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IKEA (/ aɪ ˈ k iː ə / eye-KEE-ə, Swedish:), is a multinational conglomerate founded in Sweden [6] [7] that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, kitchen appliances, decoration, home accessories, and various other goods and home services.
The Forbes Global 2000 published on 18 April 2012 [1] is a ranking of largest companies in the world, by a mix of four metrics: sales, profits, assets and market value.The ranking number shows the ranking among all other Nordic companies on the list, while the number displayed within parenthesis shows the actual ranking among all the companies on the Forbes Global 2000 list.
The following list sorts countries by the total market capitalization of all domestic companies [clarification needed] listed in the country, according to data from the World Bank. Market capitalization, commonly called market cap, is the market value of a publicly traded company's outstanding shares. [1]
The United States is IKEA's second largest market, after Germany, or possibly tied for first. The first IKEA in the U.S. was built on an outparcel space belonging to Plymouth Meeting Mall in the Philadelphia suburb of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania ; this store moved to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania in 2003, where IKEA's US headquarters is also based.
The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on the American stock exchanges (including the 30 companies that compose the Dow Jones Industrial Average). The index includes about 80 percent of the American market by capitalization.
The group's Ingka Centres division has developed several shopping centres in which IKEA is the anchor tenant, including the MEGA malls in Russia. Beginning in 2020, the division has acquired existing complexes which will be renovated to include urban IKEA locations, including Kings Mall in London, 6x6 in San Francisco, and the retail podium of the Aura condominium towers in Toronto.
The stock market will close at 1 p.m. for a shortened trading session due to Christmas Eve. US stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday led by gains in technology stocks.
Inter IKEA Systems B.V. is a holding company fully owned by Inter IKEA Holding and thus Interogo Foundation. It is the company that legally owns all of the IKEA brand's intellectual property (logo, word, trademarks, etc.). [14] Inter IKEA Systems is the IKEA franchisor. The company releases guides and manuals of various parts of the IKEA brand.