IKEA, the world's largest home-furnishing retailer, opened its doors in Malaysia in August 2003. Featuring 35,811 m2 of floor space (roughly the size of 5 football fields) with over 7,000 home furnishing products displayed in 54 settings, IKEA is the largest furnishing store in South East Asia. Just six weeks before its grand opening, IKEA was still lacking the credit card payment facilities necessary for operations. IKEA turned to GHL Systems to provide the solution.