Target, Macy's, Nordstrom, and others have experimented with small format stores over the past decade. For Ikea, the smaller format stores are part of bringing the brand to where their customers are. Two more smaller format Ikeas opened this autumn, one in Alpharetta, Georgia, and the other in South Charlotte, North Carolina, bringing the total to 11. "The move to smaller stores is logical when we look at the layout of the large-format stores. Macy's has been trying to break free from the mall with smaller format stores for their Macy's and Bloomingdale's brands.

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Persons: Nordstrom, Kmart's, Roger McMahon, McMahon, Mary Rhodes, Barbara Snedegar, I'm, Snedegar, Macy's Organizations: Walmart, Ikea, Ikea U.S, Pepperdine University's Graziadio Business, Retailers, Brands, Macy's Locations: Gaithersburg , Maryland, U.S, Miami, Alpharetta , Georgia, South Charlotte, North Carolina, Texas, Cincinnati