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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 Kerry Capell et al. |
Ikea Ikea is the quintessential global cult brand. Here's how the Swedish retailer became to be so. |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Dexter Roberts |
China: Sticking To The Fast Lane Beijing won't be doing much to tame the nation's sizzling growth. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek April 30, 2007 Dexter Roberts |
Cautious Consumers The Chinese are on a spending spree, right? Not really. In fact, they're so tightfisted, Beijing is worried |
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Frederik Balfour |
Drowning in Dollars It's a problem for China, but is revaluing the yuan a wise move? |
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. |
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 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 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. |
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Dexter Roberts |
China's Growing Income Gap The gap between rich and poor in China is wider than generally realized and could create political problems for Beijing. |
BusinessWeek August 21, 2006 Maria Bartiromo |
On The Ground In China A conversation with Zhang Xin, who runs the Beijing-based SOHO China, about the business environment in China. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |