Tuesday, July 8, 2008

IKEA MALAYSIA—7,000 SKUs???

An Ikea fan (aka also one of their ‘financial supporters’…) is easy to come by here in Kuala Lumpur. The megastore in Mutiara Damansara is about the size of a football stadium. According to Wikipedia, the IKANO store in Mutiara Damansara is ‘the largest in Asia with a shop floor area of approximately 270,000 sq ft (25,000 m²). IKEA opened for business in the August 2003 featuring many affordable solutions, with over 7,000 home furnishing products’… though I’m pretty sure I heard somewhere that there’s a bigger store opened in Shanghai…or Beijing…not sure… :-)

I have quite a ‘collection’ of IKEA items at home. Basically, one can find almost everything under the sun at Ikea. A concept store that carries more than 7,000 SKUs, now that is something. From Ikea (which is what this blog will be writing about mostly) to hypermarkets like Carrefour and Tesco, from garlic press to high end sofa, this blog of mine will explore the perks and pains of operating small and seemingly-harmless daily items, and the ups and downs of owning a branded product.

Please bear in mind that these reviews are based on my experience as a user of all these items, only honest reviews are published, and that no presence of a third party is involved in my assessment.

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