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Swedish furniture and home accessories retailer Ikea opened a new store west of Cairo in the Mall of Arabia to serve customers in the area until its full-scale store opens its doors in 2020, Al Shorouk reported<\/a>. Fawaz AlHokair Group\u2019s Marakez inked a long-term lease agreement with Al Futtaim Misr for Retail to open a 20k sqm Ikea store at the mall last December<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Swedish furniture and home accessories retailer Ikea opened a new store west of Cairo in the Mall of Arabia to serve customers in the area until its full-scale store opens its doors in 2020, Al Shorouk reported. 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