Ikea

Ikea UK sales top £2bn in 2019

Furniture retailer Ikea has announced that total annual sales in the UK have soared by 8% to £2.1bn for the…

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Ikea could face large EU back-tax bill

Swedish furniture giant Ikea is facing the possibility of having to pay millions of euros in back taxes, as the…

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Ikea retail sales jump 5% in full-year results

Furniture retailer Ikea has reported a 5% increase in retail sales to €36.7bn (£32.5bn) for the year ended 31 August…

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Ikea appoints new country retail manager for UK and Ireland

Furniture retailer Ikea has appointed Peter Jelkeby as its new country retail manager with responsibility for the UK and Ireland.…

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Ikea trials furniture leasing

Swedish furniture retailer, Ikea, has announced it has begun trialling an environmentally-friendly leasing scheme in one of its Swiss stores.…

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Ikea’s ‘business transformation’ leaves 350 UK and Irish jobs at risk

DIY giant Ikea has announced that 350 jobs, out of the 12,100 UK and Ireland roles, may be made redundant…

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Ikea reports strong growth in retail sales for FY 2018

Flat pack furniture retailer Ikea has reported a 4.7% increase in retail sales to €38.8bn (£33.9bn) in its full year…

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Ikea fined £100,000 after worker loses part of two fingers

Furniture retailer Ikea has been fined £100,000 after two of an engineer’s fingers were partially amputated during maintenance work on…

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Unions file complaint against Ikea over ‘workers’ rights abuses’

An international coalition of labour unions is calling for an investigation into supposed “wide-ranging violations” of workers’ rights at furniture…

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Ikea to remove all single-use plastic products by 2020

Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has launched its updated ‘People and Planet Positive’ scheme, as part of new sustainability strategy. The…

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