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BusinessWeek
November 14, 2005
Kerry Capell |
Sweden's Answer to Sam Walton Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad got his start in business at age 6 - and at 79, he's still pushing simplicity and customer satisfaction.   |
BusinessWeek
November 14, 2005 |
What A Sweetheart Of A Love Seat After more than two decades, the $249 Klippan love seat with its clean lines, bright colors, simple legs, and compact size remains one of Ikea's best-sellers with 1.5 million sold since 1998. |
Fast Company
February 11, 2013
Greg Lindsay |
Swedish Modern Comes To Town As if furnishing our postcollegiate homes wasn't enough, Ikea is bringing its austere aesthetic to urban planning. Ikea hopes its new towns will help boost sales of its BoKlok prefab houses. |
BusinessWeek
July 2, 2009
Jason Bush |
Why IKEA Is Fed Up with Russia Bureaucracy and red tape have the Swedish furniture giant holding back on further investment |
BusinessWeek
November 14, 2005 |
Need A Home To Go With That Sofa Aimed largely at first-time buyers, BoKlok is proving a big hit, with more than 2,500 prefab units sold in Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark since the program was launched in 1997. |
BusinessWeek
October 28, 2010
Michael Wei |
In Ikea's China Stores, Loitering Is Encouraged By letting visitors linger, Ikea hopes they will buy as their incomes rise. |
BusinessWeek
November 14, 2005 |
"Positive Fanatics": Ikea's Credo Excerpts from Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad's essay reveal a fierce work ethic, dedication to simplicity, and intolerance for wastefulness. |
CIO
September 1, 2001
Malcolm Wheatley |
Ikea's Financial Furnishings The global furniture retailer found that its new financial system came with some assembly required... |
Salon.com
November 22, 2000
Alan Deutschman |
Furniture buyers of the world, unite! Seeking the triumph of socialism? Look no further than your local Ikea megastore. |
Salon.com
November 22, 2000
Damien Cave |
On sale at Old Navy: Cool clothes for identical zombies! What a deal! Crush your individuality at state-of-the-art chain stores! |
U.S. CPSC
July 19, 2006 |
IKEA Home Furnishings Announce Recall to Repair Folding Chair Beds and Sofa Beds for Finger Tip Amputation Hazard Fingers can become caught in the folding mechanism of the chair bed/sofa bed, posing a laceration and/or amputation hazard. |
Knowledge@Wharton
February 26, 2003 |
Why Big-box Retailers Often Fumble in Their Global Growth Strategies How good are these companies at reaching beyond their borders, and how successful will they be in the future? Experts from Wharton are cautiously optimistic, noting that retail depends heavily on such disparate factors as consumer whims and the cost of real estate. |
Popular Mechanics
January 15, 2009
Glenn Reynolds |
Clayton's I-House: Prefab Green Homes Get Affordable It looks like a house you'd order from Ikea. It sounds like a house designed by Apple. The I-House just might be the future -- well, one future, anyway -- of the housing market. |
This Old House
June 27, 2015
Hendley Badcock |
IKEA Wireless Chargers in Furniture: Buy It or Hack It In April, the world's largest furniture retailer released a line of wireless charging stations that make refueling your smartphone as easy as setting it down on your bedside table. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2004
Bobby Shethia |
Lower Comps Plague Pier 1 Imports Strong share price masks the retailer's struggling same-store sales. Investing in Pier 1 at $19 is iffy. |
CRM
April 2015
Marshall Lager |
Designing Humor: IKEA Mocks Apple Every time you see a minor feature hyped as a CRM software revolution, I urge you to think of Apple and IKEA. Then ask yourself which side of the line that hype falls on. |
Wired
March 23, 2009
Tim McKeough |
Mod That Table: High-End Furniture Goes Open Source Your next piece of designer furniture could cost less than an Ikea chair as long as you're willing to make it yourself. |
U.S. CPSC
September 24, 2004 |
IKEA Home Furnishings Recall of Glass-Door Wall Cabinets Some of these glass-door wall cabinets have the wrong sized screws for the safety bracket, which can result in the cabinet not being properly secured to the wall. The cabinets can fall and injure nearby consumers. |
AskMen.com
Farah Averill |
Furniture For Small Spaces Find out how to use your furniture to make the most of a small room without neglecting aesthetics. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 2, 2008
John Quelch |
Four Companies that Conquered America The annals of business are littered with foreign companies that have never quite succeeded in the USA. But here are four companies that have. And each carries a special lesson. |
Fast Company
November 1999
Polly LaBarre |
Success Here's the Inside Story Few books by company founders capture the real drama -- or the lessons -- behind their success. Too often, really smart business leaders write really dumb books. These four books are notable exceptions. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
80, Cheap, and Rich Meet the world's fourth-richest man. It often takes a certain frugal mind-set to help someone achieve wealth. Millionaire-next-door stories confirm this. We would do well to examine our own lives and see where we might be able to spend less and save and invest more. |
U.S. CPSC
February 1, 2007 |
IKEA Recalls Vases Due to Laceration Hazard The base of these vases can break off unexpectedly, posing a laceration hazard to consumers. |
U.S. CPSC
June 3, 2010 |
Violation of Federal Mattress Flammability Standard Prompts Recall of Mattresses by IKEA The mattresses fail to meet the federal mandatory open flame standard for mattresses, posing a fire hazard to consumers. |
U.S. CPSC
October 17, 2002 |
IKEA Recalls Stuffed Teddy Bears The plastic beads inside of the bears could come out of the seams, posing an aspiration hazard to young children who could inhale the small beads. |
U.S. CPSC
October 15, 2004 |
IKEA Home Furnishings Recall of Fargglad Multi-Color Children's Chair Choking hazard from red plastic feet that can detach from chair legs. |
CRM
August 1, 2006
Phillip Britt |
Every Day I Stand the Queue Contactless payments and line-busting techniques are penetrating busy retail venues, to the delight of shoppers and staff. |
U.S. CPSC
March 3, 2011 |
IKEA Recalls Coffee/Tea Makers Due to Burn and Laceration Hazards Pressure from the metal pot holder against the coffee/tea maker can cause the glass to break unexpectedly, posing burn and laceration hazards. |
