All Ikea articles
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Deep diveDeep dive: Understanding your new target shoppers – their favourite stores revealed
Where and how will the post-pandemic consumer want to shop? Retail Week unpacks the data.
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News
Ikea launches ‘buy back’ initiative as part of sustainability drive
Ikea is set to launch its ‘buy back’ initiative, which allows customers to sell their unwanted furniture back to the retailer.
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Deep dive
Life after Covid: John Lewis, Asda and Ikea on retail’s post-pandemic priorities
From a renewed focus on price to a more flexible workforce and changing approaches to online, stores and supply chain, Retail Week looks at what’s top of the to-do list for retailers.
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News
Ikea and Dixons goods delayed as efforts to shift stranded Suez ship continue
Ikea and Dixons Carphone are among those with goods stuck on the container ship that has been stranded in the Suez Canal for almost a week.
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Interview
Interview: Ikea UK boss Peter Jelkeby – stepping up sustainability and taking on the high street
Ikea’s UK boss Peter Jelkeby on stepping up sustainability and taking on the high street
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News
Ikea full-year sales fall cushioned by strong online growth
Ikea has reported a decline in full-year sales across its UK business, but boss Peter Jelkeby praised the retailer’s accelerated transformation.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Ikea’s ‘mini’ New York store
Ikea has opened a downsized store in Queens, New York, with a focus on the needs of its local customer base.
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Opinion
Jonathon Ringer: ‘Next wave of digital transformation will be inside retailers’
Even before the Covid-19 crisis, retail had been transformed by the impact of digital.
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Analysis
Why Asda, Ikea and Tesco are betting on a sustainable post-pandemic future
Over the last few months, a throng of retailers have made pledges and launched initiatives to become more sustainable. But is the middle of a global pandemic the right time to be making these bold claims?
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Analysis
Analysis: After the most unpredictable year ever, is the five-year strategy dead?
It’s difficult to know what’s going to happen next week, never mind next year. In this environment, can retail leaders work to five-year plans? Grace Bowden investigates.
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Analysis
Recovery 2021: How retailers can emerge stronger in the year ahead
As we race towards the end of the year and strategies for 2021 start to take shape, we take a look at how retailers can make easy wins and face the year ahead with confidence – themes that are central to RWRC’s Recovery 2021 masterclass
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News
Ikea to launch ‘Buy Back’ initiative for customers’ old furniture
Ikea has announced a new scheme in which it will buy back customers’ old or unwanted Ikea furniture.
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Deep dive
Deep dive: A Covid Christmas – how consumers will spend, shop and celebrate
Much like the rest of 2020, this Christmas will be like none in recent memory. With the country now in recession and the coronavirus pandemic still restricting many aspects of people’s lives, Retail Week asks how, where and on what shoppers are likely to spend this Golden Quarter, along with ...
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News
Ikea boss bets on store resurgence despite full-year sales dip
Ikea has reported a decline in full-year sales but group boss Jesper Brodin hailed the home and DIY retailer’s resilience and adaptability during the pandemic.
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Analysis
Obituary: Sir Terence Conran, the retailer who brought European flair to a grey Britain
From bringing the duvet to the UK to supporting the launch of Retail Week, British designer, retailer and restaurateur Sir Terence Conran changed the way people lived.
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News
Ikea strikes up partnership to drive circular economy ambitions
Ikea has partnered with sustainability charity The Ellen MacArthur Foundation in a bid to reduce product waste and ultimately become a circular business by 2030.
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News
Ikea to reopen 19 UK stores with lockdown shopping measures
Ikea has confirmed that it will reopen 19 of its stores in England and Northern Ireland in line with government guidance from June 1.
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News
UK furniture stores set to reopen for bank holiday trading
Furniture Village and DFS are both planning to reopen stores in time for the bank holiday weekend.
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News
Ikea acquires AR start-up to supercharge lockdown shopping experience
Ikea has acquired augmented reality (AR) start-up Geomagical Labs in a bid to drive shoppers to purchase more big-ticket items without needing to visit a store.
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News
Coronavirus: Ikea to close all UK stores tomorrow as ‘precautionary measure’
Homewares giant Ikea has announced it will close all its UK stores tomorrow as a “precautionary measure against the ongoing risk” posed to staff and customers by the coronavirus.
