€2m a week spent at Ikea’s Dublin store

Shoppers at Ikea’s Irish store in Dublin last year spent almost €2m per week on home furnishings leading to the store almost doubling pre-tax profits to €5.8m.

Accounts just filed by Ikea Ireland Ltd show the firm increased its pre-tax profits by 96% from €2.97m to €5.8m in the 12 months to the end of August 31 last.

With bestsellers such as Billy bookcases, Expedit storage units and Lack tables, revenues increased marginally from €102.6m to €103.98m.