Editing IKEA (section)

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[[File:MEGA3.jpg|thumb|A [[MEGA Family Shopping Centre]] in Russia]]

Until 28 September 2023, IKEA owned & operated the [[MEGA Family Shopping Centre]] chain in Russia. Its operations have since been sold to [[Gazprombank]].<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/gazprombank-buys-ikea-stores-owner-071615719.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD7OA8ionya8va3x9_HrdAI4nvkJzpUS6OgiBsiboSzAIsg5PW0Z_xyNnaIZu9OAQgvEzp9wZCcWgv3K_tv5TuJNQM21-Sjvynl0pkYxg4qBwbPcGgA_ezVjyy2B69Q9jLmZxepxVfgAzH6gjFH2BZk87HE5Lky631dgTmAMp0O1|title=Gazprombank buys Russia MEGA shopping centres from IKEA affiliated business
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On 8 August 2008, IKEA UK launched a [[Mobile virtual network operator|virtual mobile phone network]] called [[IKEA Family Mobile]], which ran on [[T-Mobile International AG|T-Mobile]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Milmo|first1=Dan|title=Ikea launches ready-made mobile phone service|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/aug/04/telecoms.ikea|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=11 August 2014|date=4 August 2014|archive-date=19 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319001042/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/aug/04/telecoms.ikea|url-status=live}}</ref> At launch it was the cheapest [[Prepay mobile phone|pay-as-you-go]] network in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|title=T-Mobile signs Ikea MVNO|url=http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk:80/News/95182/tmobile_signs_ikea_mvno.html|access-date=12 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808103148/http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/News/95182/tmobile_signs_ikea_mvno.html|archive-date=8 August 2008|date=4 August 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=T-Mobile " the network behind IKEA Family Mobile, the UK's newest mobile service|url=http://www.opt-development.co.uk/press-office/release.php?id=224|access-date=12 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129023642/http://www.opt-development.co.uk/press-office/release.php?id=224|archive-date=29 January 2010|date=3 August 2008}}</ref> In June 2015 the network announced that its services would cease to operate from 31 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coms Mobile / Your Family Mobile closure on 31st August 2015|url=http://www.yourfamilymobile.co.uk/images/Coms%20Mobile%20closure%20FAQs.pdf|access-date=19 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922043136/http://www.yourfamilymobile.co.uk/images/Coms%20Mobile%20closure%20FAQs.pdf|archive-date=22 September 2015|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

{{As of|2012}}, IKEA has a joint venture with [[TCL Corporation|TCL]] to provide Uppleva integrated HDTV and entertainment system products.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/17/us-ikea-electronics-idUSBRE83G04R20120417|title=IKEA moves into consumer electronics with China venture|first=Anna |last=Ringstrom|work=Reuters|date=17 April 2012|access-date=1 July 2017|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924163510/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/17/us-ikea-electronics-idUSBRE83G04R20120417|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9U6OBFG0.htm |title=IKEA to sell TVs integrated in its furniture |first=Louise |last=Nordstom |date=17 April 2012 |agency=Associated Press |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427111745/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9U6OBFG0.htm |archive-date=27 April 2012 }}</ref>

In mid-August 2012, the company announced that it would establish a chain of 100 economy hotels in Europe but, unlike its few existing hotels in Scandinavia, they would not carry the IKEA name, nor would they use IKEA furniture and furnishings&nbsp;– they would be operated by an unnamed international group of hoteliers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/ikea-launch-chain-budget-hotels-europe-article-1.1137519|title=IKEA to launch chain of budget hotels in Europe|newspaper=Daily News|location=New York |date=16 August 2012|access-date=28 January 2013|archive-date=26 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526040733/http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/ikea-launch-chain-budget-hotels-europe-article-1.1137519|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 30 April 2018, however, the company owned only a single hotel, the IKEA Hotell in Älmhult, Sweden.

It was previously planning to open another one, in [[New Haven, Connecticut]], United States, after converting the historic Pirelli Building. The company received approval for the concept from the city's planning commission in mid-November 2018; the building was to include 165 rooms and the property would offer 129 dedicated parking spaces. Research in April 2019 provided no indication that the hotel had been completed as of that time.<ref>{{cite news|date=30 April 2018|title=Is IKEA about to open its first hotel outside of Sweden?|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-america/united-states/articles/could-a-new-ikea-hotel-be-opening-in-the-united-states/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-america/united-states/articles/could-a-new-ikea-hotel-be-opening-in-the-united-states/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=9 April 2019|quote=Is IKEA about to open its first hotel outside of Sweden?}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=15 November 2018|title=Pirelli Hotel Plan Survives Surprise Attack|newspaper=Independent|url=https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/pirelli_hotel/|access-date=9 April 2019|quote=The approved plans call for a 165-room hotel, 129 dedicated parking spaces, 200 square feet of bicycle storage in the bottom of the IKEA sign, stormwater management, and landscaping improvements, a reconfiguration of IKEA's existing 1,241-space surface lot, and the repair and cleaning up of the building's facade. The proposal does not call for any changes to be made to the building's exterior.|archive-date=18 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518090438/https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/pirelli_hotel/|url-status=live}}</ref> The building was then sold to Connecticut architect and developer Becker + Becker for $1.2{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite web |title=360 State Builder Buys IKEA Hotel Site |url=https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/ikea_hotel_site |access-date=10 March 2022 |website=New Haven Independent |date=6 January 2020|archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310023942/https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/ikea_hotel_site |url-status=live }}</ref> Opening in 2022 under [[Pirelli Tire Building|Hotel Marcel]], it is managed by Charlestowne Hotels and became part of Hilton's Tapestry Collection.<ref>{{cite web |title=How an Iconic Brutalist Building Became One of the Most Sustainable Hotels in the U.S. |url=https://www.buildings.com/articles/43365/hotel-marcel-historic-net-zero |access-date=10 March 2022 |website=Buildings |date=16 February 2022|archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313193316/https://www.buildings.com/articles/43365/hotel-marcel-historic-net-zero |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hotel Marcel opening: Look inside the country's first net-zero energy hotel |url=https://www.boston.com/travel/travel/2022/03/08/hotel-marcel-opening/ |access-date=10 March 2022 |website=The Boston Globe|archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309205639/https://www.boston.com/travel/travel/2022/03/08/hotel-marcel-opening/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 2016 to 2018, IKEA sold a commuter [[belt-driven bicycle]], the Sladda.<ref>{{cite web |last=Small |first=Andrew |date=5 June 2018 |title=Rest In Peace, Ikea Bike |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-05/why-ikea-recalled-its-sladda-bikes |access-date=20 July 2022 |website=bloomberg.com |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808233048/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-05/why-ikea-recalled-its-sladda-bikes |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2017, IKEA announced they would be acquiring the UD company [[TaskRabbit]]. The deal, completed later that year, has TaskRabbit operating as an independent company.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/09/28/assembly-required-ikea-buy-services-site-taskrabbit/0hEMLoF7bxV42i6gzpjqvO/story.html |title=No assembly required? Ikea to buy services site TaskRabbit |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |agency=Associated Press |date=28 September 2017 |access-date=28 September 2017 |archive-date=28 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928205819/http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/09/28/assembly-required-ikea-buy-services-site-taskrabbit/0hEMLoF7bxV42i6gzpjqvO/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 2020, IKEA announced that it had partnered with [[Pizza Hut]] Hong Kong on a joint venture. IKEA launched a new side table called SÄVA. The table, designed to resemble a [[pizza saver]], would be boxed in packaging resembling a [[pizza box]], and the building instructions included a suggestion to order a Swedish meatball pizza from Pizza Hut, which would contain the same meatballs served in IKEA restaurants.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.housebeautiful.com/about/a31401101/ikea-pizza-hut-table/|title=IKEA and Pizza Hut Collabed to Make a Table Inspired by the Stands in Pizza Boxes|last=Allen|first=Kelly|date=11 March 2020|work=[[House Beautiful]]|access-date=17 March 2020|archive-date=17 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317192117/https://www.housebeautiful.com/about/a31401101/ikea-pizza-hut-table/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/18/ikea-pizza-hut-team-create-three-legged-table-looks-just-like-saver-pizza-box-12415886/|title=Ikea and Pizza Hut team up to create three-legged table that looks just like the 'saver' in your pizza box and meatball pizza|last=Lindsay|first=Jessica|date=18 March 2020|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|access-date=23 July 2013|archive-date=19 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319183725/https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/18/ikea-pizza-hut-team-create-three-legged-table-looks-just-like-saver-pizza-box-12415886/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2020, IKEA acquired AI imaging startup Geomagical Labs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashyapkompella/2020/04/13/ikea-acquires-geomagical-labs-top-takeaways-for-retailers-and-startups/|title=IKEA Acquires Geomagical Labs: Top Takeaways For Retailers And Startups|last=Kompella|first=Kashyap|website=Forbes|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417120312/https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashyapkompella/2020/04/13/ikea-acquires-geomagical-labs-top-takeaways-for-retailers-and-startups/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/02/ikea-acquires-ai-imaging-startup-geomagical-labs-to-supercharge-room-visualisations/|title=Ikea acquires AI imaging startup Geomagical Labs to supercharge room visualisations|website=TechCrunch|date=2 April 2020|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=21 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421205338/https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/02/ikea-acquires-ai-imaging-startup-geomagical-labs-to-supercharge-room-visualisations/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2020, IKEA opened a [[concept store]] in the [[Harajuku]] district of Tokyo, Japan, where it launched its first ever [[Apparel|apparel line]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/ikea-is-releasing-its-first-ever-apparel-line-in-harajuku-072120|title=Ikea is releasing its first-ever apparel line in Harajuku|last=Steen|first=Emma|date=21 July 2020|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|access-date=23 July 2020|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722103837/https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/ikea-is-releasing-its-first-ever-apparel-line-in-harajuku-072120|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ingka Centres, IKEA's malls division, announced in December 2021 that it would open two malls, anchored by IKEA stores, in [[Gurgaon|Gurugram]] and [[Noida]] in India at a cost of around {{INRConvert|9000|c}}. Both malls are expected to open by 2025.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Jamkhandikar|first1=Shilpa|last2=Monnappa|first2=Chandini|date=8 December 2021|title=IKEA malls business to invest around $1.2 bln in India – executive|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/ikea-malls-business-invest-around-928-mln-india-top-executive-says-2021-12-08/|access-date=17 January 2022|archive-date=17 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117224017/https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/ikea-malls-business-invest-around-928-mln-india-top-executive-says-2021-12-08/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, IKEA Canada partnered with the Setsuné Indigenous Fashion Incubator, co-founded by [[Sage Paul]], to design and produce the collection ÅTERSTÄLLA, which means to restore, heal, or redecorate, and it was made entirely from salvaged Ikea textiles, reflecting the traditional Indigenous value to "use everything".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Braun |first=Jennifer |date=6 June 2017 |title=Ikea Canada partners with Indigenous Fashion Incubator |url=https://ww.fashionnetwork.com/news/ikea-canada-partners-with-indigenous-fashion-incubator,835653.html |website=FASHION Network}}</ref>