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  1. #676

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    My understanding is they are still interested but no decision is imminent.

  2. #677

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    Lol, the boys at Ikea aren’t idiots. We’re sitting on $50 oil and the front-end of a business recession. There’s zero chance that Ikea sites a location in OKC under these circumstances.

  3. #678

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    Quote Originally Posted by chuck5815 View Post
    Lol, the boys at Ikea aren’t idiots. We’re sitting on $50 oil and the front-end of a business recession. There’s zero chance that Ikea sites a location in OKC under these circumstances.
    why does Ikea care about oil prices (it isn't going to affect the incentives they might receive) and front-end of a business recession? are you talking about the extremely strong retails numbers as of late??? cause it seems like it would be an ideal time...

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    Quote Originally Posted by chuck5815 View Post
    Lol, the boys at Ikea aren’t idiots. We’re sitting on $50 oil and the front-end of a business recession. There’s zero chance that Ikea sites a location in OKC under these circumstances.
    IKEA is a retailer not an oil business. ...
    Oklahoma City, the RENAISSANCE CITY!

  5. #680

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    Quote Originally Posted by chuck5815 View Post
    Lol, the boys at Ikea aren’t idiots. We’re sitting on $50 oil and the front-end of a business recession. There’s zero chance that Ikea sites a location in OKC under these circumstances.
    It seems that a company selling cheap furniture would seek do well in an an area where wages are down due to low commodity prices. They’re much cheaper than Mathis Brothers and they’ve been expanding.

  6. #681

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    Wonder if this will have impact on OKC ever getting a store?

    Ikea is closing its only US factory and moving production to Europe
    By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business
    Updated 1:29 PM ET, Tue July 16, 2019

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/16/busin...ing/index.html

  7. #682

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    Any news on Ikea coming to OKC?

  8. #683

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    Quote Originally Posted by Miracle121 View Post
    Any news on Ikea coming to OKC?
    That ship seems to have sailed.

  9. #684

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
    That ship seems to have sailed.
    given all we've been through in 2020, i say this actually helps me, lol

    now I can let go and just move on.

  10. #685

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    Recently OKC has been determined to be the 22nd biggest city in the USA. I would think that could be a factor. OKC is growing with MAPS and new businesses. OKC is not sitting and becoming stale. It is always looking for improvement and a better quality of life. Now if we could get the schools in-line.

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    here here
    Oklahoma City, the RENAISSANCE CITY!

  12. #687

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    Quote Originally Posted by Miracle121 View Post
    Any news on Ikea coming to OKC?
    Yep. Right after Buc-ees.

  13. #688

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    Quote Originally Posted by Midtowner View Post
    Yep. Right after Buc-ees.
    I believe Pete has mentioned Buc-ees as looking to potentially build at I-35 and Highway 9, a few times. So there's that.

  14. #689

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    Maybe they’ll build an in&out next to it too

  15. #690

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colbafone View Post
    I believe Pete has mentioned Buc-ees as looking to potentially build at I-35 and Highway 9, a few times. So there's that.
    That would really surprise me looking at their current locations, I don't think anyplace in Oklahoma is close to the density of their other stores.

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    Memphis has an Ikea and that market is in par with OKC in terms of population. Nashville, which is larger and about the same distance as OKC to DFW, does not have one.

  17. #692

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    Quote Originally Posted by bombermwc View Post
    Memphis has an Ikea and that market is in par with OKC in terms of population. Nashville, which is larger and about the same distance as OKC to DFW, does not have one.
    I was surprised the new orleans didn't have one

  18. #693

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    Quote Originally Posted by Midtowner View Post
    That would really surprise me looking at their current locations, I don't think anyplace in Oklahoma is close to the density of their other stores.
    Norman is approximately 6 times larger than Ennis, TX.

  19. #694

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colbafone View Post
    I believe Pete has mentioned Buc-ees as looking to potentially build at I-35 and Highway 9, a few times. So there's that.
    If you were refrencing the BUC-EEs thread in the Norman subsection it was a poster other than Pete mentioning this concept.

  20. #695

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jersey Boss View Post
    If you were refrencing the BUC-EEs thread in the Norman subsection it was a poster other than Pete mentioning this concept.
    Nope, talking about Pete directly.

    https://www.okctalk.com/showthread.p...light=Bucc-ees


    Post #84

  21. #696

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    And I'm not saying he absolutely said one is being built. But he seems to feel halfway strongly about it, so it can't be simply a rumor. Gotta be more to it than that.

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    OKC actually passed Memphis, first in metro a while ago and recently in city population as well. OKC is now a better peer for Nashville which is still a little bit bigger.

    It is interesting that Memphis and Milwaukee have IKEA yet OKC and Nashville (both of which are larger than the former) don't.
    Oklahoma City, the RENAISSANCE CITY!

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    My guess is tax incentives got the one in Memphis more than the market. Can't comment on Milwaukee.

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    maybe overflow from Chicago?

    Anyway - OKC definitely should get one. We're inbetween DFW and KCMO and the store would have the entire Oklahoma and S Kansas market area. Memorial Road corridor would be perfect location.
    Oklahoma City, the RENAISSANCE CITY!

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    I vote Moore

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