Ikea store opens in Ljubljana amid and despite epidemic

Ljubljana, 25 February - Swedish furniture group Ikea opened its much-anticipated first store in Slovenia on Thursday. "Although this is not an opening we expected, we are grateful to be here today," Sara Del Fabbro, the CEO at Ikea South East Europe, said at today's inauguration event in Ljubljana's BTC shopping district amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Sara Del Fabbro, the CEO at Ikea South East Europe, and the head of the Ljubljana store, Cas Lachaert, at the inauguration event in Ljubljana's BTC shopping district.
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Mayor of Ljubljana Zoran Janković addressing the opening of the Ikea store in Ljubljana.
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A tree was planted as part of the inauguration of the first Ikea store in Slovenia.
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The head of the Ljubljana store, Cas Lachaert, at the inauguration event in Ljubljana's BTC shopping district.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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Swedish Ambassador Dag Hartelius addressing the opening of the Ikea store in Ljubljana.
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Ikea's first shop in Slovenia opens in Ljubljana.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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Feb 25, 2021, 11:24 eho/zm