The company which was originated in Småland, Sweden, distributes its products through its retail outlets. As of May 2010, the chain has 313 stores in 37 countries, most of them in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. The IKEA Group itself owns 276 stores in 25 countries and the other 37 stores are owned and run by franchisees outside the IKEA Group in 16 countries/territories. 2006 saw the opening of 16 new stores. A total of at least 15 openings or relocations are planned for 2010.
In some languages, "IKEA" is pronounced something like [iˈke.a], but in English it is /aɪˈkiː.ə/, similar to the word "idea." As such, IKEA brought action in the Supreme Court of British Columbia successfully preventing a competitor in Victoria from using the name "Idea." Its Chinese name is "宜家" (yíjiā), which literally means "fit for home" in written Chinese and sounds like the phrase "right now" in Cantonese pronunciation.
The IKEA Website contains about 12,000 products and is the closest representation of the entire IKEA range. There were over 470 million visitors to the IKEA websites in the year from Sep. 2007-Sep. 2008.[9]
IKEA is keen to show leadership in adopting more environmentally friendly measures in its manufacturing processes[dubious ]. In 1990, IKEA adopted The Natural Step framework as the basis for its environmental plan
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