willman Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Ikea seemed to overestimate the demand for a Sheffield store if this story is anything to go by. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/new-ikea-stores-to-bring-1450-jobs-683634.html "The company said the new stores would cut down on queues and traffic congestion that plague the vicinities of its existing outlets. It said that last year 5 million customers travelled to stores in Leeds and Nottingham from Sheffield to shop at Ikea." That would mean every man, woman and child in Sheffield visited IKEA ten times a year That would mean 5million people with a Sheffield postcode. I visit Ikea ten times a year easily, don't live in Sheffield but my Ikea Family Card does have an S postcode on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I presume that they were not so parochial to conside just Sheffield - at a finger in the air guess the Sheffiled/Rotherham/Doncaster/Barnsley etc area must have 1.5m people or more in it. Yep, I think you're right - a major international company like Ikea, wouldn't have considered the former industrial site by the Parkway if they didn't think it would very well (even if perhaps the figures are over-estimated). The other issue is that, an Ikea store would've acted like a catalyst bringing people into the area & perhaps other businesses doing well out of it, as has happened around the Leeds store. A lack of vision & forward thinking from SCC, as we have come to expect ... Coventry has a very nice successful city centre store... Where could you put one in Sheffield? Perhaps not the city centre but I recall a lot of waste ground near Heeley or have they built on all that now? Would be a good boost for the area I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 That would mean 5million people with a Sheffield postcode. I visit Ikea ten times a year easily, don't live in Sheffield but my Ikea Family Card does have an S postcode on it. 5 million people with a Sheffield postcode? The combined population of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Worksop, Chesterfield and the Hope Valley (S postcodes) must be nearer 1.5 million than 5 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 there isn't very much in the distances at all. personally i found the leeds one a bigger and better store. I know of somebody who went shopping to L***s and actually came back as a SHEEP! - so people obviously need to be careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacrlit Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Where would you put an Ikea store in Sheffield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saffy Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Near meadow hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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