Ingka Group

Ikea to Open London Store Following Three-Year Environmental Renovation

Ikea will open its new store on London’s Oxford Street on May 1, 2025, featuring 62,430 square feet of retail space across…

Ikea Tests Peer-to-Peer Resale Marketplace in 2 European Cities

Ingka Group, the largest operator of Ikea stores worldwide, has been testing a new peer-to-peer resale marketplace in Madrid and Oslo this summer….

Ikea Exec: Stores’ Expanded Fulfillment Role Key to Maintaining Lower Prices

Ikea stores, long known as warehouse-sized selling spaces scented with the wafting aroma of Swedish meatballs, have been shrinking and changing functions…

Ikea Owner Takes Stake in New Fifth Avenue Office Tower, Plans NYC Store

Ingka Investments — the investments arm of Ingka Group, which owns the majority of Ikea stores worldwide — has invested in a new…

Ikea Creates Training Ecosystem to Support AI Literacy for 3,500 Employees

Ingka Group, parent company of Ikea Retail, has set ambitious targets for boosting the AI literacy of its organization, including AI training…

Ikea Launches Gen AI-Powered Design and Shopping Tool

Ingka Group, parent company of Ikea Retail, has debuted an AI-powered home design inspiration and shopping tool on the OpenAI GPT Store….

Ingka Group’s Ikea Stores to Adopt Fulfillment and Store Operations Solution

Inkga Group, owner and operator of 482 Ikea stores and ecommerce in 31 countries, will adopt a solution from Made4net to power…

IKEA Focuses on Famed Photographer Annie Leibovitz to Record ‘Life at Home’ Around the World

Ingka Group, the largest IKEA franchisee, has named Annie Leibovitz as the 2023 IKEA Artist in Residence, charged with traveling the world…

IKEA U.S. Introduces New Loyalty Benefits Through IKEA Family

As part of its initiative to provide greater loyalty rewards, IKEA U.S. has bolstered the IKEA Family program by offering: 5% off…

IKEA’s Biggest Franchisor Plans to Invest More Than $3 Billion in Omnichannel Store Push

Ingka Group, which operates 392 IKEA stores across 32 markets, will invest more than €3 billion ($3.16 billion) into opening new locations…

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