Cheers and Swedish meatballs liven up Batu Kawan today as IKEA marked the start of construction for its first store in Northern Malaysia. IKEA co-workers, business friends and government officials came together for a groundbreaking ceremony at the site for IKEA Batu Kawan, Penang. The event gave visitors a taste ... Read More

The first IKEA store in the northern region will open in Penang on Jan 1, 2019, says Lim Guan Eng. The Chief Minister said the store would help to put Penang at a high-level position. "It is not easy to attract Ikano and we worked very hard," Lim said in ... Read More

We have found yet another job posting by IKEA Southeast Asia for their first IKEA store in Penang. From the latest job posting, it seems IKEA is now targeting to open their new store in Penang by 1st quarter of 2019. The company is now looking for a Deputy Store Manager, ... Read More

IKEA Penang will be the forth IKEA store in Malaysia and the second one outside of Klang Valley after Johor Bahru. Located in Batu Kawan, the construction of the new IKEA store is scheduled to start in early this year and to complete by late 2018. Despite an official announcement was done ... Read More

Ikano Private Limited, owner of the IKEA franchise in Malaysia, confirmed today its ambition to open a store in Penang during the third quarter of 2018. Ikano and the Aspen Group teamed up in September 2014 to purchase 245 acres of land from Penang Development Corporation. The joint-venture company is working ... Read More

With three major shopping malls being planned for Seberang Prai, the mainland will soon rival the island as a shopping paradise. The three malls are The Design Village (net lettable area (NLA) 400,000 sq ft), Ikea and Ikano Power Centre, and unnamed mall project by Belleview Goup (1.5 million sq ... Read More

Poll to find name for Penang’s new, intelligent, satellite township The people will have a say in the naming of Penang’s new, intelligent, satellite township on mainland Seberang Prai. The township is in Batu Kawan, in the southern Seberang Prai district, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said today. He said ... Read More