Article: 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.

Article: IKEA Continues On Pace With U.S. Expansion as Demolition Begins in Metro Detroit at Site of Future Canton Township Store.
PR Newswire;  May 17, 2005 ;     435 words ...Summer 2006 opening of IKEA Canton to bring unique shopping experience...The 311,000 square-foot future IKEA Canton will become the 28th IKEA store...Haggerty roads off I-275, the future IKEA Canton will present nearly 10,000 exclusively...

Article: IABC/Detroit and IKEA Present 'Learn and Shop at IKEA Canton'.
PR Newswire;  March 15, 2007 ;     416 words ......communications event to be held April 18 at IKEA Canton DETROIT, March 15 /PRNewswire...pleased to present Learn and Shop at IKEA Canton. Geared toward business communications...solutions. The event takes place in IKEA Canton's conference room (next to the...

Article: IKEA Gets 'Can Do' From Canton, Michigan as Home Furnishings Store Advances With Final Local Approvals; Future IKEA Canton will be fourth IKEA store in Upper Midwest and first store in Michigan.
PR Newswire;  April 13, 2005 ;     521 words ......approved final plans for the future IKEA Canton. The Planning Commission and the...the new store opens. The future IKEA Canton will be the 28th IKEA store in...000 exclusively designed items, IKEA Canton will feature four model homes...

Article: Buzz surrounds IKEA opening
The Arab American News;  June 3, 2006 ;     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...

Article: IKEA U.S. President Pernille Lopez Presents 'Learned Leadership Lessons' at October 15 Business-to-Business Networking Event.
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 ...

Article: IKEA U.S. President Pernille Lopez Presents 'Learned Leadership Lessons' at October 15 Business-to-Business Networking Event
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 ...

Article: 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...

Article: Ikea courts buyers with offbeat ideas; Irreverent marketing approach varies by country.(News)(Ikea China's marketing)
Advertising Age;  April 12, 2004 ;     700+ 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...

Article: IKEA doesn't feel the recession
Jerusalem Post;  December 11, 2001 ;     700+ 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...

Article: The Teflon Shield : TRENCH WAR: With activists on the march, multinationals are desperate to deflect the brand-bashing attacks of the anti-global protesters. Here's how the prototypical Teflon multinational does it.(IKEA)
Newsweek International;  March 12, 2001 ;     700+ 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. ...

Article: IKEA'S NEW AD AGENCY BRINGS A VIEW FROM AFAR.
HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network;  February 26, 2001 ;     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...

Article: IKEA investment reaches $1.7 bln in Russia.
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire;  March 22, 2006 ;     275 words ...IKEA investment reaches $1.7 bln in Russia MOSCOW. March 22 (Interfax) - Swedish furniture giant IKEA has already invested $1.7 billion in Russia and is planning...the next several years, Per Kaufmann, general director of IKEA's Russian division, said at a press conference on Wednesday...

Article: Corrected-IKEA investment reaches $1.7 bln in Russia.
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire;  March 22, 2006 ;     291 words ...Corrected-IKEA investment reaches $1.7 bln in Russia [To...22 (Interfax) - Swedish furniture giant IKEA has already invested $1.7 billion in Russia...years, Per Kaufmann, general director of IKEA's Russian division, said at a press conference...

Article: DOLLARS & SENSE; A surprising find; Many shoppers think of Ikea as a furniture store, but we found it's also an inexpensive source for everyday items from batteries to bed linens.(VARIETY)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: John Ewoldt; Staff Writer Ikea isn't giving specifics, but I suspect its...Ernewein of Bloomington, who's been to Ikea about 10 times, bought items such as picture...yellow signs, in fact, seem to pop up not on Ikea's claim to fame - furniture - but on home...