AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Best Buy store in Austin will set aside 1,000 square feet later this year for a collaboration with furniture store IKEA, the companies announced this week.
The collaboration is a 10-store test run that will offer customers the chance to design and order custom kitchen and laundry rooms. This is a service offered at IKEA’s full-sized store in Georgetown, Texas — approximately 27 miles north of the U.S.- 290 Best Buy chosen for the pilot.
IKEA U.S. COO Rob Olson said in a Thursday press release that the collaboration is “a great step” towards helping homeowners build “beautiful, functional homes at a price they can afford.”…