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Swedish Retailer IKEA Shifts U.S. Expansion Into Full Throttle By Rolling Out Plans For Metro Detroit Store in Canton, MI; Just off I-275, at Ford and Haggerty Roads, IKEA Canton will be fourth IKEA store in Upper Midwest.
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October 25, 2004
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PLYMOUTH MEETING, Penn., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- IKEA, the world's leading home furnishings retailer, today announced plans for a store in Canton, MI, increasing its growing presence in the Upper Midwest. The new store just outside Detroit will join stores in Schaumburg, IL, which opened in November 1998, and in Bloomington, MN, which opened in July 2004. The company last month also broke ground on a second Chicago-area store in Bolingbrook, IL that will open in Fall 2005. Pending approval and permits, construction of the proposed IKEA Canton could start in Spring 2005, with an anticipated opening date of Summer 2006.
The 21-acre site in Canton Township is a former ...
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IABC/Detroit and IKEA Present 'Learn and Shop at IKEA Canton'.
PR Newswire;
March 15, 2007 ;
416 words
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IKEA Gets 'Can Do' From Canton, Michigan as Home Furnishings Store...
PR Newswire;
April 13, 2005 ;
521 words
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Buzz surrounds IKEA opening
The Arab American News;
June 3, 2006 ;
Smith, Danielle;
480 words
......Michigan," said Mark McCaslin, IKEA Canton store manager. "The excitement...truly reflect the enthusiasm the IKEA Canton coworker family feels about this...loyal, enthusiastic customers, IKEA Canton will give away thousands of dollars...
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IKEA U.S. President Pernille Lopez Presents 'Learned Leadership Lessons'...
PR Newswire;
September 24, 2007 ;
459 words
......Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- IKEA Canton on October 15 will host an...and shopping! At the event, IKEA's senior female executive...to afford them. To join the IKEA Business Network, visit the IKEA BUSINESS website at http://www.ikea.com/business. Inforum is one...Folkedahl, Public ...
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IKEA U.S. President Pernille Lopez Presents 'Learned Leadership Lessons'...
U.S. Newswire;
September 24, 2007 ;
454 words
......Public Relations, IKEA Canton, +1-734-981- 3026 ext. 1336, LIAS@MEMO.IKEA.COM CANTON, Mich...24 /PRNewswire/ -- IKEA Canton on October 15 will...shopping! At the event, IKEA's senior female executive...Shopping Location: IKEA, 41640 Ford Road...Visit ...
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Big year for Ikea: customers, neighbors happy with retailer's Canton...
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI);
June 6, 2007 ;
Tweh, Bowdeya;
787 words
......director of public affairs for Ikea's U.S. headquarters in Conshohocken...in Canton. But last year, Ikea's U.S. operations generated...Roth said. The performance of Ikea Canton is on par with new metro-area...measuring how it adheres to Ikea's corporate ideal of being...Howell said his ...
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HOME FURNISHINGS: Ikea campers: Devoted fans line up early for free stuff.
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI);
June 6, 2006 ;
787 words
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To its furniture store rivals, IKEA's not a threat yet.
Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT);
July 31, 2004 ;
614 words
...Byline: Kenneth R. Gosselin Jul. 31--IKEA is making a big splash in New Haven this...as more consumers become acquainted with IKEA's low-cost, good-quality brand, they are...end up feeling the pressure, they say. IKEA doesn't have the low-end reputation, said...
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Ikea courts buyers with offbeat ideas; Irreverent marketing approach...
Advertising Age;
April 12, 2004 ;
Hall, Emma madden, Normandy;
787 words
...Byline: EMMA HALL and NORMANDY MADDEN ikea's quirky, irreverent approach to marketing...from the company's Swedish headquarters. Ikea China, for instance, just transformed the...buildings in Beijing to show residents how Ikea can revamp their small apartments into...
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IKEA on course to trash the competition
The Sunday Herald;
October 31, 1999 ;
Darran Gardner;
787 words
...It has been dubbed the "IKEA effect". Ordinary household goods suddenly...effect close up, with the country's first IKEA store opening in Straiton, outside Edinburgh...complex in Renfrew. For the uninitiated, IKEA can best be described as a 'category killer...
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IKEA doesn't feel the recession
Jerusalem Post;
December 11, 2001 ;
Nicky Blackburn;
787 words
......Blackburn Jerusalem Post 12-11-2001 Headline: IKEA doesn't feel the recession Byline: Nicky...recession in Israel if you wandered through the IKEA store in southern Netanya. Customers mill...to salad bowls and cuddly stuffed toys. IKEA's popularity is reflected in its sales...
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The Teflon Shield : TRENCH WAR: With activists on the march,...
Newsweek International;
March 12, 2001 ;
Lowry Miller, Karen Piore, Adam Theil, Stefan;
787 words
...IKEA is a curious success story. The lines at the Swedish stores...sensibility of anti-globalization protesters. Yet time and again, IKEA has managed to duck the charges that stick to brands like...banners now waved in anger from Seattle to Prague to Bangkok. IKEA is the prototypical Teflon multinational. ...
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IKEA'S NEW AD AGENCY BRINGS A VIEW FROM AFAR.
HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network;
February 26, 2001 ;
Goldbogen, Jessica;
625 words
...MINNEAPOLIS-When they heard IKEA North America's advertising account was...here, was excited. Granted, the nearest IKEA store is nearly 400 miles away in the...president of Carmichael Lynch. Similarly, IKEA's reputation within the advertising community...
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Inside Ikea's formula for global success.
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI);
June 3, 2006 ;
Guest, Greta;
787 words
......Swedish region, known for its frugality, nurtured the Ikea philosophy. The company hatched the flat-package idea...later. By shipping furniture unassembled in flat packages, Ikea saved on shipping costs and assembly. The company began...shoppers left the store to eat at midday. More recently, Ikea ...
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