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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 ...
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.
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
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.
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.
Cover of the 2015 edition catalogue (Australia) The IKEA Catalogue (US spelling: IKEA Catalog; Swedish: Ikea-katalogen) was a catalogue published annually by the Swedish home furnishing retailer IKEA. First published in Swedish in 1951, [1] the catalogue was considered to be the main marketing tool of the company and, as of 2004, consumed 70% ...
IKEA Museum. Coordinates: 56.5520°N 14.1346°E. The IKEA Museum in August 2016. The IKEA Museum is a museum located in Älmhult, Sweden, that opened to the public on June 30, 2016. [1] It presents the history of the Swedish furnishing company IKEA. [2] It replaced IKEA Through the Ages (located in the Corporate Culture Center 'Tillsammans'), a ...
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]