1 / 8IKEA India CEO Peter Betzel, addresses a gathering ahead of the opening of IKEA's first store in India in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug.8, 2018. The Swedish furniture giant opens doors of its first store in India on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
2 / 8A staff arranges India’s first IKEA store ahead of its opening in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug.8, 2018. The Swedish furniture giant opens doors of its first store in India on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
3 / 8Staff arrange furniture inside India’s first IKEA store ahead of its opening in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug.8, 2018. The Swedish furniture giant opens doors of its first store in India on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
4 / 8A staff arranges cakes inside India’s first IKEA store ahead of its opening in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug.8, 2018. The Swedish furniture giant opens doors of its first store in India on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
5 / 8Staff walk inside India’s first IKEA store ahead of its opening in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug.8, 2018. The Swedish furniture giant opens doors of its first store in India on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
6 / 8A motorist rides past India’s first IKEA store ahead of its opening in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug.8, 2018. The Swedish furniture giant opens doors of its first store in India on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
7 / 8IKEA Group’s CEO, Jesper Brodin addresses a gathering ahead of the opening of its first store in India in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug.8, 2018. The Swedish furniture giant opens doors of its first store in India on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
8 / 8IKEA Group’s CEO, Jesper Brodin addresses a gathering ahead of the opening of its first store in India in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Aug.8, 2018. The Swedish furniture giant opens doors of its first store in India on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
