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Inter IKEA Systems B.V., [ 6][ 7] trading as IKEA ( / aɪˈkiːə / eye-KEE-ə, Swedish: [ɪˈkêːa] ), is a Swedish multinational conglomerate that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, kitchen appliances, decoration, home accessories, and various other goods and home services. Started in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad and currently legally ...
Signature. Feodor Ingvar Kamprad ( Swedish: [ˈɪ̌ŋːvar ˈkǎmːprad] ⓘ; 30 March 1926 – 27 January 2018) was a Swedish billionaire business magnate best known for founding IKEA, a multinational retail company specialising in furniture. He lived in Switzerland from 1976 to 2014.
INGKA Holding B.V. is a holding company based in Leiden, Netherlands. It is the largest IKEA franchisee holding company that controls 367 stores of the 422 of IKEA in 2018. [1] [2] The company is fully owned by the Stichting INGKA Foundation. INGKA is named after Ingvar Kamprad, its Swedish founder.
3. Jesper Brodin (born 9 November 1968) is a Swedish business leader and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Ingka Group. [ 1] During his career at IKEA, Brodin has held a number of different roles including assistant to Ingvar Kamprad, Business Area Manager Kitchen and Dining, as well as managing director for Range & Supply, Inter IKEA Group.
The first IKEA store in North America opened in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in 1976 and closed in 1988, [15] [16] though the company opened a new Dartmouth location in 2017. [17] As of 2023, there were 16 stores in six provinces, as well as numerous pickup-only collection points. [18] 10 Austria 1977 Vösendorf (near Vienna) 8
bosch.com. Robert Bosch GmbH ( / bɒʃ /; German: [bɔʃ] ⓘ ), commonly known as Bosch (styled BOSCH ), is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 1886. [ 2] Bosch is 94% owned by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, a ...
Sold by. IKEA. The Poäng ( Swedish pronunciation: [pʊˈɛ̂ŋ] ⓘ, lit. 'point, argument, punch-line') is a wooden cantilever armchair that has been sold by the Swedish furniture retailer IKEA since 1978. As of 2016, about one-and-a-half million Poängs are sold annually, and a total of 30 million have been produced. [ 1][ 2]
The foundation owns the private Dutch company INGKA Holding, based in Leiden, which is the holding company that controls 372 of the 432 outlets of IKEA. [6]In an explanation of IKEA's complex corporate structure, Ingvar Kamprad stated to the authors of a Swedish documentary that tax efficiency was "a natural part of the company's low-cost culture". [2]