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Index Living Mall unveils new store concept in Bangkok
Index Living Mall has unveiled its next retail concept in Bangkok’s Ekkamai district, with fresh graphics and a focus on apartment furnishings.
Aeon Malaysia to close Index Living Mall stores
Aeon Malaysia has announced the imminent closure of its Index Living Mall furniture outlets.
Index Living Mall signs up America’s PureCare bedding brand
North American bedding retailer PureCare has announced a partnership with home furnishings retail chain store Index Living Mall.
Ikea Philippines to open first store at SM Mall of Asia
Ikea Philippines will open its first store next to Mall of Asia in Manila in 2020.
Ikea Southeast Asia’s Toppen mall to be ‘heart and hub’ of JB
Ikea Southeast Asia’s new Toppen Shopping Centre in Tebrau, Johor Bahru, is already more than 60 per cent tenanted.
Index Living Mall Indonesia opens first store
A partnership of CT Corp, Index Living Mall Indonesia has opened its first store, with four to follow this year.
Index Living Mall sets plan for Asean market
Thai home-furnishings manufacturer/retailer Index Living Mall has set a strategic plan to open at least one store in a new Asean market every year.
Index Living Mall plans ASEAN expansion
Thai home-furnishing retailer Index Living Mall plans to expand into other ASEAN countries.
Aeon opens first furniture JV
Japanese retailer Aeon has partnered with Thai furniture and home decorative retailer Index Living Mall to open its first furniture store in Malaysia. The 5704sqm store in located inside the new IOI City Mall in Putrajaya. Aeon Malaysia MD Nur Qamarina Chew says the company has high hopes for the concept. “With our ‘customer-first’ philosophy, Aeon will continue to accelerate business in the Asean region, with the goal of becoming Asia’s number one retailer,” she said on Satur…
Aeon Malaysia thinks small
Aeon Malaysia plans to open smaller stores, mainly furniture and electronic outlets. It has set a capex of 1.4 billion ringgit ($435 million) this year to open stores and renovate some existing ones. The furniture stores will be operated in a JV with Thailand furniture retailer Index Living Mall. The multi-format retailer says it plans no more malls in the country as competition in the sector heats up. “Competition, changing consumer market behaviors all warrant this kind of evolvi…
Index Living Mall expands
Thai furniture retailer Index Living Mall is investing 2.3 billion baht to expand upcountry. Index Living Mall is opening in three new shopping complexes in the provinces – the first in February in Nakhon Sawan province. The Nakhon Sawan complex is a community mall called The Walk, with Index Living Mall and a Tesco Lotus hypermarket as anchors. The 18,000 sqm shopping complex expects a footfall of 10,000 a day. The next openings will be in Nakhon Ratchasima in May and Pattaya in the fo…
Aeon forms Malaysian JV
Japanese retail giant Aeon and Thailand’s Index Living Mall have joined together in a Malaysian joint venture. Aeon and Index Living Mall will own 70 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively, of the joint venture called Aeon Index Living Sdn Bhd. The JV plans 20 stores by 2020 with the first to open next year. Index Living Mall is a successful furniture chain likened by some as an Asian answer to Sweden’s Ikea. For Index Living Mall, which operates special malls entirely devoted to sel…