sales.

 

The Swedish chain flogged £1.57billion worth of goods in the UK in the 12 months to the end of August.

 

Profits won’t be announced until December but the firm, already the UK’s biggest furniture seller, grew its market share by 0.5% to 7.7%.

 

UK boss Gillian Drakeford said: “We are delighted to have achieved double-digit growth for the second year running.” A new store, its first for seven years, is due to open in Reading next summer, with other new sites planned in Sheffield, Exeter and Greenwich, south-east London.

 

It’s also considering ditching its maze-like store layout for the first time, with plans for smaller shops.

 

The first new branch, one of three planned so far, is “unlikely” to have IKEA’s love-it-or-hate-it labyrinthine layout.

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The first new branch, one of three planned so far, is “unlikely” to have IKEA’s love-it-or-hate-it labyrinthine layout.

 

Oh thank god :hihi::hihi:

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Next didn't hang around.

 

You would have thought they'd go hell for leather getting the place built, before the council can stick their oar in again and mess things up.

 

Perhaps it's taking longer because of the work needed on the roads??

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Oh thank god :hihi::hihi:

 

I could be wrong, but I'm thinking that the maze layout will still apply to the Sheffield store, as it's not one of the new-type smaller outlets that they announced they are going to be expanding into today.

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Just so it definitely isn't a figment of our imagination about this store ever opening, here is an article in the Mirror today:

 

IKEA has been flat-out after posting an 11% jump in sales.

 

The Swedish chain flogged £1.57billion worth of goods in the UK in the 12 months to the end of August.

 

Profits won’t be announced until December but the firm, already the UK’s biggest furniture seller, grew its market share by 0.5% to 7.7%.

 

UK boss Gillian Drakeford said: “We are delighted to have achieved double-digit growth for the second year running.” A new store, its first for seven years, is due to open in Reading next summer, with other new sites planned in Sheffield, Exeter and Greenwich, south-east London.

 

It’s also considering ditching its maze-like store layout for the first time, with plans for smaller shops.

 

The first new branch, one of three planned so far, is “unlikely” to have IKEA’s love-it-or-hate-it labyrinthine layout.

 

It means that with the smaller stores.....Barnsley might get an Ikea before Sheffield

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Barnsley or Sheffield?

 

Sheffield.

 

Waiting for the latest new store to be completed, and the tinsley link / BRT then they will be starting on site.

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