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Icelandic couple sued over 'ugly' kitchen in NY

2010-02-25T10:15:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Wealthy Icelandic couple sued for installing cheap, 'ugly' IKEA kitchen in swank NYC pad</div><div><p>A wealthy Icelandic couple is being sued for installing a cheap IKEA kitchen into an apartment they rented out at a swank hotel in New York City.</p><p>The lawsuit filed in Ikea ready to talk with workers after strikes shut several Paris-area stores</div><div><p>Ikea offered Wednesday to meet with labor union leaders after strikes shut down several stores in France — but only if six workers end a sit-in at its Paris ...

IKEA Create World's Longest Outdoor Bookcase On Bondi Beach

2010-01-30T20:03:41Z

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 31: A beach goer selects books from 30 red Ikea Billy bookcases lined up to form the world's longest outdoor bookcase to celebrate the 30th birthday of the brand's signature furniture piece, at Bondi Beach on January 31, 2010 in ...

The Art of the Stunt--How to Grab Publicity For Your Business or Yourself!

2010-02-22T14:19:47Z

They should teach it at Publicity School?the art of the publicity stunt.<br><br>I?m not talking Janet Jackson?s wardrobe ?malfunction?; that was just plain cheesy. This one is inspired!<br><br>The winter before last, a New York City comedian hit a home run for himself and Swedish furniture retailer, IKEA is recalling LEOPARD highchairs, The company said the snap locks used to secure the seat to the frame can break and allow the seat and child to drop through the frame, posing a fall hazard to young children. Detached snap locks can pose a choking hazard to young children. </p><p>IKEA has received 11 reports worldwide of failing snap locks, including o...

Detroit-area Ikea store reopens post-flooding

2010-02-23T14:14:03Z

<div id="subtitle">Detroit-area Ikea store reopens after sprinkler system goes off without fire, causing flood</div><div><p>A 300,000-square-foot Ikea household furnishings store west of Detroit has mostly reopened after its sprinkler system went off and flooded the building.</p><p>The retailer ...

Hanover Direct/Domestications Recalls Roman Shades

2010-02-24T13:13:48Z

<div><p> IKEA is recalling more than half a million sets of roller blinds because they pose a strangulation risk to small children. </p><p>Strangulations can occur if the blind's looped bead chain is not attached to the wall or the floor with the tension device provided and a child's neck becomes entangled in the free-standing loop. </p><p&...

Tallest man unveils largest cookie in Norway

2010-02-24T05:57:33Z

<div id="subtitle">World's tallest living man unveils world's largest gingerbread man cookie in Norway</div><div><p>The world's tallest living man has unveiled the world's largest gingerbread man at an Ikea outlet in Norway's capital, Oslo. IKEA, Bed Bath &amp; Beyond and Hanover Direct were recalled Tuesday for posing a serious strangulation risk to small children.</p&...

Habitat owner considers sale

2010-02-24T17:32:21Z

<div><p>Sweden's billionaire Kamprad family are considering selling the Habitat furniture and design chain, whose sales have been hit by the economic downturn, the group's chief executive said on Sunday.</p><p>Parent company ICAF Antillen, acting for the Kamprads, has launched a "strategic review" that "may or may not lead to a sale of the company," chief executive Ikea on Thursday reported record earnings of 21.5 billion euros (30.1 billion dollars) this year despite slumping demand for its products.</p><p>Ikea said in a statement that sales for the period from September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2009 were up by 1.4 percent, compared to a 7.0 percent rise 12 months earlier.</p><p...

IKEA HOME FURNISHINGS

2009-09-10T22:56:01Z

This plate was purchased on a trip to the Ikea store where more people are turning for bargains in the tight economy. (Tammy Ljunglbad/Kansas City Star/MCT) Photo via Newscom...

Sacramento California News - September 02, 2009

2009-09-02T20:02:21Z

Message Therapist Jean Kong (cq) of Natomas picked up decorative material for a massage room at Ikea in West Sacramento. The West Sacramento Chamber of Commerce and the city are joining to promote local shopping with visible cues such as business window stickers...

Style critics hit latest Ikea design: catalog type

2010-02-25T14:06:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Ikea goes modern, computer friendly with its catalog typeface _ to style mavens' outrage</div><div><p>Ikea, the Swedish furniture chain, said Sunday it never expected such a backlash after switching typeface in its latest catalog.</p><p>The company's decision to make its first such font change in 50 years — from the iconi...

Recalls: electric ranges, IKEA beds, sweatshirts

2010-02-25T15:57:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Product recalls: electric ranges, IKEA beds, Roxy sweatshirts, cheese products, cantaloupes</div><div><p>The following recalls have been announced:</p><p>_ About 200,000 select Frigidaire and Kenmore Elite smooth-top electric ranges, manufactured in the United States

IKEA, Toronto, Canada

2009-08-27T04:05:48Z

STRGSW Reusable plastic bags are stacked for sale at the checkout of the IKEA store in Toronto where customers are required to pay $.05 for each disposable plastic bag they use. IKEA has grown into a major retail experience with 128,000 employees in 24 countries generating annual sales of more than C0 billion. Steve White/CPI/IKEA in the Israeli city of Netanya, north of Tel Aviv August 24, 2009. According to Israeli media reports, thousands of Israelis have signed a petition to boycott the retailer amid a row with Sweden over a Swedish ...

Shoppers browse in a branch of the Swedish retail store IKEA in Netanya

2009-08-24T06:45:56Z

Shoppers browse in a branch of the Swedish retail store IKEA in the Israeli city of Netanya, north of Tel Aviv August 24, 2009. According to Israeli media reports, thousands of Israelis have signed a petition to boycott the retailer amid a row with Sweden over a Swedish newspaper which r...

Shoppers rest in a branch of the Swedish retail store IKEA in the Israeli city of Netanya

2009-08-24T06:45:59Z

Shoppers rest in a branch of the Swedish retail store IKEA in the Israeli city of Netanya, north of Tel Aviv August 24, 2009. According to Israeli media reports, thousands of Israelis have signed a petition to boycott the retailer amid a row with Sweden over a Swedish newspaper which rep...