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In July 2015, IKEA and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, through the company's Safer Homes Together advertising campaign, issued a warning in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland to customers to secure the Malm chests of drawers and wardrobes firmly to the wall using free kits distributed by the company, after the ...
IKEA, the world's biggest furniture group, said on Wednesday it had bought a minority stake in U.S. tech startup Optoro whose software helps retailers manage returns in a more efficient way.
In the US, an estimated 8–10% of in-store sales is returned whereas online sales may result in 25–40% returns. In Asia and Europe, less than 5 percent of purchases are returned. [ 5 ] US shoppers returned $396 billion worth of purchases in 2018 – brick-and-mortar and online, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). [ 6 ]
All customers were advised to return them to the nearest IKEA store or discard them immediately. [107] July 11, 2018: IKEA recalled their IKEA brand (LURVIG) pet water dispensers due to a suffocation hazard to pets. Customers were advised to discontinue use and return the pet water dispensers to the nearest IKEA store. [90]
Donald Trump will be assuming the office of U.S. president on Jan. 20, 2025, and his return to the role could usher in a wide variety of economic changes.
The "mother of all bubbles" is due to pop soon as U.S. outperformance has been inflated by massive amounts of debt, warned Ruchir Sharma, chair of Rockefeller International.. The U.S. has become ...
IKEA further expanded in the 1980s, opening stores in countries such as France and Spain (1981), Belgium (1984), [28] the United States (1985), [29] the United Kingdom (1987), [30] and Italy (1989). [31] [27] Germany and the United States, with 55 stores (three in Puerto Rico in latter) each, are the company's biggest markets.
The first IKEA in the U.S. was built on an outparcel space belonging to Plymouth Meeting Mall in the Philadelphia suburb of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania; this store moved to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania in 2003, where IKEA's US headquarters is also based. In 1992, IKEA acquired the California-based STØR chain, adding three of that chain's four ...