Swedish furniture manufacturer and retailer IKEA has launched an online store in Ukraine. It is available at: https://www.ikea.com/ua/uk/
A large range of products with prices is already listed there, but orders cannot be placed yet.
The range includes both furniture and various accessories — bags, children's toys, pet products, etc.
Yesterday it became known that, despite conflicting information, IKEA is indeed entering Ukraine: first it will open an online store, and after quarantine it will launch the first offline sales outlet at Blockbuster Mall in Kyiv.
TK Media compared prices in IKEA's online store in Ukraine and Poland. Prices in the neighboring country turned out to be noticeably lower.
Laptop stand
in Ukraine — 399 UAH, in Poland — 311 UAH (49 zloty)
FLOTTEBO sofa bed
in Ukraine — 16999 UAH, in Poland — 12700 UAH (1999 zloty)
LILLHÖJDEN armchair
in Ukraine — 1499 UAH, in Poland — 1270 UAH (199 zloty)
However, the official IKEA store will still be more profitable than buying their goods from unofficial sellers.
The FLOTTEBO sofa bed mentioned above, which will cost 16999 UAH, can currently be ordered on ikea-club.com.ua for 18170 UAH.
Prices for IKEA goods are also much more favorable than for similar products in Ukrainian stores. Take the laptop stand, which will cost 399 UAH at IKEA, while a similar one at Epicentr is three times more expensive — 1200 UAH.
The exact launch date of sales in IKEA's online store is still unknown, but, according to BBC Ukraine, it will be next week.