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A French court has ordered Ikea to pay a fine of €1m (£860,000; $1.2m) after the Swedish furniture chain was found guilty of spying on staff in France. The former CEO of Ikea France, Jean-Louis Baillot,...

Ikea has launched its long-awaited furniture buy-back and re-sale scheme, in an attempt to reduce the number of products going to landfill. The move is part of the retail giant’s sustainability drive to become “climate positive”...

Furniture store giant Ikea plans to open a record number of stores this year even as more and more shopping is done online. The Swedish company and its franchisees will open 50 stores worldwide – including...

IKEA, the world’s biggest furniture retailer, is preparing to serve lettuce grown in high-tech containers outside its stores as part of efforts to improve its environmental profile. IKEA, which demonstrated one of the LED-powered containers at...

IKEA Group, the owner of most IKEA furniture stores worldwide, plans to cut 7,500 jobs over the next couple of years, mainly administrative staff in central support functions, it said on Wednesday. At the same time,...

Swedish furniture retailer Ikea looks set to roll out its smaller city center store format after seeing a positive response to its first outlet in London. UK boss Javier Quinones said the London shop was a...

Furniture retailer IKEA will shut three city center stores in Norway as part of a drive to cut costs amid declining profits, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. Known as service and pick-up points,...

Ikea revolutionized homeware retail with affordable, self-assembly furniture with a Scandinavian twist, sold in stroll-around megastores offering a break for Swedish meatballs. On Thursday its first Indian outlet opens — with success far from guaranteed. While...

The billionaire, who was born in 1926 in Småland, founded Ikea at the age of 17. He used some money his father had given him as a gift for performing well at school despite his dyslexia....

News Hour: IKEA, which as well as being the No.1 furniture retailer also runs one of the world’s biggest restaurant chains, aims to halve its food waste in three years to save money and reduce its...