IKEA U.S. President Pernille Lopez Presents 'Learned Leadership Lessons'...

U.S. Newswire;  September 24, 2007 ;     454 words ......Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- IKEA Canton on October 15 will...shopping! At the event, IKEA's senior female executive, U.S. President Pernille Lopez, will deliver "Learned Leadership...experiences working for IKEA, the world's leading home...followed by shopping at IKEA: 1) "Behind the ...

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...

Ikea courts buyers with offbeat ideas; Irreverent marketing approach...

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...

IKEA on course to trash the competition

The Sunday Herald;  October 31, 1999 ;     700+ 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...

The Teflon Shield : TRENCH WAR: With activists on the march,...

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. ...

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...

DOLLARS & SENSE; A surprising find; Many shoppers think of Ikea as a...

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...

It's a destination... It's a lifestyle... It's a furniture store... It's...

Dayton Daily News;  August 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ...When the ongoing rumors that an IKEA might open in Ohio peaked a month ago...peeing our collective pants waiting for the IKEA announcement." I've never heard such a...impossible-to-assemble flatpack furniture. IKEA shoppers aren't just fans -- they're groupies...

IKEA SET TO BUILD IN STOUGHTON STORE OPENING PLANNED FOR 2005 IF...

The Boston Globe;  December 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ...STOUGHTON - Swedish phenomenon Ikea - whose inexpensive wood build- it-yourself...Stoughton, about 20 miles south of Boston, Ikea signed with a local developer to build...reception is a far cry from Somerville, where Ikea has been trying to build a store for years...

IKEA to Add 350 Jobs to New Haven, Conn., Area with Opening of Store.

Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT);  March 16, 2004 ;     514 words ...Byline: Kenneth R. Gosselin Mar. 16--IKEA, the Swedish home furnishings retailer...Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd. In Connecticut, IKEA now stands for another thing: 350 jobs...for a job at the new store. On Thursday, IKEA will give prospective applicants an opportunity...

Ikea's flat-pack revolution is changing rooms in Russia.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  April 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: WILL STEWART THE DAY Ikea execu t ive Lennart Dahlgren moved to...many cases have not been back since. Ikea stayed. Today the Swedish-inspired retailer...advance. There has been no such block on Ikea's eastward march. Immediately on the...

Ikea Plans Store for Frisco, Texas, to Open in 2005.

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  January 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Jan. 21--Ikea-holics will travel long distances to shop...to a city without a store, they complain. Ikea fans in Dallas-Fort Worth can rest easier...near Stonebriar Centre. The addition of Ikea will make Frisco - already a shopping destination...

Urban IKEA. (IKEA opens in Manhattan, New York City, New York)

HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network;  July 3, 1995 ;     700+ words ...ALMHULT, Sweden (FNS)--IKEA can't wait to get to Manhattan. The Swedish...mistakes, probably, said Anders Moberg, IKEA's president. But more and more as we move...open stores like this. The first thing IKEA executives insist is that the Manhattan...

It's a Wonderful Life; Prepare for the Ikea-ing of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Weekly;  August 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Ikea doesn't just want your money. It wants to change your life...could afford all this stuff. And that's precisely the point. Ikea wants to change the way we think about our living spaces...bringing their bad taste and poor nutritional habits with them. Ikea also represents globalization--though a far ...

Rivals brace for Ikea's impact on St. Paul, Minn.-area furnishings market.

Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minnesota) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  July 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Scott Carlson Jul. 14--When Ikea opens its first Twin Cities store Wednesday...them. But all are bracing for the impact. Ikea's 19th U.S. store, a mammoth 336,000-square-fo...against just any one type of retailer. They (Ikea) will have at least a small effect on any...