All Ikea articles – Page 29
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Ikea products to feature in virtual reality game
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has taken its famous flat-pack products into the virtual world via a deal with publisher Electronic Arts to launch into its computer game The Sims 2 .
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Analysis
Finding light in dark times
Retail is getting tougher in the developed world and this year’s World Retail Congress discussed the challenges facing retailers. Tim Danaher and Katie Kilgallen report from Barcelona
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Sofa, so good
After 21 years in the UK Ikea has come of age and its big blue boxes now an established part of the landscape. Charlotte Dennis-Jones charts the success of the biggest furniture retailer in the UK
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Ikea marks 21 years in UK
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea is celebrating its 21st birthday in the UK this month with the launch of a coffee table book and marketing campaign.
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RWCO8: Hogsted relaunches attack on UK planning regime
Ikea mid-Europe manager Peter Hogsted has said the retailer faces less red tape in markets such as China and Russia than in the UK.
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Rising through the ranks
Inspiring shopfloor workers to aim for store manager and beyond not only ensures you have a reserve of successors, it also keeps staff churn rates down. By Liz Morrell
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Ikea launches 90-day mattress policy
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has launched its 90-day Love It or Exchange It mattress policy today and exclusively revealed the bedroom antics of the UK population in a UK-wide survey.
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Opinion
If you can’t stand the heat, focus on kitchens
The furniture market is a tough place to be at the moment. Our Sale went well, the store remains busy and people are still buying – but not as much as we thought they would.
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Analysis
Shopfloor education
Training staff is a constant priority for retailers, but what about training customers? Katie Kilgallen looks at how educating shoppers to use your store effectively can bring big rewards
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The only way is up
John Ryan gets an exclusive preview of Ikea’s first city centre store in Coventry
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Top retailers join environmental initiative
Retail giants Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Ikea are among a raft of high-profile companies to join a new environmental initiative launched by the Mayor of London.
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Ikea rolls out staff schedule application to beat queues
Ikea has begun the roll-out of an employee scheduling application to match staffing levels to store trading patterns.
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AnalysisClose to home
It has been a challenging year for Ikea, but the company is confident its new ad campaign has captured the consumer mood. Amy Shields learns more from its UK head Peter Hogsted
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Ikea shrugs off planning woes with Yorkshire push
Ikea has bounced back from the setback of a second planning refusal for its Stockport store, and has lodged a new application for a 306,780 sq ft (28,500 sq m) store in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
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Ikea challenge to UK stores
Habitat and MFI are closely monitoring the effects of the opening of IKEA’s first UK store.