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From Home Furnishing Business
Ikea to Hire 300 for Kansas Store
April 29,
2014 by in Furniture Retailing, Industry 
Ikea is recruiting 300 employees to work in its Merriam, Kan., store set to open this fall.
“We are thrilled to offer interested jobseekers diverse positions with limitless opportunity at a global company,” said Rob Parsons, store manager of the future location. “At Ikea, we recognize that our coworkers appreciate being able to do the things in life that bring success and happiness. It also is as fun to work at Ikea as it is to shop at Ikea.”
Under construction on 18.4 acres in Merriam, Kan., the 359,000-square-foot store and its approximately 1,200 parking spaces is located eight miles southwest of Kansas City, Mo.