MEXICO - Ikea is close to opening its second store in Mexico, which will be located in the Vía San Ángel shopping center in the city of Puebla.

The opening of this second store will be Thursday, August 11.

The opening, which was planned for the first quarter of this year, comes amid a context of inflation that has raised the cost of moving goods.

The new Ikea store in Puebla has an area of 11 thousand square meters, distributed in 49 rooms: spaces where the company's furniture and decorative items are displayed, so that customers can get an idea of how they would look in their homes and apartments. In this second store, Ikea will also have a restaurant.

Ikea has sought alternatives, such as locating local suppliers, to reduce waiting times and transportation costs for the products it imports from Europe and Asia. For example, they have opted to buy products made in Mexico, such as mattresses and beds, which are manufactured in Saltillo, Coahuila, in a plant that is in the process of increasing its production capacity.