On 8 August 2008, IKEA UK launched Family Mobile, a virtual mobile phone network, running on T-Mobile.

In common with some other retailers, IKEA has launched a loyalty card in some of its locations called " IKEA family ".

After the campaign appeared in the Metro newspaper London the business news website www. mad. co. uk remarked that the IKEA campaign had amazing similarities with the marketing activity of UK home refurbishment company Onis living who had launched their own Not For Sale advertising campaign two years prior and was awarded the Interbuild 2006 Construction Marketing Award for best campaign under £ 25, 000.

In September 2010, IKEA launched an advertisement for UK & Ireland called " Happy Inside " which had 100 cats lying on IKEA furniture in the flagship IKEA store in Wembley, London.

In August 2011, IKEA launched a first advertisement for Thailand in Sukhumvit, Bangkok Metro station.

IKEA is the world's third-largest consumer of wood, behind The Home Depot and Lowe's.

IKEA recently paired up with the makers of popular video game The Sims 2 to make a stuff pack called The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff, featuring many IKEA products.

On November 15, 2007 a Home Depot opened in the Riverpoint Shopping Center, next to IKEA.

* February-U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall 20, 000 of Sniglar Cribs, distributed by IKEA Home Furnishings due to the detach and collapse of the Mattress, creating a risk of entrapment and suffocation to a child in the crib.

* IKEA Home Furnishings Etc.

After the company filed for bankruptcy, title sponsorship was taken over by Swedish Furniture and Housewares retailer IKEA, whose North American Home office has been in nearby Plymouth Meeting since 1982.

IKEA ( Swedish pronunciation ) is a Swedish privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds, chairs, desks, appliances and home accessories.

The groups of companies that form IKEA are all controlled by INGKA Holding., a Dutch corporation, which in turn is controlled by a tax-exempt, not-for-profit Dutch foundation.

The IKEA trademark and concept is controlled by a series of corporations that can be traced to the Netherlands Antilles and to the Interogo Foundation in Liechtenstein.

INGKA Holding B. V. owns the industrial group Swedwood, which sources the manufacturing of IKEA furniture, the sales companies that run IKEA stores, as well as purchasing and supply functions, and IKEA of Sweden, which is responsible for the design and development of products in the IKEA range.

Inter IKEA Systems B. V. in Delft, also in the Netherlands, owns the IKEA concept and trademark, and there is a franchising agreement with every IKEA store in the world.

The INGKA Group ( not to be confused with INGKA Holding B. V .) is the biggest franchisee of Inter IKEA Systems B. V. Inter IKEA Systems B. V. is not owned by INGKA Holding B. V., but by Inter IKEA Holding S. A. registered in Luxembourg, which in turn is controlled by the Interogo Foundation in Liechtenstein.

The IKEA website contains about 12, 000 products and is the closest representation of the entire IKEA range.

In Hong Kong, where shop space is limited and costly, IKEA has opened three outlets across the city, most of which have the one-way layout.

With seven levels and a different flow from other IKEA stores, the format is expected to be used for future IKEA stores in the UK.

Most IKEA stores offer an " as-is " area at the end of the warehouse, just before the cash registers.

Most IKEA stores communicate the IKEA policy on environmental issues in the " as-is.

Most IKEA suppliers fulfill the law today with exceptions for some special issues, one being excessive working hours in Asia, in countries such as China and India.

Most IKEA stores take back burned out light bulbs and drained batteries and makes sure they are recycled responsibly.

Most of the vacated property is being redeveloped into a strip mall consisting of a new IKEA store and several other retailers.

Most IKEA product names are in Swedish, and fräck is the Swedish word for audacious, shameless or bold ( while frack, without ä, would translate to tailcoat ).

By the end of December 2003, the Dairy Farm Group and its related associations ran 2, 570 outlets, Wellcome / Food World ( supermarkets ), 50 % share of Maxim's Catering ( restaurants ), Cold Storage ( supermarkets ), Jasons Market Place / Market Place by Jasons ( high end supermarkets ), Shop N Save ( discount supermarkets ), Giant ( hypermarkets ), Mannings / Guardian ( health and beauty ) stores ; it also operates 7-Eleven ( convenience stores ) throughout the region, and IKEA ( home furnishings ) stores in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In 2007, the Berne Declaration nominated IKEA for one of its Public Eye " awards ", which highlight corporate irresponsibility and are announced during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Some episodes are a vehicle to introduce a new character into the storyline, while others are parodies of cultural phenomena, such as Hello Kitty, Japanese karate and ninja movies, ' 80s anti-drug documentaries, Michael Moore's documentary film Fahrenheit 9 / 11, Kill Bill, the crime drama CSI: Miami, the iPod " silhouette " ad campaign, the MTV show Pimp My Ride, the game show Krypton Factor, Mel Brooks ' History of the World, the video game Portal, Final Fantasy VII, the Academy Awards and even retailers such as PC World (' Pissy Werld ' in the show ), IKEA ( or ' PIKEA ') and Matalan (' Catalan ').

Unlike previous Real World residences, the suite is not decorated with IKEA furnishings.

A debate ensued between Fraser Patterson, Chief Executive of Onis and Andrew McGuinness, partner at Beattie McGuinness Bungay ( BMB ), the advertising and PR agency awarded the £ 12m IKEA account.

There, he worked as a copywriter for an advertising agency, writing print adverts for such clients as IKEA.

He has also been an artist in advertising campaigns for numerous large organizations and corporations-including Greenpeace and IKEA.

After some negotiations BMB and IKEA agreed to provide Onis with a feature page on the IKEA campaign site linking through to Onis's. co. uk site, for a period of 1 year.

The strategy behind the campaign is that domestic clutter leads to arguments, leading to an unhappy home, which IKEA wants to prove can be avoided with better storage.

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown visited IKEA on 5 May 2005 during the General Election campaign.

There were over 470 million visitors to the IKEA websites in the year from September 2007 to September 2008.

In September 2005, IKEA Social Initiative was formed to manage the company's social involvements on a global level.

* In September 2011, the IKEA Foundation pledged to donate $ 62 million to help Somali refugees in Kenya.

* In September 2004, when IKEA offered a limited number of free $ 150 vouchers at the opening of a new store in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, three people were crushed to death in a stampede that followed the store's opening.

* June 2007: the designated nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party complained about an artist's rendering of IKEA Belfast that included both the Union Flag and the Ulster Banner flag as two of the three flags in front of the store.

A 29, 000 m < sup > 2 </ sup > ( 312, 000 ft < sup > 2 </ sup >) IKEA store opened on 13 December 2007.

In January 2007, the stop officially opened to serve customers of area big box stores, including Best Buy and IKEA.