Ingvar kamprad founded IKEA.

Ingvar kamprad founded IKEA.

1943, when Ingvar 17 years old, his father gave him a graduation gift to help him start his own company. The name IKEA is a combination of the initials (IK) of the founder's name and the initials of his farm (Elmtaryd) and village (Agunnaryd). At first, IKEA sold pens, wallets, photo frames, decorative tablecloths, watches, jewelry and nylon stockings-almost all low-priced products that ingvar could think of.

1945

The first advertisement of IKEA appeared in the local newspaper.

With the continuous expansion of business, Ingvar kamprad began to advertise in local newspapers and make temporary mailing lists. He distributes products through local milk trucks, which are used to transport products to nearby railway stations.

1947

Introducing furniture into the IKEA range.

Furniture is produced by local manufacturers. Products have been welcomed by people, and the production varieties have been expanded.

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Publish the first IKEA catalogue

The founder of IKEA saw an opportunity to become a large furniture supplier. Soon, he decided to stop producing all other products and concentrate on producing low-priced furniture, and the IKEA as we know it today was born.

1953

Where is the furniture showroom? Imholt opened the door.

In the early 1950s, IKEA products focused on household products. The opening of the furniture exhibition hall is an important moment for the formation of the IKEA concept. Ikea found itself involved in a price war with its main competitor. Both sides reduced the price, but the quality was not guaranteed. By opening a furniture exhibition hall, IKEA can display the function, quality and low price of its products in a three-dimensional way. As IKEA hopes, people wisely choose products with good value for money.

1955

Ikea began to design its own furniture.

Ikea started designing its own home for several reasons. But the real reason why IKEA designs its own furniture is ironic. Pressure from competitors made suppliers stop supplying IKEA. Ikea had to start designing its own furniture, which actually laid the foundation for future development. The furniture designed by ourselves is very creative, with more perfect functions and lower prices. Later, an early employee of IKEA had a whim and decided to remove the legs of the table so that it could be put in the car to avoid damage during transportation. From then on, we began to consider the problem of flat packaging in the design. Flat packing further reduced our price. In this way, in IKEA, a working model began to take shape, that is, turning problems into opportunities.

1956

Ikea began to try flat packaging.

Design products that can be flattened and assembled by customers themselves, which greatly reduces the product cost. The benefits of flat packaging have been obvious since the first day we removed the legs of the table and loaded them into the car. Transport vehicles need less storage space to load more goods, reduce labor costs and avoid damage during transportation. For customers, this means that the price of products is lower and the goods can be transported home conveniently.

1958

Are you online? Lmhult created the first IKEA store.

6700 square meters of building scale! It was the largest furniture exhibition place in northern Europe at that time.

1959

Gillis lundgren, the fourth employee of IKEA, designed Toler and achieved great success.

When visiting a kitchen product manufacturer, he noticed the simple and practical storage logic that we usually use in the kitchen and decided to use the same thinking logic when designing other furniture. After returning to Amholt, he began to work and finally designed Toler.

The hundredth employee joined IKEA.

1963

Opening Norway's first IKEA store on the outskirts of Oslo.

This is also our first shopping center outside Sweden.

Consultant and designer Marianne Glabinski designed the MTP bookcase.

This is a modern and classic bookcase, which has attracted many manufacturers to imitate over the years. In the process of producing this bookcase and other wooden products, IKEA established a good relationship with Polish suppliers in 1950s and 1960s. These relationships are still the basis of our efforts to provide products that ordinary people can afford.

1964

Right? GLA Augras chairs have been redesigned in line with IKEA's style, function and price concept.

1965

IKEA Stockholm Mall opens.

Thousands of people lined up for the opening of our important shopping center. The shopping mall has a scale of 45,800 square meters. Inspired by the Guggenheim Museum in new york, the building was designed as a circle. The shopping mall has been successful, but at the same time, it has also created a problem: too many customers and not enough employees. Later, it was decided to open the warehouse and let customers pick up the goods themselves. Since then, an important part of the IKEA concept has been born.

1969

Opening the first shopping center in Denmark.

The appearance of particleboard in 1960s had a great influence on IKEA.

Particleboard is a low-cost, wear-resistant and easy-to-handle material, which is naturally suitable for IKEA. Designer Ake Fribryter designed the PRIVAT sofa at 1969. The base of this sofa is made of particleboard and treated with white paint. Brown printed thick cotton cloth was designed by textile designer Sven Fribryter. Bright straight lines, practical functions and unparalleled low prices made this sofa a great success at that time.

1973

The first shopping center outside northern Europe opened in the suburb of Zurich, Switzerland.

The success of the mall paved the way for the rapid development of business in Germany, which is the largest market of IKEA at present.

1974

Opening the first IKEA store in Germany in Munich.

Olle Gjerloy-Knudsen and Torben Lind designed the SKOPA Scappa chair.

Modern plastics provide designers with many new ways to make high-quality household goods. However, it is very important to choose the appropriate manufacturing method in the design process. When choosing the manufacturer of Sippa chair, the answer is very simple, although it did meet with some opposition. We spent several months looking for a suitable manufacturer, but nothing came of it. Later, after analyzing the shape of the chair again, we suddenly had an idea and decided to let the manufacturers of plastic bowls and buckets produce this kind of chair. We have not lowered the quality requirements for design and function. The chair actually made is more concise and lively than the lines we designed.

1975

Opening the first IKEA store in Australia.

1976

Opening the first IKEA store in Canada.

1977

Opening the first IKEA store in Austria.

1979

Opening the first IKEA store in the Netherlands.

1980

KLIPPAN Clipa sofa was born.

The United Nations named 1980 as the Year of Children, and IKEA also named it as the Year of Children's Living Room. Our Clipa Clipa sofa is strong, dirt-resistant, suitable for families with children, and soft, so it is very comfortable to sit and lie.

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Opening the first IKEA store in France.

1982

Lack of shelf was born.

1983

The 6,000th employee joined IKEA.

1984

Opening the first IKEA store in Belgium.

Stockholm home series was born.

IKEA has designed a series of high-quality household products with birch, leather and printed thick cloth. Our Stockholm series perfectly embodies the classic high quality, but the price is not high. Stockholm series won the Swedish Excellent Design Award.

1985

Opening the first IKEA store in America.

At first, we were not sure whether the United States needed IKEA. After all, America has everything. What can we bring them? But later we found that many people with different financial resources have great demand for practical and beautiful home products.

Moment sofa designed by Niels Gammelgaard.

When we chose the manufacturer to produce this kind of sofa, we went to a factory that produced trolleys for supermarkets. Trolleys must be strong and durable. We just want to use them. Taking this as a starting point, we have created a novel, comfortable, low-cost and modern sofa. We designed the coffee table at 1987 and won the Swedish Excellent Design Award.

1987

Opening the first IKEA store in the UK.

1989

Opening the first IKEA store in Italy.

1990

Opening the first IKEA stores in Hungary and Poland respectively.

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The first IKEA store opened in the Czech Republic and the United Arab Emirates.

1993

IKEA has opened 1 14 stores in 25 countries.

1994

KUBIST Cupid storage unit was born.

This is one of the earliest products made by IKEA using frame boards. We use cupboard door production technology to make cheap, strong and lightweight storage furniture. Ikea designers always try to develop products in depth and produce beautiful and practical products that ordinary people can afford. By cooperating with manufacturers who can make framed doors, IKEA can reduce costs. In this case, some old factories in Poland were transformed to produce Cupid parts and other IKEA products.

1995

Richard clark designed the DAGIS child seat.

Before designing this kind of children's chair, he made a careful observation of children's habits. Children's chairs should not have sharp corners, but should have a certain degree of softness, but at the same time they should be able to withstand frequent bumps. Children are naughty, but cute and always active. In this spirit, he designed the children's seat. Later, he made a little improvement on the children's chair. As far as we know, there are no stackable child seats. By doing this, Dajes not only saves space, but also facilitates movement.

1996

Opening the first IKEA store in Spain.

1997

Ikea launches children's IKEA

Ikea always provides household items for the whole family. But since children are the most important people in the world, IKEA decided to give priority to their needs. We cooperate with two teams of experts to develop products. Child psychologists and children's game professors help us design and develop products aimed at cultivating children's sports ability and creativity. Children also judge the winning products with us. We have set up a children's play area, a children's model room, and the restaurant has specially prepared children's food, which are loved by children and make them more willing to visit IKEA.

Start the initial version of www.IKEA.com website.

1998

Opening the first IKEA store in China.

1999

IKEA has 53,000 employees in 65,438+050 stores in 29 countries on four continents.

Ingvar kamprad, the founder of IKEA, launched a "thank you very much" activity as a reward for the employees of IKEA Group in the new millennium. On this special day, all IKEA sales around the world will be distributed to employees. The sales target for this day was set very high, and the actual sales even exceeded this target-about 6.5438+87 million guilders. All employees, from restaurant employees to warehouse employees and the president of IKEA Group, received the same bonus. For most employees, the bonus exceeds one month's salary. This is the best way to thank IKEA employees for their contribution to the success of IKEA in the last century. And this is just the beginning.

V from IKEA? RDE kitchen won the international design award.

v？ RDE· Wald provided a new way to redesign the kitchen. Because Valde adopts a unique modular design, you can design the kitchen from scratch, or add a certain part to the original kitchen at will. All these features, together with its classic attractive birch veneer design, won the Red Dot Award for the highest design quality. The Red Dot Award is an internationally recognized innovative design award, which is awarded annually by the "Design Innovation" competition held by Zentrum Nordhein Westfalen, Germany. The judges evaluated the innovation level, function, ergonomics, ecological impact and durability of the participating products, and finally selected the winning products.

2000

Opening the first IKEA store in Russia.