(english.cnhubei.com) IKEA, the world's largest furniture retailer from Sweden, will open its Asia's largest store in Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province.
The project, with a total investment of US$ 300 million, will be signed at Expo Central China 2008 which will be held in Wuhan from April 26-28.
With an area over 300, 000 square meters, the new store will be IKEA's second biggest around the world, following just the Stockholm shop in Sweden, exceeding its previous largest in Beijing.
Since it first entered China in 1998, IKEA, the world's leading home appliances and furnishings chain retailer has opened three stores in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. Its Wuhan store shows the city's attraction to world famous brand.
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