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Article: Home Furnishings Retailer Ikea Opens New Store in College Park, Md.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- June 22, 2003
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The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 22--Holli Rathman was in her element strolling through Ikea's gigantic new store in College Park, browsing dozens of living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms -- even partial model homes.
In a store bigger than three Wal-Marts combined, the 30-year-old graphic designer and mother of two had at her fingertips all of the 80,000 items the Swedish home furnishings retailer makes. She had already bought the Allerum sofa bed.
"This is awesome; there's lots of selection," said Rathman, a New Market resident who has furnished her entire house from Ikea because of "the design of the furniture, the ...