(CNN) — The biggest event in New Zealand on Thursday may have been the opening of a furniture store. Eager shoppers counted down “3… 2…1” and waved Swedish ...

The vast majority of revenues come from the sale of goods to IKEA franchises Greg McFarlane is a financial writer and co-founder of ControlYourCash.com. He is also the co-author of Control Your Cash: ...

What does IKEA stand for? In 1943, a 17-year-old named Ingvar Feodor Kamprad (1926–2018) got some money from his father for doing well in school, despite being dyslexic. Kamprad used the money to ...

Girls’ Pride Gambia recently staged Funneh Board Game sessions for schools in Region 1 and 2 as part of its Women Empowerment project evaluation dubbed - #Play2Educate held at Alliance Franciase. The ...

The competition marked the end of the evaluation of the project implemented few months ago. The project was funded by the French Embassy in The Gambia and Senegal and coordinated by Alliance Francaise ...

Allen keys at the ready - Ikea Preowned could be another step towards the company being more sustainable Ikea is trialling its own second-hand online marketplace so that customers can sell to each ...

While most businesses have suffered through months of consumer disruption due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Swedish superstore IKEA saw positive growth and movement. The decades-old furniture ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with IKEA Retail U.S. President Javier Quiñones about the furniture store chain's decision to reduce its prices. We have the story behind a headline. Some big furniture ...

Most people probably don’t want to think about how many hours they’ve spent trying (and failing) to navigate the fluorescent maze that calls itself “Ikea.” The Swedish superstore is filled to the brim ...

I organize the Before & After series and cover DIY and design. I joined AT in October 2020 as a production assistant. I have an MA in Journalism from the University of Missouri and a BA in Journalism ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. Ikea celebrated its 80th anniversary last year, having ...