Customers at a Hong Kong Ikea got an unexpected film screening when one of the store’s giant TV screens began playing a pornographic video. Ikea is still investigating how the big-screen TV ended up playing a film of a man pleasuring himself to an audience of shoppers in the Causeway Bay store. Chances are, someone’s […]
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An IKEA store in Italy is letting stray dogs inside to warm up during the winter and the pictures will warm your heart
Milazzo Livio/ Instagram One IKEA store is opening its doors to more than just shoppers looking for a bargain. In Catania, Italy, IKEA is allowing stray doors to come inside so they can stay warm during the winter — and the internet is loving it. Martine Taccia noticed multiple dogs lounging around while she was shopping at the furniture store. She decided to record […]
Barking mad: IKEA faces online backlash over ‘sexist’ Facebook post ‘comparing’ women to pet dogs
IKEA’s Russian branch has got itself in hot water over a Facebook ad that some users saw as comparing women to dogs and purveying sexist stereotypes. The company deleted the post and apologized after the outcry. The controversial post featured a Jack Russell terrier dog sitting at a table in in front of a serving […]
IKEA promises zero-emissions delivery in five cities by 2020
IKEA doesn’t just want to take the pain out of assembling furniture… it wants to eliminate the environmental impact of receiving that furniture. The company recently pledged to offer emissions-free home delivery in five major inner cities (Amsterdam, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris and Shanghai) by 2020. Order an EKTORP sofa and an electric […]
Win a £100 IKEA Gift Card
We’re giving away a £100 IKEA gift card to one of our beloved readers. From home decoration to organisation, in IKEA you’ll find everything to make your home look and feel great! For your chance to win this £100 IKEA gift card simply enter your details below. The competition closes on 01/10/2018 and we’ll choose […]
Win a £100 IKEA Gift Card
We’re giving away a £100 IKEA gift card to one of our beloved readers. From home decoration to organisation, in IKEA you’ll find everything to make your home look and feel great! For your chance to win this £100 IKEA gift card simply enter your details below. The competition closes on 20/05/2018 and we’ll choose […]
‘Yeah, it’s funny to make us think there are jobs’: French mayor’s joke about IKEA opening backfires
The Mayor of the French city of Beauvais, Caroline Cayeux, has apologized for a “communication error” after an ill-judged April Fools’ Day joke announcing the construction of new IKEA superstore. “This is excellent news for the dynamism and employment prospects of Beauvais,” wrote the center-right mayor of the commune, which is located 50 kilometers north […]
17 secrets that IKEA employees won’t tell you
Andreas Rentz/Getty Images IKEA employees want you to know that they won’t hover so if you have a question, you have to go up and ask them. If you’re a member of the IKEA Family, you can get free coffee and exclusive invitations to events. The store’s layout is designed for impulse buys, which might […]
The late IKEA founder had a secret vault to ensure his furniture chain would ‘live forever’
Denis Balibouse/Reuters Ingvar Kamprad is said to have made plans in 1976 to ensure the future of IKEA in case of his death. The results are a holding structure made so complex that outsiders would not understand it. This structure, Kamprad hoped, would let IKEA live on even in times of war or political turmoil. […]
IKEA and Teenage Engineering preview their collaboration on Instagram
Teenage Engineering is known for its wonky-looking yet functional synths and speakers, while IKEA furniture fills college (and folks who still live like it’s college) apartments. Their powers combined has produced…some neat, boldly-colored speakers, actually. On its Instagram, Ikea just posted a sneak peek at their upcoming line of collaborated products built “so that you […]