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It was asked by IKEA in Sweden not to run such an issue again, as it went against the company's equal rights policy. Cats and dogs in an increasing number of countries can now have their very own IKEA sofa, bed, dishes and toys. Felines can even get their paws on their very own IKEA house. IKEA has moved from making home furniture to making actual homes themselves. The BoKlok home is not quite flat-packed, but it is largely prefabricated.
The companies have even collaborated with the Queen of Sweden in a project to create housing suitable for elderly people and those suffering with dementia in IKEA's homeland. The brand's biggest markets, based on sales value, are Germany and the United States. The company has done better than most during the current crisis and has even been able to pay back furlough scheme money it had used to pay staff while they were unable to work during the peak of the pandemic.
The company insists that it had always paid the correct amount of tax, and the investigation is still ongoing. As of there were , employees or co-workers, as IKEA calls them, working for the company across the world.
IKEA's goal is to employ equal numbers of men and women in leadership positions. The company is also working hard to close the gender pay gap, and revealed that across its UK retail operations men were being paid 6. The IKEA Family loyalty card, which launched in and provides monthly offers and exclusive discounts, now has more than million members. It grows by 10 million every year, equating to about 30, every day. IKEA Family members get additional perks in-store, such as free tea and coffee and free home furnishing workshops.
The Billy bookshelf, in its various incarnations, remains the retailer's most sought-after product. Designed by Gillis Lundgren, it first hit stores in , and had sold over million units by Considered an iconic piece of furniture, it even inspired the Bloomberg Billy Bookcase Index , which financial data company Bloomberg uses to illustrate exchange rates through global bookcase price comparisons.
In September , IKEA moved into virtual reality with the launch of IKEA Place, an augmented reality app that allows people to virtually place furniture in their homes to help them visualise what it will look like in situ. New features were added to the app in , including adding multiple pieces of furniture to your on-screen room at once, and finding furniture similar to what you already have just by pointing your phone at it.
The ad, which showed a male couple shopping for dining tables, was run late at night in New York, Washington DC and Philadelphia. It made headlines and became a controversial talking point. Unforgettable TV adverts from the year you were born.
Big companies leading the battle against climate change. In Romania, for example, the retailer owns 50, hectares of FSC-certified forest, making it the largest private landowner in the country.
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