IKEA (Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd) is a privately held‚ international home products Swedish corporation that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture‚ appliances and home accessories. The company is now the world’s largest furniture retailer.[2] IKEA was founded in 1943 by 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad in Sweden‚ named as an acronym comprising the initials of the founder’s name (Ingvar Kamprad)‚ the farm where he grew up (Elmtaryd)‚ and his home parish (Agunnaryd‚ in Småland‚ South Sweden)
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What does IKEA mean in the eyes of the customer (value proposition)? (i) The basic pillar of the value proposition offered by IKEA products with respect to the customer’s needs is the offer of low price products which however retain a level of quality. (ii) Another value proposition that IKEA offers to the customers is a unique combination of form‚ function and affordability as well as variety. Creation of beautiful and durable furniture which is affordable for the consumer. Also‚ IKEA gives the
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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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Background Information: IKEA IKEA is a Swedish company registered in the Netherlands that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture (such as beds‚ chairs‚ and desks)‚ appliances‚ and home accessories. As of January 2008‚ the company is the world’s largest furniture retailer. IKEAis the world’s most successful mass-market retailer‚ selling Scandinavian-style home furnishings and other house goods in 230 stores in 33 countries and hosting 410 million shoppers per year. IKEA offers a comprehensive
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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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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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SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY A summary of the case study: IKEA invades America Submitted to: Nazmus Sadekin Lecturer‚ Dept. of Economics‚ Southeast University Submitted by: Tasnuva Amreen Khan - 2011020106012 (Group Leader) Sayeed ahmed Khan - 2011020106023 (Group coordinator) Amit Roy - 2011020106027 Ferdousy Rahman - 2011020106021 Md. Anis Uzzaman - 2011020106016
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RUG BUG CORPORATION I. Background Mr. and Mrs. Young established the Rug Bug Corporation as Delaware Corporation. The sole purpose is to manufacture and distribute a revolutionary motorized wheelchair designed for children under the age of ten. The Rug Bug motorized wheelchair weighs almost 50 percent less than the standard motorized wheelchair and approximately one half of the cost of any other motorized wheelchair for this group. In addition it has numerous safety features that are not found
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The Global Impact of Child Poverty Child poverty has affected every area of child’s development in developing countries whether it is social‚ educational or personal. Child poverty refers to children who live in state of poverty. The children from poor backgrounds and orphans are raised usually with limited state resources. These children fail to meet acceptable standard of life. Usually‚ in developing countries these children suffer more hardship and poverty because their family has been living
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