IKEA’s presentation

March 9, 2006 at 9:21 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

What means IKEA?
IKEA holds its name of initial of Ingvar Kamprad, its farm named Elmtaryd and the commune of Agunnaryd, located in Smaland, in Sweden.
Group IKEA
IKEA was founded in 1943 Ingvar Kamprad (17 year old).
The first store IKEA opened in 1958 in Älmhult (Sweden).
In 1997, IKEA launched « IKEA for Kids ».
In 1998, IKEA opened its first store in China.
Now Group IKEA has 206 stores in 24 countries.
For 2005, IKEA has a turnover of 14,8 billion euros.

IKEA France
IKEA was established in France in 1981, revolutionizing the sector of the piece of furniture with a concept which shaken up the generally accepted ideas: pieces of furniture in kit and accessories to be taken in stock, to transport and assemble oneself.
With its 17 stores, IKEA France is the third actor of the piece of furniture in France.
These 17 stores receive about 31 million visitors during the year and IKEA France employs 5700 collaborators.