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{{Short description|Swedish multinationalfurniture retail conglomeratecompany}}
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| hq_location_country = Netherlands
| num_locations = 473 (2024)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ikea.com/global/en/our-business/how-we-work/#:~:text=473%20IKEA%20stores%20in%2063%20markets |url-statustitle=liveHow we work – IKEA Global }}</ref>
| area_served = Worldwide
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* Jesper Brodin (Chairman and [[CEO]] of [[INGKA Holding]])<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://fortune.com/2017/05/24/ikea-new-ceo-jesper-brodin/ |title=IKEA Has a New CEO |date=24 May 2017 |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |access-date=5 December 2017 |archive-date=18 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618105040/http://fortune.com/2017/05/24/ikea-new-ceo-jesper-brodin/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Jon Abrahamsson Ring (Chairman and CEO of the [[Inter IKEA Holding]])<ref name="IKEA finalizing its biggest overhaul in decades">{{cite news|title=IKEA finalizing its biggest overhaul in decades|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-restructuring-idUSKCN0XC0IA|agencywork=Reuters|access-date=19 December 2020|archive-date=18 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618105037/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-restructuring-idUSKCN0XC0IA|url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''Inter IKEA Systems B.V.''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inter IKEA Systems B.V. |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/nl/27232886 |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=[[OpenCorporates]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-10 |title=Privacy statement for inter.ikea.com |url=https://www.inter.ikea.com/en/ikea-policies/privacy-statement |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=inter.ikea.com}}</ref> [[trading as]] '''IKEA''' ({{IPAc-en|aɪ|'|k|iː|ə}} {{respell|eye|KEE|ə}}, {{IPA-|sv|ɪˈkêːa|lang}}), is a Swedish [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] [[conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]], founded in [[Sweden]] but now headquartered in the [[Netherlands]], that designs and sells {{vanchor|[[ready-to-assemble furniture]]|FURNITURE}}, kitchen appliances, decoration, home accessories, and various other goods and home services. Started in 1943 by [[Ingvar Kamprad]] and currently legally headquartered in the [[Netherlands]], IKEA has been the world's largest [[furniture]] retailer since 2008.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |url=https://www.statista.com/topics/1961/ikea/ |title=Topic: Ikea |website=statista.com |access-date=14 January 2017 |archive-date=16 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616021255/https://www.statista.com/topics/1961/ikea/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2012/12/05/ikea-is-a-world-wide-wonder/|title=IKEA Is A World-Wide Wonder|last=Loeb|first=Walter|newspaper=Forbes|access-date=14 January 2017|archive-date=22 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122035710/https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2012/12/05/ikea-is-a-world-wide-wonder/#37fcbb136f42|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/ingvar-kamprad-10th-richest-2016-1 |title=How IKEA creator Ingvar Kamprad built the world's largest furniture retailer – and a $39{{nbsp}}billion fortune |newspaper=Business Insider |access-date=14 January 2017 |archive-date=11 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811004213/https://www.businessinsider.com/ingvar-kamprad-10th-richest-2016-1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=IKEA mulls joint venture with Bosnia furniture maker |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/01/08/idUSL0861625720080108 |access-date=24 July 2013 |agencywork=Reuters |date=8 January 2008 |first=Maja |last=Zuvela |archive-date=31 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031040018/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/01/08/idUSL0861625720080108 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfurnitureonline.com/research-market/profiles-50-major-furniture-retailers-worldwide-0058620.html|title=Profiles of 50 major furniture retailers worldwide – Market Research – Report by CSIL|website=worldfurnitureonline.com|publisher=CSILMilano Research and Studies|access-date=14 January 2017|archive-date=10 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010222233/http://www.worldfurnitureonline.com/research-market/profiles-50-major-furniture-retailers-worldwide-0058620.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The brand name is an [[acronym]] of founder Ingvar Kamprad's initials; Elmtaryd, the family farm where Kamprad was born; and the nearby village of [[Agunnaryd]], Kamprad's hometown in [[Småland]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/the-story-behind-ikeas-quirky-product-names/articleshow/65349884.cms |title=The story behind Ikea's 'quirky' product names |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=10 August 2018 |access-date=10 August 2018 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109011241/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/the-story-behind-ikeas-quirky-product-names/articleshow/65349884.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>"Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA". Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston, MA, 02163. 1996</ref>
The group is primarily known for its [[Modern furniture|modernist]] furniture designs, simple approach to [[interior design]], and its immersive shopping concept, based around decorated room settings within [[big-box store]]s, where customers can interact with products onsite. In addition, the firm is known for its attention to cost control and continuous product development, notably, the [[ready-to-assemble furniture|ready-to-assemble]] model of furniture sales, and other elements which have allowed IKEA to establish lower prices than its competitors.
{{As of|2023|September}}, there are 482 IKEA stores operating in 63 countries<ref name=":12">{{cite web|url=https://www.ikea.com/fr/fr/this-is-ikea/about-us/ikea-faits-et-chiffres-2018-pubfd3597c1#:~:text=422%20magasins%20IKEA%20sur%20plus%20de%2050%20march%C3%A9s/|title=IKEA Faits et chiffres 2018|access-date=20 October 2021|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020195723/https://www.ikea.com/fr/fr/this-is-ikea/about-us/ikea-faits-et-chiffres-2018-pubfd3597c1#:~:text=422%20magasins%20IKEA%20sur%20plus%20de%2050%20march%C3%A9s/|url-status=live}}</ref> and in [[fiscal year]] 2018, €38.8{{nbsp}}[[billion]] ({{USD|{{to USD|38.8|EUR|year=2018|r=2}}|link=yes}}{{nbsp}}billion) worth of IKEA goods were sold.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-sales-idUSKCN1MK0YM |title=New stores and online growth help IKEA fend off rivals |last1=Ringstrom |first1=Anna |date=10 October 2018 |agencywork=Reuters |access-date=23 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223025923/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-sales/new-stores-and-online-growth-help-ikea-fend-off-rivals-idUSKCN1MK0YM |archive-date=23 December 2018 |url-status=live |last2=Dowsett |first2=Sonya}}</ref> For multiple reasons, including lowering taxes payable, IKEA uses a complicated corporate structure. Within this structure, all IKEA stores are operated under [[franchising|franchise]] from [[Inter IKEA Systems]] B.V. which handles branding, design, manufacturing, and supply. Another part of the IKEA group, Ingka Group, operates the majority of IKEA stores as a franchisee and pays royalties to Inter IKEA Systems B.V.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|date=24 August 2018|title=Who Owns IKEA? IKEA Business Model In A Nutshell|url=https://fourweekmba.com/who-owns-ikea/|access-date=19 November 2020|website=FourWeekMBA|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025201951/https://fourweekmba.com/who-owns-ikea/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="greens-efa.eu">[http://www.greens-efa.eu/legacy/fileadmin/dam/Documents/Letters/Greens-EFA_letter_to_Commissioners_Vestager_and_Moscovici-IKEA_report_01.pdf Greens-EFA letter to Commissioners Vestager and Moscovici – IKEA report, 12 February 2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116203337/http://www.greens-efa.eu/legacy/fileadmin/dam/Documents/Letters/Greens-EFA_letter_to_Commissioners_Vestager_and_Moscovici-IKEA_report_01.pdf |date=16 January 2017 }} Retrieved 16 February 2016.</ref> Some IKEA stores are also operated by independent franchises.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the IKEA group – IKEA|url=https://www.ikea.com/ms/fr_MA/about_ikea/facts_and_figures/about_ikea_group/index.html|access-date=19 November 2020|website=ikea.com|archive-date=4 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204161217/http://www.ikea.com/ms/fr_MA/about_ikea/facts_and_figures/about_ikea_group/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The IKEA website contains about 12,000 products and there were over 2.1{{nbsp}}billion visitors to IKEA's websites in the year from September 2015 to August 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=FAQ – IKEA store – IKEA|url=https://m.ikea.com/ms/en_JP/customer_service/faq/help/about_store/about_stores.html#9|access-date=17 October 2020|website=m.ikea.com|archive-date=19 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219193054/http://m.ikea.com/ms/en_JP/customer_service/faq/help/about_store/about_stores.html#9|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://highlights.ikea.com/2016/ikea-facts-and-figures |title=IKEA Highlights 2016 |publisher=Inter IKEA Systems B.v. |access-date=16 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617173852/https://highlights.ikea.com/2016/ikea-facts-and-figures |archive-date=17 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History==
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[[File:Bay Area City Pasay 09.jpg|thumb|The world's largest IKEA store is located in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines]]
In 1943, then-17-year-old [[Ingvar Kamprad]] founded IKEA as a mail-order sales business, and began to sell furniture five years later.<ref name="TNY">{{Cite magazine|last=Collins|first=Lauren|title=House Perfect|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/house-perfect|access-date=8 September 2021|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=26 September 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908155337/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/house-perfect|archive-date=8 September 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The first store was opened in [[Älmhult]], [[Småland]], in 1958, under the name Möbel-IKÉA (Möbel means "furniture" in Swedish). The first stores outside Sweden were opened in [[Norway]] (1963) and [[Denmark]] (1969).<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-first-store-history-in-sweden-in-1958-2019-9|title=Here's what the first Ikea store ever looked like when it opened in Sweden more than 60 years ago|last=Ciment|first=Shoshy|website=Business Insider|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-date=11 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911212415/https://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-first-store-history-in-sweden-in-1958-2019-9|url-status=live}}</ref> The stores spread to other parts of Europe in the 1970s, with the first store outside [[Scandinavia]] opening in [[Switzerland]] (1973), followed by [[West Germany]] (1974),<ref name=":2" /> [[Japan]] (1974), [[Australia]], [[Hong Kong]] (1975), [[Canada]] (1976),<ref>{{cite news |title=IKEA GRAND OPENING |work=[[The Chronicle Herald]] |date=14 July 1976 |pages=24–25}}</ref> [[Singapore]] and the [[Netherlands]] (1978).<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Siegfried|first=Patrick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8gV5DwAAQBAJ&q=ikea+opens+in+Hong+Kong+1975&pg=PA228|title=Business Cases: Internationalisation Strategies in Global Player Companies|date=1 October 2014|publisher=Akademische Verlagsgemeinschaft München|isbn=978-3-96091-353-5|access-date=12 October 2020|archive-date=21 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421205335/https://books.google.com/books?id=8gV5DwAAQBAJ&q=ikea+opens+in+Hong+Kong+1975&pg=PA228|url-status=live}}</ref> IKEA further expanded in the 1980s, opening stores in countries such as [[France]] and [[Spain]] (1981), [[Belgium]] (1984),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20150910_01859438|title=Ikea blijft groeien|website=De Standaard|date=10 September 2015 |access-date=7 April 2016|archive-date=19 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419093831/http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20150910_01859438|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[United States]] (1985),<ref>{{cite news |last=Gruson |first=Lindsey |date=22 March 1986 |title=IKEA Venture in U.S. a Hit |page=35 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/22/business/ikea-venture-in-us-a-hit.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdateaccess-date=19 July 2024}}</ref> the [[United Kingdom]] (1987),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/jun/01/homesandgardens.shopping|title=Democratic by design|last=Finch|first=Julia|date=31 May 2002|newspaper=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-date=2 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802030932/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/jun/01/homesandgardens.shopping|url-status=live}}</ref> and Italy (1989).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_MY/about_ikea/the_ikea_way/history/1980.html|title=1980s – IKEA|website=ikea.com|access-date=7 April 2016|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430171023/https://www.ikea.com/ms/en_MY/about_ikea/the_ikea_way/history/1980.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> [[Germany]], with 55 stores, is IKEA's biggest market, followed by the United States, with 55 stores (three in Puerto Rico)
IKEA entered [[Latin America]] in February 2010, opening in the [[Dominican Republic]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Publishing|first=Bloomsbury|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EtpxIvlFpTsC&q=The+first+IKEA+store+in+Latin+America+in+Santo+Domingo%2C+Dominican+Republic&pg=PT3004|title=Business: The Ultimate Resource|date=6 June 2011|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-4081-5646-9|access-date=15 November 2020|archive-date=21 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421205446/https://books.google.com/books?id=EtpxIvlFpTsC&q=The+first+IKEA+store+in+Latin+America+in+Santo+Domingo%2C+Dominican+Republic&pg=PT3004|url-status=live}}</ref> As for the region's largest markets, on 8 April 2021, a store was opened in [[Mexico City]].
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In November 2021, IKEA opened its largest store in the world, measuring {{convert|65000|sqm|sqft}},<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/multimedia/slideshow/11/25/21/look-ikea-opens-worlds-largest-outlet-in-pasay |title="Ikea Opens World's Largest Outlet in Pasay", ABS-CBN News, November 25 2021 |access-date=13 December 2021 |archive-date=13 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213184419/https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/multimedia/slideshow/11/25/21/look-ikea-opens-worlds-largest-outlet-in-pasay |url-status=live }}</ref> in the [[Philippines]] at the [[SM Mall of Asia|Mall of Asia Complex]] in [[Pasay|Pasay City]].<ref>{{cite web|title=World's biggest IKEA store opens in PH on Nov. 25|url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/lifestyle/2021/11/12/IKEA-Philippines-physical-store-opening.html|access-date=25 November 2021|website=[[CNN Philippines]]|archive-date=25 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125021220/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/lifestyle/2021/11/12/IKEA-Philippines-physical-store-opening.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Venzon |first1=Cliff |title=Ikea opens first outlet in Philippines – its largest globally |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Retail/Ikea-opens-first-outlet-in-Philippines-its-largest-globally |website=[[Nikkei Asia]] |access-date=25 November 2021|date=25 November 2021 |archive-date=25 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125060431/https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Retail/Ikea-opens-first-outlet-in-Philippines-its-largest-globally |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fenol |first1=Jessica |title=IKEA Pasay City opens to public on Nov. 25 with 'no booking, no shopping' policy |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/25/21/ikea-in-ph-opens-to-public-with-no-booking-no-shopping-policy |website=[[ABS-CBN News]] |access-date=25 November 2021|date=25 November 2021 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307210038/https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/25/21/ikea-in-ph-opens-to-public-with-no-booking-no-shopping-policy |url-status=live }}</ref>
In March 2022, IKEA announced the closing of all 17 stores in [[Russia]], resulting from the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. Because of the ongoing war and unimproved situation in Russia, IKEA said on 15 June that it would sell factories, close offices and reduce its workforce.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ringstrom |first=Anna |date=15 June 2022 |title=IKEA puts Russian factories up for sale, plans job cuts|agencywork=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/ikea-further-scale-down-operations-russia-2022-06-15/ |access-date=16 June 2022 |archive-date=16 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616002258/https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/ikea-further-scale-down-operations-russia-2022-06-15/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Later it became known that IKEA does not plan to sell its business, but expected to return to Russia within two years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.ru/ekonomika/15552677|title=Источник: IKEA не планирует продавать бизнес в России и хочет вернуться в течение двух лет|language=ru|date=24 August 2022|agency=[[TASS]]|access-date=27 August 2022|archive-date=27 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827220008/https://tass.ru/ekonomika/15552677|url-status=live}}</ref> By October 2022, IKEA laid off about 10,000 Russian employees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.banki.ru/news/lenta/?id=10973782|title=IKEA уволила 10 тыс. сотрудников в России|language=ru|date=13 October 2022|website=banki.ru|access-date=14 October 2022|archive-date=14 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014091743/https://www.banki.ru/news/lenta/?id=10973782|url-status=live}}</ref>
In September 2023, the {{visible anchor|MEGA}} chain of 14 supermarkets, then owned by Ingka, was bought by the Russian [[Gazprombank]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/business/28/09/2023/65152bdd9a79472f909286a3|title=Газпромбанк купил торговые центры «"Мега»" у экс-владельца IKEA в России|date=2023-09-28|website=RBK}}</ref>
IKEA was hit hard by [[COVID-19]] because of lockdowns in various countries, like in the UK and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ikea to reopen 19 stores during UK lockdown|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=22 May 2020|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/22/ikea-reopen-stores-uk-lockdown-furniture-covid-19|access-date=18 June 2022|archive-date=18 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618151530/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/22/ikea-reopen-stores-uk-lockdown-furniture-covid-19|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IKEA reopens in Ottawa during COVID-19 pandemic|date=26 May 2020|url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ikea-reopens-in-ottawa-during-covid-19-pandemic-1.4955033|access-date=18 June 2022|archive-date=6 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406210005/https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ikea-reopens-in-ottawa-during-covid-19-pandemic-1.4955033|url-status=live}}</ref> Because demand had fallen,<ref>{{cite web|title=Ikea to stop printing catalogue after 'successful career' that spanned 70 years|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=7 December 2020|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/07/ikea-to-stop-printing-catalogue-after-70-years-as-customers-move-online|access-date=18 June 2022|archive-date=18 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618151529/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/07/ikea-to-stop-printing-catalogue-after-70-years-as-customers-move-online|url-status=live}}</ref> its annual catalogue ceased publication after 70 years in print.<ref>{{cite web |last=Valinsky |first=Jordan |date=7 December 2020 |title=Ikea is killing off its catalog after 70 years |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/07/business/ikea-catalog/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618151507/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/07/business/ikea-catalog/index.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |access-date=18 June 2022 |website=[[CNN Business]]}}</ref> The prices of their products have risen significantly in 2022 because of rising costs and inflation.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ikea is hiking its prices by nearly 10% as the supply chain crisis continues to disrupt its operations|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-hiking-prices-supply-chain-crisis-retail-furniture-2021-12|access-date=3 July 2022|archive-date=3 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703150932/https://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-hiking-prices-supply-chain-crisis-retail-furniture-2021-12|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2022, IKEA has shut down one of its stores in [[Guiyang]] when sales took a significant hit from the pandemic. Because of strict [[COVID-19 pandemic in China|COVID-19 lockdowns in China]], IKEA ishas considering closingclosed another store in [[Shanghai]] by July 2022.<ref>{{citeCite news |author=Laura Heweb |title=Ikea isCloses consideringShanghai's closingYangpu anotherStore storeas inCovid Changes ChinaRetail |url=https://www.cnnyicaiglobal.com/2022/06/13/businessnews/ikea-closingcloses-shanghai-store-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=13 June 2022 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613131846/https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/13/business/ikea-closing-shanghaiyangpu-store-intlas-hnk/index.html |urlcovid-status=live }}</ref> IKEA is also facing stock shortages and shipping problems that may continue until the end of 2022.<ref name="BBC News">{{Cite news |date=15 October 2021 |title=Ikea warns stock shortages to last into next year|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/businesschanges-58912045retail |access-date=14 June 2022 |archive2024-08-date=14 June 202223 |archive-urlwebsite=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614072121/https://www.bbcyicaiglobal.com/news/business-58912045 |url-statuslanguage=live en}}</ref>▼
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▲IKEA was hit hard by [[COVID-19]] because of lockdowns in various countries, like in the UK and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ikea to reopen 19 stores during UK lockdown|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=22 May 2020|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/22/ikea-reopen-stores-uk-lockdown-furniture-covid-19|access-date=18 June 2022|archive-date=18 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618151530/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/22/ikea-reopen-stores-uk-lockdown-furniture-covid-19|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IKEA reopens in Ottawa during COVID-19 pandemic|date=26 May 2020|url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ikea-reopens-in-ottawa-during-covid-19-pandemic-1.4955033|access-date=18 June 2022|archive-date=6 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406210005/https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ikea-reopens-in-ottawa-during-covid-19-pandemic-1.4955033|url-status=live}}</ref> Because demand had fallen,<ref>{{cite web|title=Ikea to stop printing catalogue after 'successful career' that spanned 70 years|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=7 December 2020|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/07/ikea-to-stop-printing-catalogue-after-70-years-as-customers-move-online|access-date=18 June 2022|archive-date=18 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618151529/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/07/ikea-to-stop-printing-catalogue-after-70-years-as-customers-move-online|url-status=live}}</ref> its annual catalogue ceased publication after 70 years in print.<ref>{{cite web |last=Valinsky |first=Jordan |date=7 December 2020 |title=Ikea is killing off its catalog after 70 years |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/07/business/ikea-catalog/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618151507/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/07/business/ikea-catalog/index.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |access-date=18 June 2022 |website=[[CNN Business]]}}</ref> The prices of their products have risen significantly in 2022 because of rising costs and inflation.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ikea is hiking its prices by nearly 10% as the supply chain crisis continues to disrupt its operations|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-hiking-prices-supply-chain-crisis-retail-furniture-2021-12|access-date=3 July 2022|archive-date=3 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703150932/https://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-hiking-prices-supply-chain-crisis-retail-furniture-2021-12|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2022, IKEA has shut down one of its stores in [[Guiyang]] when sales took a significant hit from the pandemic. Because of strict [[COVID-19 pandemic in China|COVID-19 lockdowns in China]], IKEA is considering closing another store in [[Shanghai]] by July 2022.<ref>{{cite news |author=Laura He |title=Ikea is considering closing another store in China |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/13/business/ikea-closing-shanghai-store-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=13 June 2022 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613131846/https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/13/business/ikea-closing-shanghai-store-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> IKEA is also facing stock shortages and shipping problems that may continue until the end of 2022.<ref name="BBC News">{{Cite news |date=15 October 2021 |title=Ikea warns stock shortages to last into next year|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58912045 |access-date=14 June 2022 |archive-date=14 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614072121/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58912045 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 10 August 2022, IKEA opened its first store in [[Chile]], the first store in [[South America]]. Another store opened in [[Colombia]] in September 2023 in [[Bogotá]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=S.A.S |first=Editorial La República |title=Abrimos el Ikea más grande de América Latina para recibir a 4.800 clientes cada día |url=https://www.larepublica.co/empresas/abrimos-el-ikea-mas-grande-de-america-latina-para-recibir-4-800-clientes-al-dia-3715077 |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Diario La República |date=28 September 2023 |language=es}}</ref> soon to be followed by a store in [[Peru]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://elpais.com/chile/2022-08-01/ikea-elige-chile-para-su-desembarco-en-sudamerica.html | title=IKEA elige Chile para su desembarco en Sudamérica | date=August 2022 | access-date=10 August 2022 | archive-date=10 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810222328/https://elpais.com/chile/2022-08-01/ikea-elige-chile-para-su-desembarco-en-sudamerica.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pulzo.com/economia/ikea-colombia-cuando-abrira-su-primera-tienda-centro-comercial-PP1076672 | title=Primera tienda de Ikea en Colombia ya tiene fecha... En famoso centro comercial | date=13 September 2021 | access-date=10 August 2022 | archive-date=14 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714045545/https://www.pulzo.com/economia/ikea-colombia-cuando-abrira-su-primera-tienda-centro-comercial-PP1076672 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=IKEA Franchising |url=https://about.ikea.com/en/newsroom/2022/08/09/ikea-opens-new-store-in-santiago-chile |title=IKEA opens new store in Santiago Chile |publisher=About.ikea.com |access-date=11 August 2022 |archive-date=10 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810235231/https://about.ikea.com/en/newsroom/2022/08/09/ikea-opens-new-store-in-santiago-chile |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Traditional store layout===
IKEA stores are typically blue buildings with yellow accents<ref>{{cite web|title=The IKEA logo – history and design|url=https://www.ikea.com/ph/en/this-is-ikea/about-us/the-ikea-logo-history-and-design-pub55d85f50|access-date=12 December 2021|website=ikea.com|archive-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731181736/https://www.ikea.com/ph/en/this-is-ikea/about-us/the-ikea-logo-history-and-design-pub55d85f50|url-status=live}}</ref> (also— Sweden's [[national colours]]). They are often designed in a one-way layout, leading customers counter-clockwise along what IKEA calls "the long natural way" designed to encourage the customer to see the store in its entirety (as opposed to a traditional retail store, which allows a customer to go directly to the section where the desired goods and services are displayed). There are often shortcuts to other parts of the showroom.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nudge – How IKEA's Store Layout Design Influences Your Spending – Thoughts on Wayfinding |url=https://wp.nyu.edu/thoughtsonwayfinding/2017/11/19/the-nudge-how-ikeas-store-layout-design-influences-your-spending/ |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111203357/https://wp.nyu.edu/thoughtsonwayfinding/2017/11/19/the-nudge-how-ikeas-store-layout-design-influences-your-spending/ |archive-date=11 November 2020 |access-date=29 October 2019}}</ref>
The sequence first involves going through the furniture showrooms making note of selected items. The showroom usually consists of simulated room settings where customers can see the actual furniture in use, e.g.: a living-room with a sofa, a TV set, a bookcase and a dining table, accessorized with plants, cushions, rugs, lamps, plates, glasses and cutlery. Showroom sections are usually displayed in the order of the rooms of a house: living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, kids' rooms. The customer then collects a shopping cart and proceeds to an open-shelf "Market Hall" warehouse for smaller items. Lastly, the [[self-service]] furniture warehouse stores the showroom products in [[flat pack]] form for the customer to collect the ones previously noted. Sometimes, they are directed to collect products from an external warehouse on the same site or at a site nearby after purchase. Finally, customers pay for their products at a cash register. Not all furniture is stocked at the store level, such as particular sofa colours needing to be shipped from a warehouse to the customer's home or the store.
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[[File:IKEA Damansara Market Hall (As-Is section) 20221125 102122.jpg|thumb|As-is area at IKEA Damansara, Malaysia]]
Most IKEA stores offer an "as-is" or "bargain corner" (recently rebranded as "circularre-shop huband re-use") area at the end of the warehouse, just before the cash registers. Returned, damaged, and formerly showcased products are displayed here and sold with a significant discount.
In March 2022, IKEA swiftly exited the Russian market, due to [[Russia's invasion of Ukraine]], <ref>{{Cite web |title=IKEA takes the next step to scale down in Russia and Belarus - IKEA Global |url=https://www.ikea.com/global/en/newsroom/corporate/ikea-takes-the-next-step-to-scale-down-in-russia-and-belarus-220615/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=IKEA}}</ref> leading to a surplus of items that were earmarked for the Russian market in IKEA's warehouses. To get rid of these items quickly, IKEA has been reselling these in a number of non-Russian IKEA stores near the bargain corner at a discount. <ref>{{Citation |last=Hullian111 |title=English: Stock intended for Russian IKEA being sold at Sheffield IKEA's Circular Hub, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. This stock was withdrawn from sale and exported to the United Kingdom as a result of IKEA's withdrawal from Russia and Belarus due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. |date=2023-09-07 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IKEA_Sheffield_Russian_Stock_Clearance_09.jpg |access-date=2024-05-05}}</ref>▼
▲In March 2022, IKEA swiftly exited the Russian market, due to [[Russia's invasion of Ukraine]], <ref>{{Cite web |title=IKEA takes the next step to scale down in Russia and Belarus - IKEA Global |url=https://www.ikea.com/global/en/newsroom/corporate/ikea-takes-the-next-step-to-scale-down-in-russia-and-belarus-220615/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=IKEA}}</ref> leading to a surplus of items that were earmarked for the Russian market in IKEA's warehouses. To get rid of these items quickly, IKEA has been reselling these in a number of non-Russian IKEA stores near the bargain corner at a discount. <ref>{{Citation |last=Hullian111 |title=English: Stock intended for Russian IKEA being sold at Sheffield IKEA's Circular Hub, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. This stock was withdrawn from sale and exported to the United Kingdom as a result of IKEA's withdrawal from Russia and Belarus due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. |date=2023-09-07 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IKEA_Sheffield_Russian_Stock_Clearance_09.jpg |access-date=2024-05-05}}</ref>
===Alternative smaller store formats===
The majority of IKEA stores are located outside of city centres, primarily because of land cost and traffic access. Smaller store formats have been unsuccessfully tested in the past (the "midi" concept in the early 1990s, which was tested in [[Ottawa]] and [[Heerlen]] with {{convert|9,300|m2|ft2|abbr=on}}, or a "boutique" shop in [[Manhattan]]).
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====Furniture and product naming====
IKEA products are identified by one-word (occasionally, two-word) names, predominantly in the [[Swedish language]] (or otherwise [[Scandinavia]]n in- origin). With few exceptions, most product names are based on a special naming system developed by the company.<ref>{{cite web|title=The IKEA Dictionary|url=http://lar5.com/ikea/index.html|author=Lars Petrus|access-date=27 December 2013|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112024552/https://lar5.com/ikea/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The company founder Kamprad was [[dyslexic]], and found that naming the furniture with proper names and words, rather than a long product code, made the products easier to identify and remember.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/feb/04/shopping.retail|work=The Guardian|location=London|title=Do you speak Ikea?|first=Jon|last=Henley|date=4 February 2008|access-date=5 May 2010|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112041019/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/feb/04/shopping.retail|url-status=live}}</ref> Products are usually named after locations in Scandinavian countries, using names of places in Sweden for sofas and coffee tables, Denmark for textiles, and Norway for beds. Lamps get their names from seas and lakes, while outdoor furniture is named after islands.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bjarnestam |first=Eva Atle |title=IKEA. Design och identitet |publisher=drängahuset Handelsbolag |year=2009 |isbn=9789151937403 |pages=209 |language=Swedish}}</ref>
A number of IKEA's products bearing Swedish names have (or have had) pronunciations that are humorous to some and [[Brand blunder|offensive to others]] (but no less "[[Language barrier|lost-in-translation]]"), by not only English-speakers but speakers of many different languages. At times, this product-identification has resulted in certain names being changed, or withdrawn completely from certain markets. More often than not, this confusion is simply a result of the Swedish language not being executed correctly, let alone understood, by the reader; nonetheless, this has resulted in potentially "naughty"—or even gravely offensive—connotations, depending on the area in question. Notable examples (for English-speakers) include a since-discontinued (2013) computer desk called ''jerker'' (referring to "the jerks" or "jerks"), a foliar plant spray called ''fukta'' ("moisten"), a [[workbench]] called ''fartfull'' ("speedy", "quick"),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060208123705/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_200408/ai_n12556896 'Fartfull' workbench, 'Jerker' desk: Is Ikea hiding a grin?] ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]],'' 17 August 2004</ref> and a table called ''lyckhem'' (pronounced roughly as "''look-em''"), meaning "bliss" or a "happy home".
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====Furniture rental====
In April 2019, the company announced that it would begin test marketing a new concept, renting furniture to customers. One of the motivating factors was that inexpensive IKEA products were viewed as "disposable" and often ended up being scrapped after a few years of use. This was at a time when especially younger buyers said they wanted to minimize their impact on the environment. The company understood this view. In an interview, Jesper Brodin, the chief executive of Ingka Group (the largest franchisee of IKEA stores), commented that "climate change and unsustainable consumption are among the biggest challenges we face in society".<ref>{{cite news|date=6 April 2019|title=IKEA to test furniture rental in 30 markets as a greener alternative to flat-pack fare|newspaper=Financial Post|url=https://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/ikea-to-test-furniture-rental-in-30-markets|access-date=9 April 2019|quote=IKEA to test furniture rental in 30 markets as a greener alternative to flat-pack fare, Young consumers say they want to minimize their impact on the environment|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408205542/https://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/ikea-to-test-furniture-rental-in-30-markets|url-status=live}}</ref> The other strategic objectives of the plan were to be more affordable and more convenient. The company said it would test the rental concept in all 30 markets by 2020, expecting it to increase the number of times a piece of furniture would be used before recycling.<ref>{{cite web|title=IKEA to test furniture rental in 30 countries|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-sustainability/ikea-to-test-furniture-rental-in-30-countries-idUSKCN1RF0WY|date=6 April 2019|agencywork=Reuters|access-date=9 April 2019|quote=KAARST, Germany (Reuters), IKEA wants to roll out furniture rental to all its main markets in a bid to appeal to its increasingly environmentally conscious and transient customers.|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408091838/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-sustainability/ikea-to-test-furniture-rental-in-30-countries-idUSKCN1RF0WY|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Restaurant and food markets===
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[[File:IKEA Restaurant in Coquitlam.jpg|thumb|IKEA restaurant in [[Coquitlam]], British Columbia, Canada]]
[[File:IKEA-Sendai- Japan03.JPG|thumb|Swedish meatballs]]
[[File:IKEA_food_court_in_Santiago.jpg|thumb|An IKEA Bistro in [[Santiago]], Chile]]
The first IKEA store opened in 1958 with a small cafe that transitioned into a full-blown restaurant in 1960 that,<ref>{{cite web |title=Restaurants that make customers happy |url=https://ikeamuseum.com/en/digital/the-story-of-ikea/the-worlds-biggest-restaurant/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |website=IKEA Museum|archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701163117/https://ikeamuseum.com/en/digital/the-story-of-ikea/the-worlds-biggest-restaurant/ |url-status=live }}</ref> until 2011, sold branded Swedish prepared specialist foods, such as meatballs, packages of [[gravy]], [[lingonberry jam]], various biscuits and crackers, and salmon and [[Smörgåskaviar|fish roe spread]]. The new label has a variety of items including chocolates, meatballs, jams, pancakes, salmon and various drinks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.columbusmonthly.com/lifestyle/20171114/short-order-ikea-restaurant|title=Short Order: Ikea Restaurant|last=Trask|first=Bailey|work=Columbus Monthly|access-date=1 December 2017|archive-date=8 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808222803/https://www.columbusmonthly.com/lifestyle/20171114/short-order-ikea-restaurant|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2017/11/30/ikea-store-takes-shape-in-oak-creek-heres-how-it.html|title=Ikea store takes shape in Oak Creek: Here's how it looks from the air—Slideshow – Milwaukee – Milwaukee Business Journal|website=The Business Journals|access-date=1 December 2017|archive-date=12 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212233422/https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2017/11/30/ikea-store-takes-shape-in-oak-creek-heres-how-it.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Although the cafes primarily serve Swedish food, the menu varies based on the culture, food and location of each store.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/retail/what-no-meatballs-how-ikea-caters-to-different-global-tastes/articleshow/65331281.cms|title=What, no meatballs? How Ikea caters to different global tastes|date=9 August 2018|work=The Economic Times|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-date=5 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105133058/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/retail/what-no-meatballs-how-ikea-caters-to-different-global-tastes/articleshow/65331281.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> With restaurants in 38 countries, the menu often incorporates local dishes, including shawarma in Saudi Arabia, poutine in Canada, macarons in France, and gelato in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-food-court-menus-around-the-world-pictures-2019-6|title=IKEA food courts have different menus across the world. Take a look at 11 cuisines you can get outside the US.|last=Ciment|first=Shoshy|website=Business Insider|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620130312/https://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-food-court-menus-around-the-world-pictures-2019-6|url-status=live}}</ref> In Indonesia, the Swedish meatballs recipe is changed to accommodate the country's halal requirements.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.india.com/business/ikea-opens-first-store-today-know-what-is-unique-about-its-furniture-food-and-more-3213426/|title=IKEA Opens First Showroom in India Today|date=9 August 2018|website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News {{!}} India.com|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-date=10 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810181038/https://www.india.com/business/ikea-opens-first-store-today-know-what-is-unique-about-its-furniture-food-and-more-3213426/|url-status=live}}</ref> Stores in Israel sell [[kosher]] food under rabbinical supervision.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.badatz.biz/biz/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%94-%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F/|title=Badatz Beit Yosef Restaurant Listing|publisher=Badatz.com|access-date=19 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416054415/http://www.badatz.biz/biz/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%94-%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%9C%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F/|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> The kosher restaurants are separated into dairy and meat areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/courting-ultra-orthodox-consumers-ikea-turns-to-kosher-inspiration/|title=Courting ultra-Orthodox consumers, IKEA turns to kosher inspiration|last=Immergluck|first=Ira Tolchin|website=The Times of Israel|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-date=1 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201145536/https://www.timesofisrael.com/courting-ultra-orthodox-consumers-ikea-turns-to-kosher-inspiration/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In many locations, the IKEA restaurants open daily before the rest of the store and serve breakfast.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Valverde |first=Miriam |date=April 28, 2016 |title=Ikea redesigns restaurants as shoppers clamor for food |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2016/04/28/ikea-redesigns-restaurants-as-shoppers-clamor-for-food/ |access-date=July 3, 2024 |work=South Florida Sun Sentinel}}</ref> All food products are based on Swedish recipes and traditions. Food accountsaccounted for 5% of IKEA's sales by 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=IKEA to start serving salad grown at its stores |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-sustainability/ikea-to-start-serving-salad-grown-at-its-stores-idUSKCN1RG0YE |access-date=4 April 2019 |agencywork=[[Reuters]] |date=4 April 2019 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108025359/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-sustainability/ikea-to-start-serving-salad-grown-at-its-stores-idUSKCN1RG0YE |url-status=live }}</ref>
IKEA sells plant-based meatballs made from potatoes, apples, pea protein, and oats in all of its stores.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/27/21155742/ikea-meat-free-plant-ball-meatballs-europe-launch-august-2020|title=Ikea's new meatless meatballs are coming to Europe in August|date=27 February 2020|access-date=27 February 2020|archive-date=27 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227133103/https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/27/21155742/ikea-meat-free-plant-ball-meatballs-europe-launch-august-2020|url-status=live}}</ref> According to United States journalist [[Avery Yale Kamila]], IKEA began testing its plant-based meatballs in 2014, then launched the plant-based meatballs in 2015 and began testing [[Vegetarian hot dog|vegan hot dogs]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |date=9 May 2018 |title=Customers want vegan food, and national restaurants are responding |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2018/05/09/customers-want-vegan-food-and-national-restaurants-are-responding/ |access-date=15 June 2022 |website=Press Herald |archive-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615181207/https://www.pressherald.com/2018/05/09/customers-want-vegan-food-and-national-restaurants-are-responding/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kamila |first=Avery Yale |date=25 June 2014 |title=Chipotle, IKEA mainstreaming meatless meals |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2014/06/25/chipotle-ikea-mainstreaming-meatless-meals/ |access-date=15 June 2022 |website=Press Herald |archive-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615181215/https://www.pressherald.com/2014/06/25/chipotle-ikea-mainstreaming-meatless-meals/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Edwards |first=Jess |date=19 February 2018 |title=Vegetarian hot dogs might be coming to Ikea |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/worklife/a18226925/ikea-vegetarian-hot-dog/ |access-date=15 June 2022 |website=Cosmopolitan|archive-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615181558/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/worklife/a18226925/ikea-vegetarian-hot-dog/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, journalist James Hansen reported in [[Eater London]] that IKEA would only sell vegetarian food at Christmas time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hansen |first=James |date=25 October 2019 |title=Ikea Shelves Meat for Christmas |url=https://london.eater.com/2019/10/25/20930582/ikea-food-menu-christmas-2019-vegan |access-date=15 June 2022 |website=Eater London|archive-date=26 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626011504/https://london.eater.com/2019/10/25/20930582/ikea-food-menu-christmas-2019-vegan |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Småland===
Every store has a children's [[play area]], named Småland (Swedish for ''small lands''; it is also the Swedish province of [[Småland]] where founder Kamprad was born). Parents drop off their children at a gate to the playground, and pick them up after they arrive at another entrance. In some stores, parents are given free [[pager]]s by the on-site staff, which the staff can use to summon parents whose children need them earlier than expected; in others, staff summon parents through announcements over the in-store public address system or by calling them on their mobile phones.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/garden/11ikea.html|title=A Cheap Date, With Child Care by Ikea|last=Higgins|first=Michelle|date=10 June 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=19 December 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=23 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123024203/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/garden/11ikea.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The largest Småland play area is located at the IKEA store in [[Navi Mumbai]], India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dec 18 |first1=B. B. Nayak / TNN / Updated |title=IKEA in Navi Mumbai: IKEA opens store in Navi Mumbai {{!}} Navi Mumbai News – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/ikea-opens-store-in-navi-mumbai/articleshow/79792536.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=27 December 2020|archive-date=18 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218080857/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/ikea-opens-store-in-navi-mumbai/articleshow/79792536.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Some of these were closed down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
=== IKEA Preowned ===
In August 2024, Ikea announced it would be trialing an on-line marketplace where customers can connect to buy and sell pre-owned items made by Ikea.
The marketplace, called Ikea Preowned, would run from August until December 2024 and be centred on the cities of Oslo, Norway and Madrid, Spain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PYMNTS |date=2024-08-26 |title=Ikea Tests Appetite for Secondhand Furniture With ‘Preowned’ Marketplace |url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2024/ikea-tests-appetite-for-secondhand-furniture-with-preowned-marketplace/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=PYMNTS.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Ikea launches secondhand marketplace to compete with eBay |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4b18236f-f2f0-43eb-bb65-5f8d2f30a734}}</ref>
===Other ventures===
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On 8 August 2008, IKEA UK launched a [[Mobile virtual network operator|virtual mobile phone network]] called [[IKEA Family Mobile]], which ran on [[T-Mobile International AG|T-Mobile]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Milmo|first1=Dan|title=Ikea launches ready-made mobile phone service|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/aug/04/telecoms.ikea|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=11 August 2014|date=4 August 2014|archive-date=19 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319001042/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/aug/04/telecoms.ikea|url-status=live}}</ref> At launch it was the cheapest [[Prepay mobile phone|pay-as-you-go]] network in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|title=T-Mobile signs Ikea MVNO|url=http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk:80/News/95182/tmobile_signs_ikea_mvno.html|access-date=12 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808103148/http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/News/95182/tmobile_signs_ikea_mvno.html|archive-date=8 August 2008|date=4 August 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=T-Mobile " the network behind IKEA Family Mobile, the UK's newest mobile service|url=http://www.opt-development.co.uk/press-office/release.php?id=224|access-date=12 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129023642/http://www.opt-development.co.uk/press-office/release.php?id=224|archive-date=29 January 2010|date=3 August 2008}}</ref> In June 2015 the network announced that its services would cease to operate from 31 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coms Mobile / Your Family Mobile closure on 31st August 2015|url=http://www.yourfamilymobile.co.uk/images/Coms%20Mobile%20closure%20FAQs.pdf|access-date=19 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922043136/http://www.yourfamilymobile.co.uk/images/Coms%20Mobile%20closure%20FAQs.pdf|archive-date=22 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{As of|2012}}, IKEA has a joint venture with [[TCL Corporation|TCL]] to provide Uppleva integrated HDTV and entertainment system products.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/17/us-ikea-electronics-idUSBRE83G04R20120417|title=IKEA moves into consumer electronics with China venture|first=Anna |last=Ringstrom|agencywork=Reuters|date=17 April 2012|access-date=1 July 2017|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924163510/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/17/us-ikea-electronics-idUSBRE83G04R20120417|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9U6OBFG0.htm |title=IKEA to sell TVs integrated in its furniture |first=Louise |last=Nordstom |date=17 April 2012 |agency=Associated Press |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427111745/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9U6OBFG0.htm |archive-date=27 April 2012 }}</ref>
In mid-August 2012, the company announced that it would establish a chain of 100 economy hotels in Europe but, unlike its few existing hotels in Scandinavia, they would not carry the IKEA name, nor would they use IKEA furniture and furnishings – they would be operated by an unnamed international group of hoteliers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/ikea-launch-chain-budget-hotels-europe-article-1.1137519|title=IKEA to launch chain of budget hotels in Europe|newspaper=Daily News|location=New York |date=16 August 2012|access-date=28 January 2013|archive-date=26 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526040733/http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/ikea-launch-chain-budget-hotels-europe-article-1.1137519|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 30 April 2018, however, the company owned only a single hotel, the IKEA Hotell in Älmhult, Sweden.
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In July 2020, IKEA opened a [[concept store]] in the [[Harajuku]] district of Tokyo, Japan, where it launched its first ever [[Apparel|apparel line]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/ikea-is-releasing-its-first-ever-apparel-line-in-harajuku-072120|title=Ikea is releasing its first-ever apparel line in Harajuku|last=Steen|first=Emma|date=21 July 2020|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|access-date=23 July 2020|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722103837/https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/ikea-is-releasing-its-first-ever-apparel-line-in-harajuku-072120|url-status=live}}</ref>
Ingka Centres, IKEA's malls division, announced in December 2021 that it would open two malls, anchored by IKEA stores, in [[Gurgaon|Gurugram]] and [[Noida]] in India at a cost of around {{INRConvert|9000|c}}. Both malls are expected to open by 2025.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Jamkhandikar|first1=Shilpa|last2=Monnappa|first2=Chandini|date=8 December 2021|title=IKEA malls business to invest around $1.2 bln in India – executive|agencywork=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/ikea-malls-business-invest-around-928-mln-india-top-executive-says-2021-12-08/|access-date=17 January 2022|archive-date=17 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117224017/https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/ikea-malls-business-invest-around-928-mln-india-top-executive-says-2021-12-08/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2016, IKEA Canada partnered with the Setsuné Indigenous Fashion Incubator, co-founded by [[Sage Paul]], to design and produce the collection ÅTERSTÄLLA, which means to restore, heal, or redecorate, and it was made entirely from salvaged Ikea textiles, reflecting the traditional Indigenous value to "use everything."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Braun |first=Jennifer |date=6 June 2017 |title=Ikea Canada partners with Indigenous Fashion Incubator |url=https://ww.fashionnetwork.com/news/ikea-canada-partners-with-indigenous-fashion-incubator,835653.html |website=FASHION Network}}</ref>
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{{IKEA ownership chart}}
IKEA is owned and operated by a complicated arrayseries of [[not-for-profit]] and [[for-profit]] corporations. The corporate structure is divided into two main parts: operations and franchising.
[[INGKA Holding]] B.V., based in the Netherlands, owns the Ingka Group, which takes care of the centres, retails, customer fulfillment, and all the other services related to IKEA products. The IKEA brand is owned and managed by [[Inter IKEA Systems]] B.V., based in the Netherlands, owned by [[Inter IKEA Holding]] B.V. Inter IKEA Holding is also in charge of design, manufacturing and supply of IKEA products.
Inter IKEA Systems is owned by Inter IKEA Holding BV, a company registered in the Netherlands, formerly registered in Luxembourg (under the name Inter IKEA Holding SA). Inter IKEA Holding, in turn, is owned by the Interogo Foundation, based in Liechtenstein.<ref name="Economist, May 11, 2006">{{Cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6919139|title=Flat-pack accounting|date=11 May 2006|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|access-date=10 June 2009|archive-date=24 May 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524/http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6919139|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inter.ikea.com/en/about-us/Our-owner/|title=Our owner|date=1 September 2016|website=Inter IKEA Group|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-date=11 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311192646/http://www.inter.ikea.com/en/about-us/Our-owner/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, the INGKA Holding sold its design, manufacturing and logistics subsidiaries to Inter IKEA Holding.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-restructuring-idUSKCN0XC0IA|title=IKEA finalizing its biggest overhaul in decades|date=15 April 2016|agencywork=Reuters|access-date=6 January 2016|archive-date=18 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618105037/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-restructuring-idUSKCN0XC0IA|url-status=live}}</ref>
In June 2013, Ingvar Kamprad resigned from the board of Inter IKEA Holding SA and his youngest son Mathias Kamprad replaced Per Ludvigsson as the chairman of the holding company. Following his decision to step down, the 87-year-old founder explained, "I see this as a good time for me to leave the board of Inter IKEA Group. By that we are also taking another step in the generation shift that has been ongoing for some years."<ref name=":1" /> After the 2016 company restructure, Inter IKEA Holding SA no longer exists, having reincorporated in the Netherlands. Mathias Kamprad became a board member of the Inter IKEA Group and the Interogo Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.di.se/nyheter/ingvar-kamprads-son-bort-fran-maktposition/|title=Ingvar Kamprads son bort från maktposition|date=17 October 2016|website=Dagens Industri|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-date=5 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105083600/http://www.di.se/nyheter/ingvar-kamprads-son-bort-fran-maktposition/|url-status=live}}</ref> Mathias and his two older brothers, who also have leadership roles at IKEA, work on the corporation's overall vision and long-term strategy.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|title=IKEA's new chairman likes PAX wardrobes, and that's about all we know|url=http://qz.com/91159/ikeas-new-chairman-likes-pax-wardrobes-and-thats-about-all-we-know/|access-date=6 June 2013|newspaper=Quartz|date=5 June 2013|author=Gina Chon|archive-date=2 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702144203/http://qz.com/91159/ikeas-new-chairman-likes-pax-wardrobes-and-thats-about-all-we-know/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Financial information===
[[File:IKEA Delft 2.JPG|thumb|IKEA Concept CenterCentre in [[Delft]] – the head office of Inter IKEA Systems B.V. which owns the IKEA trademark and concept]]
The net profit of IKEA Group (which does not include Inter IKEA systems) in fiscal year 2009 (after paying franchise fees to Inter IKEA systems) was €2.538{{nbsp}}billion on sales of €21.846{{nbsp}}billion. Because INGKA Holding is owned by the non-profit INGKA Foundation, none of this profit is taxed. The foundation's nonprofit status also means that the Kamprad family cannot reap these profits directly, but the Kamprads do collect a portion of IKEA sales profits through the franchising relationship between INGKA Holding and Inter IKEA Systems.
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In 2004, the Inter IKEA group of companies and I.I. Holding reported combined profits of €553m and paid €19m in taxes, or approximately 3.5 percent.<ref name="Economist, May 11, 2006" />
IKEA has avoided millions of euros in taxes<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://europeangreens.eu/news/ikea-report-ikea-avoided-1-billion-taxes-using-european-taxation-system-its-own-benefit |title=IKEA report: IKEA avoided €1 billion in taxes by using the European taxation system to its own benefit | European Greens |access-date=30 October 2023 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030124933/https://europeangreens.eu/news/ikea-report-ikea-avoided-1-billion-taxes-using-european-taxation-system-its-own-benefit |url-status=dead }}</ref> performing some intrincatedintricate mechanisms<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boffey |first=Daniel |date=2017-12-18 |title=EU investigates Ikea after Dutch deals reduce tax bill by €1bn|work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/18/eu-probes-ikea-after-dutch-deals-reduce-tax-bill-by-1bn |access-date=2023-11-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and it was noted by the EU back in 2017. The main countries where they operated their business using tax loopholes were the [[Netherlands]], [[Luxembourg]] and [[Belgium]].
[[Public Eye (organization)|Public Eye]], a non-profit organisation in Switzerland that promotes corporate responsibility, has formally criticised IKEA for its tax avoidance strategies. In 2007, the organisation nominated IKEA for one of its Public Eye "awards", which highlight corporate irresponsibility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evb.ch/en/p11676.html |publisher=[[Erklärung von Bern]] |title=Berne Declaration Public Eye Awards, 2007 Nominations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409212238/http://www.evb.ch/en/p11676.html |archive-date=9 April 2014 }}</ref>
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Distribution centre efficiency and flexibility have been one of IKEA's ongoing priorities and thus it has implemented automated, robotic warehouse systems and [[warehouse management system]]s (WMS). Such systems facilitate a merger of the traditional retail and mail order sales channels into an [[Omnichannel order fulfillment|omni-channel fulfillment model]].<ref>{{cite web |title= State-of-the-art distribution center for IKEA |url= https://www.ssi-schaefer.com/en-at/company/news/state-of-the-art-distribution-center-for-ikea-462802 |website= ssi-schaefer.com |date= 15 June 2018 |access-date= 14 February 2021 |archive-date= 16 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210416112400/https://www.ssi-schaefer.com/en-at/company/news/state-of-the-art-distribution-center-for-ikea-462802 |url-status= dead }}</ref> In 2020, Ikea was noted by ''Supply Chain'' magazine as having one of the most automated warehouse systems in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title= The Top 10 Automated Warehouses |url= https://www.supplychaindigital.com/warehousing/top-10-automated-warehouses |website= Supplychaindigital.com |last= Pierce |first= Freddie |date= 7 March 2020 |access-date= 14 February 2021 |archive-date= 25 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210125181126/https://www.supplychaindigital.com/warehousing/top-10-automated-warehouses |url-status= live }}</ref>
In the 1980s under the rule of the Romanian dictator [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]], Romania's secret police, the [[Securitate]], received six-figure payments from IKEA.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosca |first=Matei |date=2014-07-04 |title=Ikea funds went to Romanian secret police in communist era|work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/04/ikea-funds-romania-secret-police-communist-era |access-date=2023-02-14 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=20 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020060152/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/04/ikea-funds-romania-secret-police-communist-era |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-07 |title=Ikea paid millions to Romania's communist secret police in 1980s |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1548113/ikea-paid-millions-romanias-communist-secret-police-1980s |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=South China Morning Post|archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214053346/https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1548113/ikea-paid-millions-romanias-communist-secret-police-1980s |url-status=live }}</ref> According to declassified files at the National College for Studying the Securitate Archives, IKEA agreed to overcharge for products made in [[Romania]] and some of the overpayment funds were deposited into an account controlled by the Securitate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Programmable Search Engine |url=https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=011669139259916526426:ikoewsmuaba&ie=windows-1250&q=ikea&sa=C%C4%83utare&siteurl=www.cnsas.ro/&ref=&ss=303j38345j4#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=ikea&gsc.page=1 |access-date=2023-02-14 |publisher=Google |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214053338/https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=011669139259916526426:ikoewsmuaba&ie=windows-1250&q=ikea&sa=C%C4%83utare&siteurl=www.cnsas.ro/&ref=&ss=303j38345j4#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=ikea&gsc.page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== 2021 supply chain problems ===
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, IKEA has been facing major supply chain issues since 2021, which could extend into 2022. Jon Abrahamsson, the chief executive of Inter IKEA has stated that the main issue is shipping products from China, as a "quarter" of IKEA products are made there.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8265916/ikea-supply-chain-shortages-2022/|title=IKEA expects supply chain disruptions into 2022 as it fights 'perfect storm'|date=14 October 2021|access-date=6 February 2022|last=Ringstrom|first=Anna|archive-date=6 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206164829/https://globalnews.ca/news/8265916/ikea-supply-chain-shortages-2022/|url-status=live}}</ref> A variety of reasons led to supply shortages, including consumption shocks. In addition, factories were unable to produce raw materials and workers even after they began receiving orders.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Panwar |first1=Rajat |last2=Pinkse |first2=Jonatan |last3=De Marchi |first3=Valentina |date=February 2022 |title=The Future of Global Supply Chains in a Post-COVID-19 World |journal=California Management Review|volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=5–23 |doi=10.1177/00081256211073355 |s2cid=246777087 |issn=0008-1256 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="BBC News">{{Cite news |date=15 October 2021 |title=Ikea warns stock shortages to last into next year |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58912045 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614072121/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58912045 |archive-date=14 June 2022 |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
===Labour practices===
During the 1980s, IKEA kept its costs down by using production facilities in [[East Germany]]. A portion of the workforce at those factories consisted of [[political prisoner]]s. This fact, revealed in a report by [[Ernst & Young]] commissioned by the company, resulted from the intermingling of criminals and political dissidents in the state-owned production facilities IKEA contracted with, a practice which was generally known in West Germany. IKEA was one of a number of companies, including West German firms, which benefited from this practice. The investigation resulted from attempts by former political prisoners to obtain compensation. In November 2012, IKEA admitted being aware at the time of the possibility of use of [[unfree labour|forced labour]] and failing to exercise sufficient control to identify and avoid it. A summary of the Ernst & Young report was released on 16 November 2012.<ref name=NYT111612>{{cite news|title=Ikea Admits Forced Labor Was Used in 1980s|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/business/global/ikea-to-report-on-allegations-of-using-forced-labor-during-cold-war.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/business/global/ikea-to-report-on-allegations-of-using-forced-labor-during-cold-war.html |archive-date=3 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=17 November 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=16 November 2012|author=Nicholas Kulish|author2=Julia Werdigier}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 2018, Ikea was accused of [[union busting]] when employees sought to organize, using such tactics as [[captive audience meeting]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-accused-of-anti-union-tactics-2018-10 |first=Áine |last=Cain |date=3 October 2018 |access-date=8 July 2022 |title=Unions are accusing IKEA of cracking down on Massachusetts workers in a series of 'captive-audience' meetings featuring fear-mongering PowerPoints |website=[[Business Insider]] |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708140505/https://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-accused-of-anti-union-tactics-2018-10 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-unions-idUSKCN1M721G |first=Anna |last=Ringstrom |title=Unions accuse IKEA of undermining workers' rights in three markets |agencywork=[[Reuters]] |access-date=8 July 2022 |date=27 September 2018 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708140504/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-unions-idUSKCN1M721G |url-status=live }}</ref>
IKEA was named one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers in 2004 and 2005 by ''Working Mothers'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|date=21 September 2004|title=IKEA Named to Working Mother Magazine's '100 Best Companies for Working Mothers' for Second Consecutive Year|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040921005210/en/IKEA-Named-Working-Mother-Magazines-100-Companies|access-date=11 June 2020|website=businesswire.com|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815030512/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040921005210/en/IKEA-Named-Working-Mother-Magazines-100-Companies|url-status=live}}</ref> It ranked 80 in [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune's]] 200 Best Companies to Work For in 2006 and in October 2008, IKEA Canada LP was named one of "[[Canada's Top 100 Employers]]" by Mediacorp Canada Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eluta.ca/top-employer-ikea-canada|title=Reasons for Selection, 2009 Canada's Top 100 Employers Competition|access-date=14 January 2009|archive-date=22 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122010834/http://www.eluta.ca/top-employer-ikea-canada|url-status=live}}</ref>
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IKEA donated €10 million to [[Médecins Sans Frontières|Doctors Without Borders]] for its work in Syria in response to the [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-syria-government-turkey-business-435d133d501e350a2e518623824afbf6 |title=Fundraisers for Syria, Turkey earthquake try to deliver aid |last=Beaty |first=Thalia |agencywork=Associated Press News |date=11 February 2023 |access-date=12 February 2023 |archive-date=12 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212120815/https://apnews.com/article/politics-syria-government-turkey-business-435d133d501e350a2e518623824afbf6 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===IKEA Social Initiative===
In September 2005, IKEA Social Initiative was formed to manage the company's social involvement on a global level. IKEA Social Initiative is headed by Marianne Barner.<ref>{{cite web |title=Social initiatives |url=https://ikeamuseum.com/en/digital/the-story-of-ikea/social-initiatives/ |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=IKEA Museum|archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705193337/https://ikeamuseum.com/en/digital/the-story-of-ikea/social-initiatives/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The main partners of IKEA Social Initiative are UNICEF<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unicef.org/corporate_partners/index_25092.html|title=UNICEF's corporate partnerships|publisher=Unicef.org|access-date=26 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225143122/http://www.unicef.org/corporate_partners/index_25092.html|archive-date=25 February 2011}}</ref> and [[Save the Children]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/corporate/corp_ikea/ikea_index3.html|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816184854/http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/corporate/corp_ikea/ikea_index3.html|url-status=dead|title=IKEA and IKEA Foundation | Save the Children International|archivedatearchive-date=16 August 2009}}</ref>
On 23 February 2009, at the [[ECOSOC]] event in New York, UNICEF announced that IKEA Social Initiative has become the agency's largest corporate partner, with total commitments of more than US$180{{nbsp}}million (£281,079,000).<ref>UNICEF (23 February 2009) [http://www.unicef.org/media/media_48176.html IKEA social initiative adds $48{{nbsp}}million to UNICEF's child health programme] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210192048/http://www.unicef.org/media/media_48176.html |date=10 February 2011 }}</ref><ref>Reuters India (23 February 2009) [http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-38166220090223 Ikea gives UNICEF $48 mln to fight India child labour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818013839/http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-38166220090223 |date=18 August 2009 }}</ref>
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{{Main|IKEA Catalogue}}
IKEA used to publish an annual catalogue, first published in Swedish in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |title=IKEA History |url=http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_AU/about_ikea/the_ikea_way/history/1940_1950.html |access-date=22 March 2010 |archive-date=30 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330210038/http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_AU/about_ikea/the_ikea_way/history/1940_1950.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is considered to be the main marketing tool of the company, consuming 70% of its annual marketing budget.<ref>{{cite web|title=IKEA Reinvents the Catalog|url=https://www.executiveboard.com/blogs/ikea-reinvents-the-catalog/|access-date=16 February 2015|archive-date=16 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216074212/https://www.executiveboard.com/blogs/ikea-reinvents-the-catalog/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The catalogue is distributed both in stores and by mail,<ref>{{cite web |title=IKEA FAQ |url=http://www.ikea.com/us/en/customerservices/faq#faqAnswers1-9#0100 |access-date=16 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208040147/http://www.ikea.com/us/en/customerservices/faq#faqAnswers1-9 |archive-date=8 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with most of it being produced by IKEA Communications AB in IKEA's hometown of [[Älmhult Municipality|Älmhult]], Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|title=2003 IKEA Catalogue printable facts|url=http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_GB/about_ikea/press_room/thecatalogue.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050214031239/http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_GB/about_ikea/press_room/thecatalogue.pdf|archive-date=14 February 2005}}</ref> At its peak in 2016, 200{{nbsp}}million copies of the catalogue were distributed in 32 languages to more than 50 markets.<ref>{{cite web|year=2020|title=After 70 years, IKEA turning the page on the Catalog|url=https://www.ikea.com/us/en/this-is-ikea/newsroom/after-70-successful-years-ikea-is-turning-the-page-on-the-catalog-pubad91dde0|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213071518/https://www.ikea.com/us/en/this-is-ikea/newsroom/after-70-successful-years-ikea-is-turning-the-page-on-the-catalog-pubad91dde0|archive-date=13 December 2020|access-date=2 January 2021|website=ikea.com}}</ref> In December 2020, IKEA announced that they would cease publication of both the print and digital versions of the catalogue, with the 2021 edition (released in 2020) being the final edition.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|last=Ringstrom|first=Anna|date=7 December 2020|title=IKEA turns the page on catalogue after seven decades|agencywork=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/ikea-catalogue-idINL1N2IN0TN|url-status=live|access-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102072123/https://www.reuters.com/article/ikea-catalogue/update-1-ikea-turns-the-page-on-catalogue-after-seven-decades-idINL1N2IN0TN|archive-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
===IKEA Family===
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In 2018, the company's plush toy shark "[[Blåhaj]]" was widely used in an [[internet meme]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Samson |first=Anna |title=A toy shark from IKEA has blown up on TikTok as creators say it provides them with a unique kind of comfort and community |url=https://www.insider.com/ikea-blahaj-shark-toy-tiktok-viral-videos-2022-3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810140933/https://www.insider.com/ikea-blahaj-shark-toy-tiktok-viral-videos-2022-3 |archive-date=10 August 2022 |access-date=18 July 2022 |website=Insider}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Yap |first=Mae Yen |date=20 January 2020 |title=Someone created a Twitter account of the IKEA shark going about life and it's adorable |url=https://sea.mashable.com/culture/8683/someone-created-a-twitter-account-of-the-ikea-shark-going-about-life-and-its-adorable |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030172418/https://sea.mashable.com/culture/8683/someone-created-a-twitter-account-of-the-ikea-shark-going-about-life-and-its-adorable |archive-date=30 October 2021 |access-date=18 July 2022 |website=Mashable SEA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=26 October 2018 |title=People Around the world are obsessed with this Plush Shark from IKEA |url=https://mymodernmet.com/toy-shark-blaha-ikea/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719035620/https://mymodernmet.com/toy-shark-blaha-ikea/ |archive-date=19 July 2022 |access-date=19 July 2022 |website=My Modern Met}}</ref> with social media users posting humorous photos of it in their homes.<ref>{{cite web |title=People are rearranging IKEA Shark plushies to make them do human things |url=https://mothership.sg/2019/12/ikea-shark-plushies-human/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718192454/https://mothership.sg/2019/12/ikea-shark-plushies-human/ |archive-date=18 July 2022 |access-date=18 July 2022 |website=mothership.sg}}</ref>
IKEA has been referenced a number of times in novelty music. In 2003, American musician [[Jonathan Coulton]] released the song "IKEA" on the album [[Jonathan Coulton#Discography|''Smoking Monkey'']]. In 2005, British musician [[Mitch Benn]] with the band [[The Distractions]] penned the [[novelty song]] "Ikea".<ref>{{Cite web |title=IKEA, by Mitch Benn & the Distractions |url=https://mitchbenn.bandcamp.com/track/ikea-2 |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=Mitch Benn |language=en}}</ref> In December 2019, [[comedy metal]] band [[Nanowar of Steel]] released the song ''Valhallelujah'' which is dedicated to [[Odin]] and IKEA. The music video features a [[longship]] with the sail adorned with the IKEA logo, and a fictional IKEA catalogue written in [[Old Norse]] [[runes]]. The lyrics include references to various IKEA products, namely BEDDINGE, KIVIK, VITTSJÖ, KNOPPARP, BESTÅ and SLATTUM.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9WWz95ripA |title=NANOWAR OF STEEL - Valhalleluja (ft. Angus McFife from Gloryhammer) {{!}} Napalm Records |date=2019-12-13 |last=Napalm Records |access-date=2024-06-12 |via=YouTube}}</ref>▼
The song "IKEA" was released by Jonathan Coulton on the album [[Jonathan Coulton#Discography|''Smoking Monkey'']] in 2003.
1999 American movie [[Fight Club]] references to IKEA furnitures to show the consumerist culture of modern times.
▲In December 2019, [[comedy metal]] band [[Nanowar of Steel]] released the song ''Valhallelujah'' which is dedicated to [[Odin]] and IKEA. The music video features a [[longship]] with the sail adorned with the IKEA logo, and a fictional IKEA catalogue written in [[Old Norse]] [[runes]]. The lyrics include references to various IKEA products, namely BEDDINGE, KIVIK, VITTSJÖ, KNOPPARP, BESTÅ and SLATTUM.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9WWz95ripA |title=NANOWAR OF STEEL - Valhalleluja (ft. Angus McFife from Gloryhammer) {{!}} Napalm Records |date=2019-12-13 |last=Napalm Records |access-date=2024-06-12 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
IKEA stores have been featured in many works of fiction. Some examples include: