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Ikea Opens 1st Store in Colorado, 38th in U.S.

Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, August 16, 2011

CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea opened its 415,000-square-foot store here in greater Denver last week with giveaways for early birds and visits from state and area government leaders.
     The store, Ikea's first in Colorado, 38th in the United State and 324th worldwide, includes some 10,000 items of furniture, housewares and other goods, 47 furnished room settings, three model homes, a 550-seat restaurant and a supervised play area.
     Ikeas invited consumers to start lining up as early as two days before the July 27 opening for giveaways including gift cards and merchandise including Ektorp sofas for the first 38 adults, Poang armchairs for the next 100 visitors. The first 100 also got a heart-shaped soft toy.
     Another fun twist: In a Mile High Birthday promotion, visitors who brought proof their birthday falls on July 27 received gift cards valued at $52.80 - for the 5,280-foot elevation of the Denver area.
     Visitors also could enter a drawing to win one of 10 $1,000 Ikea gift cards.
     The retailer said it would match the prizes with $10,000 donations each to Family Tree House of Hope, a charity helping families in the metro area overcome child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness, and Mi Casa Resource Center, which assists low-income families.
     Ikea is No. 2 on Furniture/Today's Top 100 U.S. Furniture Stores with estimated U.S. furniture, bedding and accessories sales of $2.095 billion in its fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2010.

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