The Swedish retail giant plans to sell refurbished furniture in the brick-and-mortar store, conveniently located in the ReTuna shopping mall in Eskilstuna, the world’s first exclusively second-hand shopping centre.
Ikea to open first second-hand store in Sweden
Furniture and homeware retailer Ikea is set to open its first second-hand store selling refurbished furniture in Sweden later this year as part of its efforts to become a fully circular business by 2030, the company announced on Friday, 12 September. The store will open in ReTuna, the world’s first exclusively secondhand shopping centre in the town of Eskilstuna.
IKEA is using this store to test and develop a sustainable business model for the future
This autumn, IKEA will open the doors to its first true second-hand store in Sweden. Inside, visitors will be able to shop for IKEA furniture and furnishings that have been given a new lease of life after being repaired and restored to their former glory — but at a greatly reduced price.
IKEA is using this store to test and develop a sustainable business model for the future. The aim is to become a fully circular business by 2030, where all materials are renewable and recyclable. Alongside this, IKEA hopes to make it easier for customers to extend the life of their furniture and products.
“At IKEA, we want to be part of leading the transition to a more sustainable and fair Sweden. If we are to achieve our sustainability goals, we need to challenge ourselves and test our ideas in practice. Climate change cannot be solved in theory, it must be solved through good examples in everyday life,” said Jonas Carlehed, head of sustainability at IKEA Sweden in a press statement.
It comes as no surprise that IKEA should choose to open its first second-hand store in Eskilstuna, for this is the town where the ReTuna recycling mall is located, which has attracted international attention since it opened five years ago. Unlike other malls, ReTuna exclusively houses shops that sell reused, organic or sustainable products.
According to the website IkeaHackers, IKEA Västerås will manage the second-hand store and supply the store with returned and damaged products. Then, at ReTuna, the store repairs and give them a new chance at new life in new homes.
Source: IkeaHackers.net
IKEA aims to reduce its overall climate impact by 70% on average per product by 2030
IKEA has previously said it would start renting and recycling furniture worldwide as part of an eco-friendly drive to address concerns its affordable, flat-pack business model leads to overconsumption and waste.
"If we are going to reach our sustainability goals we need to challenge ourselves and test our ideas in practice," Ikea Sweden’s sustainability director Jonas Carlehed said in a statement.
The company aims to reduce its overall climate impact by 70% on average per product by 2030.
The second-hand store, which is a test project that will be re-evaluated regularly, will be supplied with furniture and home furnishings from a nearby Ikea store that have been damaged and repaired.
The company has already begun repairing and re-packaging products in every store that have been damaged in transit, as well as allowing customers to return products — including furniture — for resale or donation to charities.
In 2019, Ikea launched a pilot project on some markets leasing furniture. Below, Retuna Recycling Mall.
Source: TheLocal.se
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