宜家（Ikea)今天开门。一早人们就在门口，等着开门，1100个停车位几乎满了！
More than 2,000 people lined up early today to enter an Ikea furnishing store in Dartmouth, as the firm launched the first of 12 new openings across Canada amidst circus performers, political speeches and a Swedish flag raising.
Hundreds of customers had secured places at the front of the line that wound around the store in the Dartmouth Crossing retail district, while the shop's 1,100-car parking lot was nearly full as people stood wrapped in blankets in a cool mist.
Ikea's return to the region had the city abuzz — the opening dominated social media and other conversations. Ikea Canada president Marsha Smith says she was "personally touched" to see so many people after the firm's last, much smaller store closed over three decades ago in the city. After Mayor Mike Savage cut the ribbon, people rushed into the sprawling complex to purchase the company's trademark unassembled furniture.
The arrival of Ikea stirred up a bit of controversy locally online from people who took issue with the store being called Ikea Halifax — the building technically sits in Dartmouth, which was once a separate city. A few people shouted out "Dartmouth" when the name of the store was announced during the opening.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1506748-early-bird-shoppers-crazy-for-ikea-opening
More than 2,000 people lined up early today to enter an Ikea furnishing store in Dartmouth, as the firm launched the first of 12 new openings across Canada amidst circus performers, political speeches and a Swedish flag raising.
Hundreds of customers had secured places at the front of the line that wound around the store in the Dartmouth Crossing retail district, while the shop's 1,100-car parking lot was nearly full as people stood wrapped in blankets in a cool mist.
Ikea's return to the region had the city abuzz — the opening dominated social media and other conversations. Ikea Canada president Marsha Smith says she was "personally touched" to see so many people after the firm's last, much smaller store closed over three decades ago in the city. After Mayor Mike Savage cut the ribbon, people rushed into the sprawling complex to purchase the company's trademark unassembled furniture.
The arrival of Ikea stirred up a bit of controversy locally online from people who took issue with the store being called Ikea Halifax — the building technically sits in Dartmouth, which was once a separate city. A few people shouted out "Dartmouth" when the name of the store was announced during the opening.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1506748-early-bird-shoppers-crazy-for-ikea-opening
