Ikea coming to Jacksonville

[Adam W]

City Life, I know you were joking because of the smiley, so I'm not mad. I don't think I agree FIFY means fixed it for you.  It means you took my name (my own name) and used it to express your opinion (an anonymous screen name.)  Why not just express your opinion under your own moniker?  I wasn't much amused because someone could hijack my name in a quote and not say FIFY to indicate it wasn't me.  Like I said, not angry.  Just wondering why people would do that.

From the link I provided:

1.  FIFY   acronym used in message boards, meaning "Fixed it for ya". Most often used in quoting another posters work and slightly changing it.
Poster 1 "I really enjoyed 'Brokeback Mountain!'"

Poster 2: "<Poster_1>I really enjoy gay sex with cowboys!</Poster_1> FIFY!

So, it's common practice. Maybe you don't agree FIFY means "fixed it for ya" but that doesn't matter - it does mean that, whether or not you agree 

[fsquid]

The whole FIFY thing is so gay and just leads to flame wars on other message boards

[Adam W]

The whole FIFY thing is so gay and just leads to flame wars on other message boards

I wouldn't say it was "gay" but I would say it was pretty stupid. I guess the idea can be somewhat clever at times.

[finehoe]

"so gay"?  What are you, 12?

[Debbie Thompson]

Oh, no!  Let's not start an argument about FIFY now.  I'm sure it's something the cool kids do, and I'm just an old fart not up on what the cool kids do.  I think it's kind of silly not to just say what you mean yourself, but as long as someone puts FIFY so the next poster doesn't mistake it for an authentic quote, I don't see the big deal. 

[fsquid]

"so gay"?  What are you, 12?

13, looking forward to getting some chest hair.

[KenFSU]

There's hope yet!

From today's Wall Street Journal:

IKEA to Accelerate U.S. Store Expansions

HANSEGARD And ANNA MOLIN

STOCKHOLMâ€"IKEA will more than double the pace of store openings by 2020, as the Swedish furniture giant aims to ramp up its presence in the U.S. and capture a bigger slice of growth in fast-growing markets such as China.

"We're increasing our production in the U.S., and would also like to find more suppliers that have a strategic fit with IKEA," Chief Executive Mikael Ohlsson said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, a day after the company announced he will exit the company next year.

Mr. Ohlsson will be succeeded next September by Peter Agnefjäll, 41, the current country manager of Sweden. But before his departure, he plans to set the ball rolling on an expansion drive that will add tens of thousands of jobs and more than 100 stores to IKEA's approximately 300-strong chain. The drive will require annual investments of about â,¬1.5 billion to â,¬2.5 billion ($1.97 billion to $3.28 billion) from 2014, the company said, and will mean opening 20 to 25 stores a year, compared with six to 12 at present.

Full story:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444450004578003971406212516.html

[mtraininjax]

^^^ Yeah, sure there is hope, about as much hope as the Bozo's in DC saving us from the fiscal cliff....

[ben says]

"so gay"?  What are you, 12?

13, looking forward to getting some chest hair.

[avonjax]

^^^ Yeah, sure there is hope, about as much hope as the Bozo's in DC saving us from the fiscal cliff....

If the one in DC is Bozo than the one running against him is Bozo's retarded cousin.

[avonjax]

you can think the stuff is crap all you want, but having a store like that would be nice for tax revenue.

Not all their stuff is crap. I  want to know where everyone buys furniture here?
I agree their furniture is not for the long haul, but they do have some good merchandise at great prices.
I love modern and other than West Elm and Scan Design there is no other. At least for me.
I love their kitchens and for people who belong to the 47%, we can't afford to buy decent home goods with our welfare so IKEA is perfect.
Mtrain you should love IKEA coming here because we freeloaders who, although making poverty wages could at least afford a chair, even an inferior one, to sit on.     
                                                             

[avonjax]

A CB2 would be nice too, but that isn't happening either.   

Remember that a Bo Concept opened at SJTC and then closed.  Maybe there just isn't much of a market for contemporary furniture here.

You may be right. NestLiving failed in both 5 Points in San Marco.

That being said, Scan Design has been killing it for years...

Nest Living has/had authentic modern classics not the many, many knockoffs out there. If you wanted great modern he had it. The Herman Miller store didn't last long in San Marco and that was another great shop. I bought chairs there and no one else in Jacksonville had them. I don't know if anyone in Jacksonville has Herman Miller unless the shop on San Marco has it.
Forgot the name of the store. Sorry I'm about to leave and don't have time to look it up.

[thelakelander]

This comes up from time to time. However, from IKEA's point of view, nothing has changed:

IKEA says not now for Jacksonville

Regency Mall Realty wants to consolidate all tenants in half of the mall and work with the city and community about the rest.

That's where the IKEA idea comes up. Fans contend the Swedish retailer would be a game-changer at Regency, whose Arlington location has seen better days.

IKEA has more than 340 stores worldwide, including 38 U.S. stores. It has three in Florida in Orlando, Tampa and Sunrise, which is in the Miami area. It plans to open a fourth this summer in Sweetwater, just 35 miles south of Sunrise.

Jacksonville isn't on the list yet.

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=542362

[tufsu1]

IKEA is quite the game changer in South Philly

https://www.google.com/maps/place/IKEA+South+Philadelphia/@39.9174049,-75.1408471,497m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c6c8b2d85cab5d:0x6311fc151459e887

[IrvAdams]

We've got to pull these people in off the expressway and convince them to live here. Quickly.

Orlando has an Ikea and they're not that much bigger, are they?

Nice stores, for sure. Let's grow, Jax!