So much for IKEA dropping one of its stores in the Indianapolis area anytime soon.
A store opening today in a Cincinnati suburb is about as close as Indianapolis is going to see, at least for a while, IBJ Associate Editor Andrea Muirragui Davis wrote in a story today.
An IKEA spokesman said Cincinnati could pull from a larger population base and that Indianapolis wasnâ??t close to one of its warehouses.
Do you think IKEA had other, unspoken reasons for not putting a store here?
A store opening today in a Cincinnati suburb is about as close as Indianapolis is going to see, at least for a while, IBJ Associate Editor Andrea Muirragui Davis wrote in a story today.
An IKEA spokesman said Cincinnati could pull from a larger population base and that Indianapolis wasnâ??t close to one of its warehouses.
Do you think IKEA had other, unspoken reasons for not putting a store here?
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...And it's just an IKEA.
It's weird that people are surprised when I tell them how big Indianapolis is, though. We really are lower on the country's radar that we should bewhen you consider the size of Indianapolis.
If IKEA'S a retail yardstick by which a metro area is measured -- so be it. There's too much sameness as it is. I say, aim higher.
As for locale, IKEA likes to draw from a huge geographic area. With two in Chicago, one in Detroit, and one in Cincy, I'd say we're toast for a long while. Looking at their map, St. Louis ought to be next.
Population? When you count the corridors between Cincy and Lexington, and Cincy and Dayton, yes, Cincinnati does have a larger population base. The new IKEA is on I-75, a 40-minute drive from Dayton. If it's any consolation, Cincinnati still does not have a CnB, but one's on the way.
Bottom line, look for, patronize, and celebrate what's unique and local, maybe someday that will be the next big thing. Otherwise, you want NY, LA, or London? move there, or visit. They're awesome places, but....