3,000 products, 2 floors: IKEA opens second store in Delhi

“Can I sit on it?” asked a woman in her late 60s, half a question, half a request, pointing towards the sample bed at the newly opened IKEA store at DLF Avenue, Saket, on Thursday.The IKEA salesperson replied without missing a beat, “Of course, ma’am. This is a hands-on store. You can try it out without any problems.”She sat. She bounced, just a little. And something in her shoulders relaxed — the particular relief of a person who has just confirmed a thing is as good as it looks.The newly opened store can be accessed from the first floor of the mall, where it is beside the Cinepolis theatre while the main entrance of the store is opposite to the South entrance of the mall. This is India’s fourth and Delhi’s second city format store, tucked into 30,000 square feet across two floors, a shor