Who Shops At IKEA?

NIKO · **Reply #15 on:** December 16, 2007, 06:08:36 pm

There is an Ikea away to get built in my home town. Shall have to try it out

AirHanoverInternational · **Reply #16 on:** December 16, 2007, 06:13:38 pm

Funny to see what people at the AM forums are talking about.

I have three IKEA shops in the closer surroundings - all three of them within a 30-45 minute drive (two in Hanover and one in Brunswick, Germany). Have visited all of them many times this years. Guess why? Right, I am married

NIKO · **Reply #17 on:** December 16, 2007, 06:16:09 pm

Yes is funny but now iv read the forum and now Ikea is a must visit!

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Seattle · **Reply #18 on:** December 16, 2007, 06:54:32 pm

In Seattle Metro area their are 4-5 Ikeas.....

I like the shop, but I remember when alot of time when we were supposed to be their for 30 minutes and it turned into 4 hours..... :x

But they always have good food/drinks and the names of the products are sometimes amusing.

Pacific · **Reply #19 on:** December 16, 2007, 06:59:05 pm

Quote from: "Daniel Doorgakant"

There are a few around here in London (United Kingdom)

Ampere Way! :shock:

That used to be my closest when I lived in Croydon! I remember being an idiot there and chewed on a glass of coke (I was 7). :X

joyu12 · **Reply #20 on:** December 16, 2007, 08:04:54 pm

There's 2 of them in Oslo(Norway), both of them are HUGE!

Seattle · **Reply #21 on:** December 16, 2007, 10:24:12 pm

Quote from: "joyu12"

There's 2 of them in Oslo(Norway), both of them are HUGE!

The one we have in Seattle is also huge. Half of the area is parking lots though....

NIKO · **Reply #22 on:** December 16, 2007, 11:36:04 pm

I think it will just be a small IKEA bulit in my nabour hood. It will be in compotition with Lidl who also have weird products

pseudoswede · **Reply #23 on:** December 17, 2007, 08:04:19 am

To all those in the US, you all suck. Denver needs an IKEA! :x I've been to the ones in Schaumburg and Houston, as well as a few in Sweden. One opened recently in my wife's hometown, so I'm sure I'll be going there a few times while I'm here.

On another random note, Ingvar Kamprad has a very modest summer house a few kilometres from my in-law's summer house. The last summer I was here (2006), he spent a few weeks roaming the forests picking blueberries.

AirHanoverInternational · **Reply #24 on:** December 17, 2007, 10:21:36 pm

Quote from: "NIKO"

I think it will just be a small IKEA bulit in my nabour hood. It will be in compotition with Lidl who also have weird products

Lidl does not really compete with IKEA. Lidl is mainly a supermarket while IKEA is a furniture market plus everything you need for decoration (is that an english word?

) and your kitchen (knives, forks, dishes, etc.). They also sell swedish food in a very small corner. Here in Germany they also have a restaurant where it is pretty cheap to eat. But I guess they keep there store looking almost the same in all countries.

nwadeltaboy · **Reply #25 on:** December 18, 2007, 12:02:05 pm

@pseudoswede: How big are the ones in Sweden?

pseudoswede · **Reply #26 on:** December 18, 2007, 12:38:23 pm

The ones in Sweden are pretty big, but nothing like the one in Schaumburg (which I believe is one of the largest in the world).

NIKO · **Reply #27 on:** December 18, 2007, 03:57:10 pm

Quote from: "AirHanoverInternational"

Quote from: "NIKO"
I think it will just be a small IKEA bulit in my nabour hood. It will be in compotition with Lidl who also have weird products

Lidl does not really compete with IKEA. Lidl is mainly a supermarket while IKEA is a furniture market plus everything you need for decoration (is that an english word? ) and your kitchen (knives, forks, dishes, etc.). They also sell swedish food in a very small corner. Here in Germany they also have a restaurant where it is pretty cheap to eat. But I guess they keep there store looking almost the same in all countries.

well i have never been but thanks for that anyway

Daniel Doorgakant · **Reply #28 on:** December 20, 2007, 11:43:32 am

Quote from: "Pacific"

Quote from: "Daniel Doorgakant"
There are a few around here in London (United Kingdom)

Ampere Way! :shock:

That used to be my closest when I lived in Croydon! I remember being an idiot there and chewed on a glass of coke (I was 7). :X

Just down the road, I pop in sometimes when I go to Sportsworld.

Scandalian Airlines · **Reply #29 on:** December 21, 2007, 03:14:14 pm

IKEA is considered a very fancy store worldwide, except in Sweden where it has been seen a bit cheap to shop at. I have always liked IKEA and their affordable designer furniture. They have also been accused (rightfully I think) of stealing designs, but now it's often the other way around.
IKEA's in Sweden are rather big, but nothing compared to abroad, on the other hand there are only 9 million of us and we have tons of IKEA's.
I think I read somewhere that IKEA's central warehouse in Almhult Sweden is one of the largesyt in the world, and Ingvar Kamprad was actually richer than Bill Gates 3 years ago, not bad for a small boy with no education...

And this cool photo was on the front page of a magazine last month: