The Dominican Republic » shopping http://www.gotothedominicanrepublic.com A real paradise in the caribbean Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:59:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Ikea in Santo Domingo http://www.gotothedominicanrepublic.com/2008/05/09/ikea-in-santo-domingo/ http://www.gotothedominicanrepublic.com/2008/05/09/ikea-in-santo-domingo/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 05:40:11 +0000 admin http://www.gotothedominicanrepublic.com/?p=75 Anders Alm, Ikea’s director for the Canary Islands and the Dominican Republic, says that the opening of a branch of Ikea in Santo Domingo is just a sampling of what the chain has in mind for Latin America. Alm said that Ikea has 260 stores in Europe, Asia, Australia and the US, but the Santo [...]]]>

Anders Alm, Ikea’s director for the Canary Islands and the Dominican Republic, says that the opening of a branch of Ikea in Santo Domingo is just a sampling of what the chain has in mind for Latin America. Alm said that Ikea has 260 stores in Europe, Asia, Australia and the US, but the Santo Domingo store will be their first in Latin America.

“This is only the start. We have much more to do. Here in Santo Domingo, we will show all that we can do together,” said Alm.

Alm said that Ikea would give Latin American shoppers a taste of what the Swedish chain offers. Ikea boasts a wide range of home furnishings that are functional, well designed and at prices so low that anyone can purchase them, as reported in Listin Diario.

Ikea is best known for its affordable contemporary design. Its wacky promotions are expected to quickly gain the attention of the Dominican market. DR1 would like to take this opportunity to apologize for confusing Anders Alm with Ikea CEO Anders Dahlvig in a recent news bulletin.

Source: Dr1.com

]]> http://www.gotothedominicanrepublic.com/2008/05/09/ikea-in-santo-domingo/feed/ 0 Colmados going hi-tech http://www.gotothedominicanrepublic.com/2008/04/07/colmados-going-hi-tech/ http://www.gotothedominicanrepublic.com/2008/04/07/colmados-going-hi-tech/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:23:01 +0000 admin http://www.gotothedominicanrepublic.com/?p=22 Need food and have no cash? No need to worry because more and more colmados are accepting credit and debit cards. The National Traders and Businesses Federation (FENACERD) registered at least 3,500 colmados that accept plastic payment, and according to federation president Antonio Cruz Rojas, this represents at least 5% of colmados.

According to FENACRED, for the 5% of colmados that accept credit cards, 10% of their sales are paid for by plastic. Colmado owner Marcos Rosario said that offering the credit card payment option had been a good business move because many people like to keep as much cash as possible in their pockets. According to FENACRED, the minimum value for paying with plastic is RD$300.

Source: Dr1.com

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