Background Information: IKEA IKEA is a Swedish company registered in the Netherlands that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture (such as beds‚ chairs‚ and desks)‚ appliances‚ and home accessories. As of January 2008‚ the company is the world’s largest furniture retailer. IKEAis the world’s most successful mass-market retailer‚ selling Scandinavian-style home furnishings and other house goods in 230 stores in 33 countries and hosting 410 million shoppers per year. IKEA offers a comprehensive
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Executive Summary IKEA’s aim is to open 50 stores in USA by 2013. However‚ its current product design‚ market segmentation strategy and target consumers strategy cannot help IKEA achieve that aim. The reasons are that Scandinavian design and style is just a niche‚ that the market segmentation is narrow and that the target consumers are also just a small portion of the mass furniture buyers. These 3 aspects cannot help IKEA appeal broader consumers. So we need to reevaluate and redesign the three
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IKEA is a well-known global brand with hundreds of stores across the world. In order to improve performance‚ it must assess its external and competitive environment. This will reveal the key opportunities it can take advantage of and the threats it must deal with. IKEA responds to both internal and external issues in a proactive and dynamic manner by using its strengths and reducing its weaknesses. Through this‚ IKEA is able to generate the strong growth it needs to retain a strong identity in the
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1) Looking at Ikeas challenges.. -low cost replacement for wood -global warming -deforestation - new sources of supply to support more store openings Option: Fabricating material Eco Friendly Substitute‚ still low cost… look a like 2) those countries match Ikeas target market -college students -budget -standard of living -income Challenge: -known for stylish‚ low-cost -other firms see Ikea as a threat and to compete and sustain they have developed new low cost furnishing
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effectively. IKEA mostly based on Scandinavian design and quality. IKEA target young low to middle class consumers with its competitive advantage such as low cost. When expanding to the United States market‚ IKEA ran into a few problems by using this formula because of the different tastes in furniture‚ cultural change‚ and more competition. Therefore‚ IKEA had to adopt some activities to fit American consumer behavior. For example‚ as American consumers do not enjoy the long queue‚ IKEA offers delivery
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“IKEA has as a fundamental guiding principle to work in the same way and to be perceived in the same way in every country. This provides operational advantages and makes it possible‚ so it is argued by senior management‚ to keep prices low and attractive for as many people as possible” (Steve Burt; Ulf Johansson; Asa Thelander‚ 2010). Everyone knows IKEA is a well-known and have a long history multinational furnishing retailer in the world. Its open style show room and shelf display break the
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IKEA (Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd) is a privately held‚ international home products Swedish corporation that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture‚ appliances and home accessories. The company is now the world’s largest furniture retailer.[2] IKEA was founded in 1943 by 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad in Sweden‚ named as an acronym comprising the initials of the founder’s name (Ingvar Kamprad)‚ the farm where he grew up (Elmtaryd)‚ and his home parish (Agunnaryd‚ in Småland‚ South Sweden)
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STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF IKEA POLITICAL-Foreign investment restrictions-Companies as charity for tax avoidance-VAT increase to 20%-Globalization has eased import rules.-Government regulation climate change act 2008) | Ref13119 | ECONOMICAL-Economic crisis in North America.-Rising raw material and transport cost in 2009-Low spending power due to recession.-Recession in Russia-High import tax in japan | Ref2‚34677 | SOCIAL-Requirements on wood supplier-Brand image-Does not accept child labour-Women
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SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY A summary of the case study: IKEA invades America Submitted to: Nazmus Sadekin Lecturer‚ Dept. of Economics‚ Southeast University Submitted by: Tasnuva Amreen Khan - 2011020106012 (Group Leader) Sayeed ahmed Khan - 2011020106023 (Group coordinator) Amit Roy - 2011020106027 Ferdousy Rahman - 2011020106021 Md. Anis Uzzaman - 2011020106016
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1. Develop a profile of the typical IKEA customer. To what extent does the profile vary across countries? IKEA customers’ profiles are typically relative to their domestic markets as their perceptions can be more or less easily matched with their expectations. IKEA targets customers who are willing to assemble furniture themselves‚ self-servicing while looking at the furniture‚ and willing to deliver furniture home by themselves. The majority of the customers like to perceive themselves as either
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