{"id":1022715,"date":"2026-07-22T08:35:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1022715"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:07:40","slug":"ikea-eyes-quick-commerce-expansion-beyond-metros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/07\/22\/ikea-eyes-quick-commerce-expansion-beyond-metros\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikea eyes quick commerce, expansion beyond metros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ikea India is evaluating an entry into quick commerce and third-party e-commerce platforms while preparing to expand beyond the country\u2019s largest metro markets, signalling the next phase of growth for the Swedish furniture retailer as it accelerates its omnichannel strategy. <\/p>\n<p>Chief Commercial Officer Adosh Sharma said the retailer was closely studying quick commerce and third-party platforms, but any foray would have to strengthen Ikea\u2019s overall customer experience rather than merely add another sales channel. \u201cOnline is a strong business for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ikea India is evaluating an entry into quick commerce and third-party e-commerce platforms while preparing to expand beyond the country\u2019s largest metro markets, signalling the next phase of growth for the Swedish furniture retailer as it accelerates its omnichannel strategy. Chief Commercial Officer Adosh Sharma said the retailer was closely studying quick commerce and third-party platforms, but any foray would have to strengthen Ikea\u2019s overall customer experience rather than merely add another sales channel. \u201cOnline is a strong business for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1022715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1022748,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022715\/revisions\/1022748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1022715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1022715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}