Lots More Information

Related HowStuffWorks Articles

More Great Links

Sources

  • Bartlett, Christopher A. and Ashish Nanda. "Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA." Harvard Business School Case Study. Rev. July 22, 1996. (June 23, 2008)
    http://superior-report.com/caseroom/file/IKEA.pdf
  • Capell, Kerry. "IKEA." Business Week. Nov. 14, 2005. (June 23, 2008)
    http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_46/b3959001.htm
  • Crampton, Robert. "Why we love IKEA." The Times. June 7, 2008. (June 23, 2008)
    http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/interiors/article
    4051974.ece
  • D'Innocenzio, Anne. "IKEA feels impact of housing slowdown." Associated Press. June 19, 2008. (June 23, 2008)
    http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IKEA_HOME_FURNISHINGS?SITE
    =DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
  • Daniels, Cora. "Create IKEA, Make Billions, Take Bus." Fortune. May 3, 2004.
  • Elliott, Stuart. "IKEA challenges the attachment to old stuff, in favor of brighter, new stuff." New York Times. Sept. 16, 2002. (June 23, 2008)
    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E1DE1630F935A257
    5AC0A9649C8 B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
  • Fahim, Kareem. "Awaiting a Big Blue Box and an Altered World." New York Times. June 16, 2008. (June 23, 2008)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/nyregion/16redhook.html?sq=ikea&st
    =nyt&scp=3&p agewanted=all
  • "Flat-pack accounting." The Economist. May 11, 2006. (June 23, 2008)
    http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6919139
  • Fuerbringer, Jonathan. "A Miffed Moscow Means Headaches for IKEA." April 9, 2000. (June 23, 2008)
    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE0DC113FF93AA357
    57C0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
  • Gonzalez, David. "Opposite Sides of an IKEA: Jobs vs. Traffic." New York Times. Feb. 8, 2005. (June 23, 2008)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/08/nyregion/08wide.html?sq=ikea&st=nyt
    &scp=13&pag ewanted=all&position=
  • Hesse, Monica. "No Assembly Required." Washington Post. Jan. 17, 2008. (June 23, 2008)
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/16/AR2008011604116.html
  • "IKEA Facts and Figures." IKEA. 2007. (June 23, 2008)
    http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/about_ikea_new/about/read_our_materials/IKEA_FF07_ ENG.pdf
  • "IKEA 'LEEDS' the way." Chain Store Age. 2006.
  • IKEA Web site and Catalogue. (June 23, 2008)
    http://www.ikea.com/us/en/
  • Leland, John. "The World of IKEA; a Prefab Utopia." New York Times. Dec. 1, 2002. (June 23, 2008)
    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0CEED61F39F932A357
    51C1A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
  • Lewis, Connie. "Marketer Takes IKEA Outdoors for a Sensory Sales Experience." San Diego Business Journal. May 19, 2008.
  • Mark Lives in IKEA. (June 23, 2008)
    http://www.marklivesinikea.com/
  • O'Mahony, Paul. "IKEA guilty of 'cultural imperialism': Danes." Feb. 20, 2008. The Local. (June 23, 2008)
    http://www.thelocal.se/10054/20080220/
  • Roberts, David. "Swedening the Pot." Grist. Feb. 27, 2007. (June 23, 2008) http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2007/02/27/ikea/
  • "Social and Environmental Responsibility Brochure." IKEA. January 2004. (June 23, 2008)
    http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/about_ikea_new/about/read_our_materials/ikea_se_
    brochure_english.pdf
  • "Social and Environmental Responsibility Report 2006." IKEA. 2006. (June 23, 2008)
    http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/about_ikea_new/about/read_our_materials/
    ikea_se_reprt_2006.pdf
  • Stevenson, Richard W. "IKEA's New Realities: Recession and Aging Consumers." New York Times. April 25, 1993. (June 23, 2008)
    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6DC1F38F936A1575
    7C0A965958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
  • Sylvers, Eric. "IKEA Index Indicates the Euro is Not a Price Equalizer Yet." New York Times. Oct. 23, 2003. (June 23, 2008)
    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E2D81731F930A157
    53C1A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
  • Terdiman, Daniel. "Anatomy of an IKEA product." CNET News. April 19, 2008. (June 23, 2008)
    http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-9923315-52.html
  • Thomas-Lester, Avis. "IKEA Puts a Price on Throwaway Plastic." Washington Post. March 16, 2007. (June 23, 2008)
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/15/AR2007031501921.html
  • Weichelbaum, Simone and Barry Paddock. "Ahh, the assembly: the IKEA price to pay for cheap, good-looking furniture." New York Daily News. June 19, 2008. (June 23, 2008)
    http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/06/18/2008-06-18
    _ahh_the_assembly_the_ikea_price_to_pay_f.html
  • Wilding, Amanda. "Ingmar Kamprad." EBSCO Biography. 2008.