It has been a rough road for many large retailers lately, with chains including Macy’s, Big Lots, LL Flooring and At Home shuttering U.S. locations in recent months due to financial difficulty.
While Swedish furniture juggernaut IKEA continues to expand its footprint, it isn’t fully immune to the same consumer shopping trends that have plagued its counterparts, which range from surging online sales to more recent developments, such as President Donald Trump’s trade wars.
IKEA has announced that it will close its Long Beach Plan & Order Point location this June, in addition to two other locations in the United Kingdom, The Street reported on Friday.
The Plan & Order Points, also known as planning studios, aim to bring IKEA’s design help to city centers in a smaller format: no maze-like warehouse aisles, just 3,000 to 15,000 square feet of planning tools and experts to help you plan your purchase. There’s also no inventory on site.
The location at 7611 Carson Blvd. in Long Beach is slated to close this month, according to The Street.
“There has been an increased demand for Click and Collect services, a desire to shop a smaller selection of home furnishing accessories, as well as the ability to return goods to physical IKEA units, something which, owing to the space available, the current location is unable to offer,” a spokesperson for IKEA told The Street.
That said, IKEA isn’t retreating from the planning studio concept. More locations are still slated to open in the U.S. in 2025 and 2026.
