IKEA
Check in to the Ikea Bridal Suite for a Flat-pack Honeymoon
It brought us Swedish meatballs, Billy bookshelves and endless queues on the London North Circular on Saturday afternoons. Now Ikea is going one step further and opening the Ikea Hostel, where customers can stay overnight if they haven't finished their shopping.
1974 Ikea Chair, One Careful Owner, Not for Sale
He is famous for eating in cheap restaurants, flying economy and going on the bus. But yesterday Ingvar Kamprad - the reclusive billionaire founder of the Swedish furniture giant IKEA - took his reputation for thrift a stage further when he revealed that he has been using the same chair for the past 32 years.
Ikea Manuals Sexist, Says Norwegian Pm
According to Norway's prime minister, Kjell Magne Bondevik, Ikea is guilty of stereotyping because only men are shown assembling furniture in its instruction booklets.
Flat-pack Denial As Ikea Boss Named Richest in World
Statistics analysed by the Swedish business magazine Veckans Affarer suggest that the founder of Ikea is now richer than Bill Gates of Microsoft.
Animal Lovers Alarmed By 'Puppy Retail' Venture
A group composed of retail veterans who were formerly involved with Gap and IKEA have started what they call "lifestyle stores" selling puppies in Boston.
IKEA! Bargains, bargains, bargains
Why is IKEA so popular when their furniture design is so crap! Everything is so square! It’s like they’ve only just discovered right angles.
Head of Ikea fears closures
The septuagenarian founder of the Ikea furniture empire has said worries that he may have to close some stores have made him "an unhappy man".
Ransom Bombs Close Dutch Ikea
The Swedish flatpack superstore Ikea closed its 10 Dutch branches yesterday as a number of explosive packages were found after an unidentified organisation demanded a ransom under threat of a pre-Christmas bombing campaign. Ikea officials in the Netherlands would not confirm the exact...
Bombs Found in Dutch Ikea Stores
Police sealed off all Ikea stores in the Netherlands today after at least two bombs were found at branches of the world's biggest furniture retailer. Two explosives experts suffered minor injuries as they disarmed one of the bombs, police said, while Ikea shut its 10 Dutch stores and told...
According to Norway's prime minister, Kjell Magne Bondevik, Ikea is guilty of stereotyping because only men are shown assembling furniture in its instruction booklets.
Flat-pack Denial As Ikea Boss Named Richest in World
Statistics analysed by the Swedish business magazine Veckans Affarer suggest that the founder of Ikea is now richer than Bill Gates of Microsoft.
Animal Lovers Alarmed By 'Puppy Retail' Venture
A group composed of retail veterans who were formerly involved with Gap and IKEA have started what they call "lifestyle stores" selling puppies in Boston.
IKEA! Bargains, bargains, bargains
Why is IKEA so popular when their furniture design is so crap! Everything is so square! It’s like they’ve only just discovered right angles.
Head of Ikea fears closures
The septuagenarian founder of the Ikea furniture empire has said worries that he may have to close some stores have made him "an unhappy man".
Ransom Bombs Close Dutch Ikea
The Swedish flatpack superstore Ikea closed its 10 Dutch branches yesterday as a number of explosive packages were found after an unidentified organisation demanded a ransom under threat of a pre-Christmas bombing campaign. Ikea officials in the Netherlands would not confirm the exact...
Bombs Found in Dutch Ikea Stores
Police sealed off all Ikea stores in the Netherlands today after at least two bombs were found at branches of the world's biggest furniture retailer. Two explosives experts suffered minor injuries as they disarmed one of the bombs, police said, while Ikea shut its 10 Dutch stores and told...