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Ikea is allowing its customers in Dubai to pay for items with nothing more than their time in a groundbreaking initiative designed to incentivise travel to its out-of-town stores.
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Read MoreIkea launches ‘Which Ikea icon are you?’ Instagram filter
Ikea has launched a new interactive Instagram app aiming to cash in on the “What X Are You” filter trend dominating the social media platform.
‘Which Ikea icon are you?’…
Read MoreApple, Google, Amazon, Ikea, Samsung and Philips Hue team up to allow smart home devices to work together
Tech giants Apple, Google and Amazon are teaming up alongside Ikea, Samsung Smart Things and Philips Hue to develop an open-source smart home standard.
The project intends to enable devices…
Read MoreIkea invests in returns management start-up amid push to “become a circular business”
Ikea has invested in returns management start-up Optoro amid plans to “become a circular business by 2030”.
Optoro’s technology, which helps retailers manage and resell returns while reducing waste, will…
Read MoreIkea ramps up carbon neutral plans
Ikea’s parent company Ingka Group has extended its commitments for eco stores, setting aside £171 million in green energy and sustainable practices.
The furniture retailer will be spending half of…
Read MoreIkea helping scientists design homes on Mars
Ikea is helping scientists develop living spaces designed to house humans on other planets using its expertise to improve tiny habitats.
The Swedish furniture giant has been asked by the…
Read MoreIkea to take on Amazon and Google as leader in “the smart home arena”
Ikea is making its biggest investment in 20 years to take on Amazon and Google in a bid to have a “leading role in the smart home arena”.
Inter Ikea’s…
Read MoreIkea’s AR app now lets you visualise entire rooms and introduces visual search
Ikea’s newly updated augmented reality app now allows users virtually visualise an entire room full of new furniture, rather that one item at a time.
The Ikea Place app, originally…
Read MoreIkea will produce more energy than it uses in 2020
Ikea’s owner Ingka Group will generate more renewable energy than it consumes by 2020, thanks to €2.5 billion (£2.2 billion) in investments over the last decade.
Renewable energy investments will…
Read MoreIkea buys 7 windfarms in £120.5 million deal
Ikea’s parent company Ingka Group has bought a majority stake in seven windfarms in a deal worth €136 million (£120.5 million) as part of its “climate positive ambition”.
Ingka will…
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