Thus, some 60% of products sold were furniture items, while the rest were accessories and decorations.

In the timeframe analyzed, Romania’s sole IKEA store had an average number of 425 employees. Visitor numbers reached 2.8 million people.

Swedish group IKEA launched its Bucharest store in 2007.

On a global level, the group posted sales of EUR24.7 billion in the timeframe analyzed, up 6.9% on the year. The group holds 287 stores in 26 countries and it has 131,000 employees. (EUR1=RON4.3608)