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    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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    home-furnishings company IKEA has three hundred and twenty-six stores in thirty-eight countries. In the fiscal year 2010‚ it sold $23.1 billion worth of goods‚ a 7.7 per cent increase over the year before. IKEA is the invisible designer of domestic life‚ not only reflecting but also molding‚ in its ubiquity‚ our routines and our attitudes. Bill Moggridge‚ the director of the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum‚ calls IKEA’s aesthetic “global functional minimalism.”. The main office of IKEA is Älmhult‚ a small

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    STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF IKEA POLITICAL-Foreign investment restrictions-Companies as charity for tax avoidance-VAT increase to 20%-Globalization has eased import rules.-Government regulation climate change act 2008) | Ref13119 | ECONOMICAL-Economic crisis in North America.-Rising raw material and transport cost in 2009-Low spending power due to recession.-Recession in Russia-High import tax in japan | Ref2‚34677 | SOCIAL-Requirements on wood supplier-Brand image-Does not accept child labour-Women

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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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    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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    development‚ corporate attributes that allowed IKEA to lower its prices by an average of two to three percent over the decade to 2010 during a period of global expansion.[8] As of October 2011‚ IKEA owns and operates 332 stores in 38 countries. In fiscal year 2010‚ US$23.1 billion worth of goods were sold‚ a total that represented a 7.7 percent increase over 2009.[9] The IKEA website contains about 12‚000 products and is the closest representation of the entire IKEA range. There were over 470 million visitors

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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 1. A firm advantage of IKEA is they have a dedicated supplier network so they are able to offer quality furniture at low prices. IKEA reaps huge economies of scale from the size of its stores and the big production runs necessary to stock them since the same furniture is sold all over the world. Since IKEA saves‚ they are able to match their rivals on quality and still manage to undercut their furniture by 30 percent. A country advantage is they have more than 2‚300 suppliers in 67 countries

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    IKEA is a well-known global brand with hundreds of stores across the world. In order to improve performance‚ it must assess its external and competitive environment. This will reveal the key opportunities it can take advantage of and the threats it must deal with. IKEA responds to both internal and external issues in a proactive and dynamic manner by using its strengths and reducing its weaknesses. Through this‚ IKEA is able to generate the strong growth it needs to retain a strong identity in the

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