Välinge’s parent company acquires Croatian furniture maker
Pervanovo, the parent company of Bjelin industries in Croatia and Välinge Group in Sweden, has through its subsidiary V [...]
November 16, 2022
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Ikea announces further investments in Chinese market
Ingka Group, the parent group of Swedish home furnishing giant Ikea, will invest 5.3 billion yuan (EUR 770 million [...]
August 31, 2022
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Unprecedented period of change in European wooden furniture sector
The last two and half years, marked from the start of 2020 by the Covid-19 [...]
August 9, 2022
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Russian factories continue to produce IKEA’s furniture under their own brands
Once IKEA left Russia, the local furniture factories continued to produce IKEA’s furniture under their own brands [...]
May 11, 2022
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IKEA ceases operations in Russia and Belarus
IKEA has decided to temporarily pause operations in Russia. This means that: Inter IKEA Group has taken the decision to [...]
March 7, 2022
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COVID casts long shadow over the European furniture sector
For the European furniture sector, as in other industries, the COVID pandemic is casting a long [...]
February 2, 2022
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Ikea is hiking its prices due to supply chain crisis
Ikea is raising its prices by 9% on average due to supply chain challenges. An Ikea [...]
January 5, 2022
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IKEA warns of imminent price increases
IKEA has warned of imminent price increases, as it revealed its financial results for FY21 (to [...]
November 9, 2021
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IKEA expects that product shortages to last well into summer of 2022
Ikea has become the latest retailer to warn on supply chain problems, saying on Thursday that stock shortages were likely [...]
October 21, 2021
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IKEA to shift production to Turkey due to global supply chain problems
Swedish-based furniture retailer IKEA is planning to minimise problems with global supply chain and increased shipping costs by moving [...]
October 15, 2021
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