IKEA is making a play for Dallas-Fort Worth shoppers with a first-of-its-kind partnership with Best Buy and two new North Texas stores opening by late 2025.
The companies announced this week they will launch “IKEA in Best Buy” shops inside 10 Best Buy stores across Texas and Florida this fall—the first time IKEA has made its products available through another U.S. retailer.
Two of those 1,000-square-foot spaces will open in DFW at Best Buy locations in Mesquite and Hurst.
“This partnership between IKEA and Best Buy is about making great design and functionality more accessible for the many,” said Rob Olson, IKEA U.S. chief operations officer.
The collaboration lets Best Buy showcase how appliances integrate with home design, while IKEA gains market access without building full stores. The store-within-a-store formats feature kitchen and laundry room displays where IKEA staff help customers plan furnishing solutions while Best Buy employees advise on electronics.
“When you’re shopping for new electronics, whether it’s a laptop or a TV or a washing machine, it’s important to understand the technology and make a decision based on how it will help you, your family, and your home in your everyday life,” said Patrick McGinnis, Best Buy’s chief merchandising officer.
IKEA’s 1,000-square-foot spaces in Best Buy stores mark the first time the Swedish retailer has partnered with another U.S. retailer. [Rendering: Best Buy]
Two Dallas-Fort Worth stores coming
IKEA is also adding two North Texas locations, scheduled to open by year end.
IKEA Rockwall, announced last fall, will open in December with solar power, LEED certification, and EV chargers. The store will debut IKEA’s new Swedish Deli concept for onsite dining, plus a Swedish Bistro for takeaway with outdoor seating. Room displays, tailored to the local community, will showcase living solutions, while larger items like sofas and beds can be ordered for delivery or pickup.
IKEA Dallas—University Park opens late 2025 at The Shops at Park Lane. The 63,000-square-foot, two-level store—a smaller format focused on urban convenience—will stock 3,200 products for immediate takeaway. Customers can order the full product range online for store pickup or delivery.
Javier Quiñones, CEO & Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA U.S., calls the opening of IKEA Dallas – University Park the “perfect example of our strategy to develop smaller, more accessible urban store formats.”
Currently, IKEA operates full-size stores in Grand Prairie and Frisco, plus a Plan & Order Point in Southlake. A San Marcos location opening this year brings Texas to 11 stores.
“Our expansion goal is simple. We will be where people are, whenever and however they want to experience IKEA,” Quiñones said.
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