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    IKEA has varieties of items‚ and therefore I can hardly find any direct competitor of IKEA. However‚ I can still find several less direct competitors of IKEA‚ they are Japanhome‚ Pricerite and DSC. Japanhome provides housewares only‚ it has a comprehensive range of housewares. The varieties of housewares it sold are more than that of IKEA. IKEA sells utensils‚ cookwares and clothes-racks‚   but no moisture proof bag and washing-up liquid can be found at IKEA.  Actually‚ some of the IKEA’s utensils

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    Introduction IKEA states in their business idea: "We shall offer a wide range of home furnishing items of good design and function‚ at prices so low‚ that the majority of people can afford to buy them"(IKEA 2005). IKEA manage to keep costs low by their superior relationship with their suppliers were they buy low-cost components in huge quantities. Together with efficient warehousing and customer selling service it passes on to customers resulting in lower prices‚ anywhere from 25 - 50 % lower than

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    by Ingvar Kamprad Turn over : 21‚5 billion €uros (+1‚4% in 2008) 16‚3% market share in France Staff : 128.000 persons 267 stores in 25 countries Visitors in stores: 590 millions 561 millions/year visitors on the website Ikea.fr Graphs PESTEL IKEA Economical factors Better purchasing power of emerging countries Pricing different according to the country Low price strategy in general Technological & Legal Technological factors Creation and innovation of new products Better stock management

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    management 05/21/2012 IKEA Supply Chain Analysis Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration Yanjing Ge Youyou Zhang Yi Xie Pengfei Zhao College of Business and Public Management Catalogue Abstract ...3 Introduction.3-4 IKEA Supply Chain Strategy..4-6 Supply Chain Management of IKEA..6-9 3.1. Supplier Management..6-7 3.2. Store Design.7-8 3.3. Warehouse Management..8-9 4. IKEA Supply Chain9-13 4.1. IKEA Supply Chain System.9-11

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    cheap. Above all else‚ one factor accounts for IKEA’s success: good quality at a low price. IKEA sells household items that are cheap but not cheapo‚ at prices that typically run 30 to 50 percent below the competition’s. While the price of other companies’ products tends to rise over time‚ IKEA says it has reduced its retail prices by a total of about 20 percent during the past four years. At IKEA the process of driving down costs starts the moment a new item is conceived and continues relentlessly

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    IKEA in India: An Opportunity for Success James Baskerville‚ Irina Damianoff‚ Jacquelynn Mantel‚ and Teressa Paulus Indiana Wesleyan University Assignment ADM510 Team Project Paper Team Project Paper Rubric: The Team Project report was graded according to the rubric below Criteria Points Possible Point Achieved Spelling‚ grammar and mechanics - Excellent 15 Description of the Organization – good detail 20 Opportunities for Global Expansion – great research 30 Challenges

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    Journal of Business Research 58 (2005) 1251 – 1260 Information technology at IKEA: an ‘‘open sesame’’ solution or just another type of facility? Enrico Baraldia‚*‚ Alexandra Waluszewskib‚1 a Department of Business Studies‚ Uppsala University‚ Box 513‚ SE-751 20 Uppsala‚ Sweden Department of Business Studies‚ Uppsala University‚ Box 513‚ SE-751 20 Uppsala‚ Sweden b Received 15 March 2002; received in revised form 4 January 2003; accepted 15 May 2003 Abstract Information technology

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    identified that IKEA has been usingVERTICAL INTEGRATION to the Global furniture industry. Managers use corporate levelstrategy in VERTICAL INTEGRATION to identify which industries their company shouldcompete in to maximize its long run profitability. There are two types of vertical integration:1. Forward vertical integration 2. Backward vertical integration. So far we found that IKEA using backward vertical integration to expand their business and to make profit. Here are some benefits of IKEA to have vertical

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    1. Develop a profile of the typical IKEA customer. To what extent does the profile vary across countries? IKEA customers’ profiles are typically relative to their domestic markets as their perceptions can be more or less easily matched with their expectations. IKEA targets customers who are willing to assemble furniture themselves‚ self-servicing while looking at the furniture‚ and willing to deliver furniture home by themselves. The majority of the customers like to perceive themselves as either

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    After reading the IKEA case‚ I find following problems‚ * Reluctance to change furniture: mind set of Americans Americans typically have the mind-set that furniture should last a lifetime‚ which is not in-line with IKEA’s value that does not include durability in its products. Thus to increase market share in America‚ IKEA must change the American’s attitude towards furniture as something fun and disposable‚ furniture is something that add value to lifestyle without incurring too much cost

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