Editing IKEA (section)

===Traditional store layout===
IKEA stores are typically blue buildings with yellow accents<ref>{{cite news|title=The IKEA logo – history and design|url=https://www.ikea.com/ph/en/this-is-ikea/about-us/the-ikea-logo-history-and-design-pub55d85f50|access-date=12 December 2021|website=ikea.com|archive-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731181736/https://www.ikea.com/ph/en/this-is-ikea/about-us/the-ikea-logo-history-and-design-pub55d85f50|url-status=live}}</ref> — Sweden's [[national colours]]. They are often designed in a one-way layout, leading customers counter-clockwise along what IKEA calls "the long natural way" designed to encourage the customer to see the store in its entirety (as opposed to a traditional retail store, which allows a customer to go directly to the section where the desired goods and services are displayed). There are often shortcuts to other parts of the showroom.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nudge – How IKEA's Store Layout Design Influences Your Spending – Thoughts on Wayfinding |url=https://wp.nyu.edu/thoughtsonwayfinding/2017/11/19/the-nudge-how-ikeas-store-layout-design-influences-your-spending/ |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111203357/https://wp.nyu.edu/thoughtsonwayfinding/2017/11/19/the-nudge-how-ikeas-store-layout-design-influences-your-spending/ |archive-date=11 November 2020 |access-date=29 October 2019}}</ref>

The sequence first involves going through the furniture showrooms making note of selected items. The showroom usually consists of simulated room settings where customers can see the actual furniture in use, e.g.: a living-room with a sofa, a TV set, a bookcase and a dining table, accessorized with plants, cushions, rugs, lamps, plates, glasses and cutlery. Showroom sections are usually displayed in the order of the rooms of a house: living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, kids' rooms. The customer then collects a shopping cart and proceeds to an open-shelf "Market Hall" warehouse for smaller items. Lastly, the [[self-service]] furniture warehouse stores the showroom products in [[flat pack]] form for the customer to collect the ones previously noted. Sometimes, they are directed to collect products from an external warehouse on the same site or at a site nearby after purchase. Finally, customers pay for their products at a cash register. Not all furniture is stocked at the store level, such as particular sofa colours needing to be shipped from a warehouse to the customer's home or the store.
[[File:Ikea, Ottawa, Ontario (29983462651).jpg|thumb|IKEA store in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada]]
Most stores follow the layout of having the showroom upstairs with the marketplace and self-service warehouse downstairs. Some stores are single level, while others have separate warehouses to allow more stock to be kept on-site. Single-level stores are found predominantly in areas where the cost of land would be less than the cost of building a 2-level store. Some stores have dual-level warehouses with machine-controlled silos to allow large quantities of stock to be accessed throughout the selling day.

[[File:IKEA Damansara Market Hall (As-Is section) 20221125 102122.jpg|thumb|As-is area at IKEA Damansara, Malaysia]]
Most IKEA stores offer an "as-is" or "bargain corner" (recently rebranded as "re-shop and re-use") area at the end of the warehouse, just before the cash registers. Returned, damaged, and formerly showcased products are displayed here and sold with a significant discount.

In March 2022, IKEA swiftly exited the Russian market, due to [[Russia's invasion of Ukraine]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=IKEA takes the next step to scale down in Russia and Belarus - IKEA Global |url=https://www.ikea.com/global/en/newsroom/corporate/ikea-takes-the-next-step-to-scale-down-in-russia-and-belarus-220615/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=IKEA}}</ref> leading to a surplus of items that were earmarked for the Russian market in IKEA's warehouses. To get rid of these items quickly, IKEA has been reselling these in a number of non-Russian IKEA stores near the bargain corner at a discount.<ref>{{Citation |last=Hullian111 |title=English: Stock intended for Russian IKEA being sold at Sheffield IKEA's Circular Hub, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. This stock was withdrawn from sale and exported to the United Kingdom as a result of IKEA's withdrawal from Russia and Belarus due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. |date=2023-09-07 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IKEA_Sheffield_Russian_Stock_Clearance_09.jpg |access-date=2024-05-05}}</ref>