Ikea

IKEA franchiser slashes 850 jobs in cost-cutting drive as consumer spending falls

IKEA to host hide-and-seek competition at Alexandra outlet on June 6 and 7

Participants will work in pairs to find eight professional hiders throughout the store.

Breaking beige: How dopamine decor is brightening Singapore’s neutral homes

Colours also have a very real effect on a person’s emotional well-being and sensory perception, although their exact relationship is less established.

Global Design

A tasting flight of Scandinavian design: Retro-cool, pristine and not only about Ikea

Kristiansand's public sunbathing areas in Norway (left) and the Oslo Opera House with floating saunas in the foreground.

IKEA to host Decathlon in UK store as it opens space to other retailers

A 1,188 sq m Decathlon store will open during the spring inside IKEA’s 25,000 sq m store in Croydon, south London.

Rights group slams treatment of Punch, the viral Japanese monkey

Punch became an internet sensation after videos emerged of him getting bullied by other monkeys in a Japanese zoo.

Ikea Singapore’s orang utan plushie out of stock after baby monkey Punch goes viral

Punch, an abandoned baby Japanese macaque, has sought comfort in his stuffed organutan from Ikea, which is currently sold out in Singapore.

Abandoned baby monkey finds comfort in stuffed orangutan, charming zoo visitors

A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, February 19, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Sweden nominates IKEA veteran Jesper Brodin as UN refugee chief candidate

Jesper Brodin attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 17, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Ikea to open first store in New Zealand 50 years after Australia

The South Pacific nation is part of a global expansion strategy by Ingka Group - the biggest Ikea franchisee.

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