{"id":78912,"date":"2020-03-20T05:59:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T05:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/ikea-partners-with-alibaba\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:52:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:52:53","slug":"ikea-partners-with-alibaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/ikea-partners-with-alibaba\/","title":{"rendered":"IKEA partners with Alibaba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-content\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>IKEA on March 10 started selling its products on Alibaba's Chinese e-commerce platform Tmall, the first time the world's biggest furniture retailer has sold through a third party in its 77-year history.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The move is aimed at reaching more shoppers in a country where shoppers to a larger extent than elsewhere favor multi-brand online platforms.<\/p>\n<p>IKEA said it saw its virtual store on Tmall - initially a six-month test across the east coast provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, and the city of Shanghai - as a complement to its own stores, online store and shoppable app.<\/p>\n<p>\"We see this as a good opportunity to become accessible for many more in China, especially in light of what the Chinese digital environment looks like,\" Tolga Oncu, head of retail at Ingka, which owns most IKEA stores worldwide, told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are testing this to see 'how does this impact our brand, how does this impact our infrastructure, our own stores and e-commerce, do we reach new segments ... and of course also what will the result look like',\" he said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>The trial marks another attempt to adapt to rapidly changing shopping patterns for the group, which until a decade ago almost solely relied on its giant out-of-town warehouse stores.<\/p>\n<p>To become more accessible, IKEA has in recent years invested heavily in expanding online and in new sales channels. It is now rolling out a new shoppable app as well as inner-city store formats.<\/p>\n<p>If the test proves successful, IKEA aims to roll the Tmall store out to more parts of China. But there are no plans currently to sell through third parties in other markets, said Jon Abrahamsson Ring, incoming CEO at brand owner Inter IKEA.<\/p>\n<p>\"In other markets there are other conditions. So we don\u2019t see this as a starting point for a full roll-out, or a full commitment to this type of channel,\" Abrahamsson Ring said.<\/p>\n<p>IKEA sees China as a key growth market. The store on Tmall will offer around 3,800 of IKEA's around 9,500 products as well as services available in its own sales channels, such as delivery and assembly.<\/p>\n<p>IKEA has 30 stores in China, around half of which have been closed since January due to the coronavirus outbreak that has locked down large parts of China, spurring a move to home delivery as people steer clear of shopping malls and as people in quarantine spend much more time at home.<\/p>\n<p>Oncu said the outbreak had not influenced the timing of the Tmall launch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-title\"><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IKEA on March 10 started selling its products on Alibaba&#8217;s Chinese e-commerce platform Tmall, the first time the world&#8217;s biggest furniture retailer has sold through a third party in its 77-year history. 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