All posts tagged "IKEA"

  • People line up in front of the Swedish furniture brand IKEA store in Gwangmyeong City, south of Seoul, on Dec. 18, 2014. IKEA plans to open four more stores in South Korea in the near future. (Yonhap)
    A year after debut, IKEA becomes social phenomenon in S. Korea

    Plan announced to open five more stores by 2020 By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL (Yonhap) — It took seven years for Swedish furniture behemoth IKEA to enter South Korea, but it couldn’t have come at a better time...

    • Posted December 16, 2015
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  • Vehicles clog a road leading to the IKEA outlet in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province. The Gwangmyeong city government will shut the mall from Jan. 15 unless the Swedish company comes up with a major solution by Wednesday. (Korea Times)
    IKEA faces shutdown in Korea for causing traffic jams

    By Park Si-soo Swedish furniture retailer IKEA faces a business suspension in South Korea because of severe traffic congestion on roads surrounding its first mall, in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province. The municipal city recently demanded IKEA to come...

    • Posted January 2, 2015
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  • People line up in front of the Swedish furniture brand IKEA store in Gwangmyeong City, south of Seoul, on Dec. 18, 2014. IKEA plans to open four more stores in South Korea in the near future. (Yonhap)
    Controversy or not, IKEA opens in S. Korea to throngs of customers

    Swedish furniture maker IKEA opened the doors to its largest store ever in Gwangmyeong, South Korea on Dec. 18. Hundreds of customers waited patiently in the freezing cold despite Ikea’s mishaps with the South Korean public. One...

    • Posted December 19, 2014
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  • A bird's-eye view of IKEA Korea's first South Korean store in Gwangmyeong, south of Seoul. It is scheduled to open on Dec. 18. (Yonhap)
    IKEA to stop selling “Sea of Japan” map, admits inflated prices

    By Lee Minji SEOUL (Yonhap) — IKEA Korea said Thursday it will stop selling a disputed map that had marked the water between South Korea and Japan only as “Sea of Japan” starting next year as it...

    • Posted December 4, 2014
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  • A bird's-eye view of IKEA Korea's first South Korean store in Gwangmyeong, south of Seoul. It is scheduled to open on Dec. 18. (Yonhap)
    IKEA stumbles into S. Korean market, under probe for overcharging

    Since IKEA announced its entrance into the South Korean market back in March, the Swedish furniture company has been stepping on consumers’s toes. The first stumble occurred immediately after it launched its Korean online store on Nov....

    • Posted November 24, 2014
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  • A bird's-eye view of IKEA Korea's first South Korean store in Gwangmyeong, south of Seoul. It is scheduled to open on Dec. 18. (Yonhap)
    IKEA Korea sets relatively higher price in S. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — With the official opening of the first showroom of IKEA Korea, the local unit of the Swedish furniture giant, just one month to go, its pre-unveiled prices have sparked controversy in South Korea as...

    • Posted November 18, 2014
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