The Unofficial IKEA Web Journal

“The Swedish retailer Ikea opened the doors to its latest store for a tour of
the facility.

The new Ikea in Round Rock is 252,000 square-foot, will
have 10,000 items, 50 room settings, three complete model homes, a supervised
play area and a restaurant with 250 seats.

Employees are ready for the grand opening.

Store manager Jeff O’Shaughnessy says the store’s primary objective right now is to continue hiring and training nearly 300 Central Texas
workers.

The grand opening is Wednesday, Nov. 15.”

CBS 42)
ROUND ROCK

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“ROUND ROCK, Texas, Sept. 7 — IKEA, the world’s leading home
furnishings retailer, today announced that its future Round Rock, TX store will
open at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. IKEA Round Rock will be the
Swedish Company’s third store and restaurant destination in Texas and 29th in
the U.S. (The closest IKEA stores are in the North Texas city of Frisco, and in
Houston).

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“A look inside IKEA’s big blue box”
By Kathy Lesko
Community Impact Newspaper

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“IKEA International A/S is recruiting nearly 300 new employees for its new Round Rock store opening this fall.

The store will be the Swedish home furnishing company’s third store in Texas and 29th in the U.S.

“We are thrilled to offer interested job seekers in the area diverse
positions with limitless opportunity at a global company,” says Jeff
O’Shaughnessy, store manager of IKEA Round Rock. “At IKEA, we realize
that the opportunity to be able to do the things in life that bring
success and happiness is extremely valuable to our coworkers.”

Prospective employees can apply for almost 300 positions available in
home furnishings sales, interior decoration, customer service, safety
and security, cashiers, maintenance, goods flow, receiving, warehouse,
stock replenishment, and approximately 60 food service positions.”

Austin Business Journal

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Here are the first pics from the grand re-opening of the newly-remodeled IKEA Schaumburg, Illinois store.

Kimberly and Brooke were first in line arriving at 12.15 Thursday night.

Magy, Emily (the sign says “Happy Birthday Lisa”) and Katie, all  high school classmates from Palatine, now in college.

Coffee for everyone!

Vic and Eleanor Adriatico with kids Keno and Inna came straight from their Wisconsin Dells vacation.

Samantha Gravina, PR manager raffling off the prizes. The first 100 persons in line received cookware and other giveaways. They were also eligible to win a free dining table with six chairs and dinner prepared by a Swedish chef.

There are giveways and special prizes throughout this holiday weekend.
For details visit the official store website.
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Have a fun and safe holiday weekend everyone!

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“Large furniture retailer IKEA plans to opens its doors in Round Rock this fall, several months ahead of schedule.

The
global superstore was originally scheduled to open its
252,000-square-foot store in Round Rock off of Interstate Highway 35
and Chandler Road in spring 2007.

Joseph Roth, a spokesman for IKEA, said the project is ahead of schedule despite the rainy weather earlier this year.

“The city has released the permits when they said they would,” Roth said. “Literally, everything has been moving smoothly.”

If IKEA’s store opens three to six months early, it could mean an extra 20
percent to 30 percent in sales-tax revenue for the city of Round Rock,
said David Kautz, the city’s assistant manager and chief financial
officer.

Last year, the city of Round Rock approved a $5 million
deal with IKEA to provide incentives in sales- and property-tax breaks.
The city also waived fees related to the construction of the store.

The Round Rock store is the third IKEA to open in Texas with stores located in Houston and Frisco…”

Farran Powell
The Daily Texan

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[Thanks to Bea in Round Rock for the news!]

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