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The French FBD group has reached a huge milestone by opening its 500th kitchen outlet in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Ikea is raising its prices worldwide by 9 per cent on average. The Swedish furniture giant does not see any other possibility due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the supply chain and raw material prices.
A new campaign by the Swedish tourist board features... Ikea and some of the names for its iconic furniture. The company has named many of its classics after actual places in Sweden, and Visit Sweden is keen to get a piece of the pie.
As factories are closed due to Covid and transport is delayed, furniture brand Made.com has been missing out on a lot of revenue in recent months and it will therefore not meet its expectations this year.
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has been the victim of a cyber-attack, with hackers using internal phishing emails. No customer data was captured.
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has just opened its largest branch in the world in the Mall of Asia shopping centre near the Philippine capital Manila.
As part of its goal to become climate-positive and circular by 2030, Swedish furniture chain Ikea is working to eliminate the 10% of its packaging that still uses plastic.
Inter Ikea Group, the owner of the Swedish furniture brand, is going to raise its prices. The company saw profit fall last year due to higher transportation and raw material costs and expects supply issues to continue well into 2022.
Ikea has acquired the former Topshop store on London's well-known shopping street, Oxford Street. The plan is to open a new city store at the premises in the autumn of 2023.
The Swedish furniture giant is chartering additional ships, buying more shipping containers, putting more effort into rail transport and moving goods between warehouses to mitigate the effects of the global logistics crisis.
Ikea has seen its global sales rise by 6.6 % in the 2020-2021 broken financial year. There was a growth of 5.8 % on the Belgian market, but in the Dutch branch of the home furnishing chain suffered from the prolonged lockdown.
Hema plans on focusing on its own stores and online channels within the Benelux and France even more than before. After withdrawing from the United Kingdom and Spain, the retailer is also discontinuing its collaboration with Dutch Wehkamp and French group Casino.
Tile store chain Impermo is accelerating its expansion: the Belgian company will open four new showrooms in the next six months, including its first branch in the Netherlands.
Dutch retail chain Hema wants to focus on its core markets and has therefore decided to close all six shops in Spain in the course of 2022. Earlier this summer, the retailer also announced its withdrawal from the UK.
Furniture chain Ikea has given its Arlon branch a new look: at the crossroads between Belgium, France and Luxembourg, and in an area full of expatriates, the home furnishings store will offer an adapted range.
