IKEA has announced it will be teaming up with Tesco in an exciting new test-and-trial with the service set to be rolled out to a borough supermarket.

A first for the UK, the Collect Near You service will launch in Blackburn on the October 10, and is designed to offer customers the option of collecting an IKEA order from a designated area within their local Tesco car park.

The Tesco Extra on Mansell Way in Horwich will also be part of the new trial.

When placing an order online, customers will go through the usual checkout option and select the Collect Near You service for their nearest Tesco.

Following IKEA click and collect signage within the Tesco carparks, customers will arrive at a designated Collect Near You pick-up point at their chosen date and time, and meet with a delivery driver and vehicle who will hand their order over to them.

Following the launch in Blackburn, six further Collect Near You points are planned for Doncaster, Dereham, Stockport, Bolton, Liverpool, and Cambridge later this year, making it easier than ever to shop with IKEA in these areas.

Julie Carr, fulfilment and multichannel network manager at IKEA UK & Ireland, said: “We are proud to be collaborating with Tesco to test-and-trial more convenient, accessible, and affordable collection services in the UK across a number of key locations.

“This collaboration recognises that in an ever-changing retail environment, there is an opportunity to work together to bring IKEA closer to the many people.

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A full list of Collect Near You points in collaboration with Tesco this year is as follows:

Tesco Blackburn Superstore

Tesco Doncaster Extra

Tesco Cambridge Newmarket Road Superstore

Tesco Dereham Extra

Tesco Extra Horwich

Tesco Stockport Extra

Tesco Liverpool Old Swan Superstore