Archive for May, 2008

Ikea opens first US manufacturing facility - The Local

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Lynchburg News and Advance
Ikea opens first US manufacturing facility
The Local, Sweden - May 22, 2008
Swedish furniture maker Ikea celebrated the opening of its first factory in the United States on Wednesday. Swedwood, a subsidiary of home furnishings giant
IKEA brings jobs to Virginia Winston-Salem Journal
Ikea Opens Plant in Virginia Home Furnishings Business
New IKEA Swedwood plant puts hundreds to work in Danville WSLS.com
WFMY News 2  - Chatham Star Tribune
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Orange pays customers to run Ikea tones - Telecom Paper (subscription)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Orange pays customers to run Ikea tones
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - May 22, 2008
Orange is running an innovative advertising campaign for Ikea with its mobile phone customers. Customers will be encouraged to turn an Ikea advert into

I’ll Have The Room That Matches My Dress Please! - 4Hoteliers

Saturday, May 31st, 2008
I’ll Have The Room That Matches My Dress Please!
4Hoteliers, Hong Kong - 16 hours ago
Golden Tulip and IKEA are jointly building and designing a Tulip Inn in Delft close to the IKEA Concept Centre which is expected to open at the end of this

Ikea Helps a Town Put It Together (Washington Post)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

DANVILLE, Va. Manufacturers gave up on this small town in Southside Virginia years ago. Textiles disappeared. Tobacco wilted. But scrappy little Danville refused to give up on itself. Last week, its determination paid off when Ikea celebrated the opening here of its first furniture factory in the…

Ikea Helps a Town Put It Together

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

DANVILLE, Va. Manufacturers gave up on this small town in Southside Virginia years ago. Textiles disappeared. Tobacco wilted. But scrappy little Danville refused to give up on itself. Last week, its determination paid off when Ikea celebrated the opening here of its first furniture factory in the…

Linux cluster stuffed in an Ikea filing cabinet

Friday, May 30th, 2008

People have been stuffing PCs in all kinds of things they don’t belong in for a while now, but this Linux cluster creatively packed into an Ikea Helmer filing cabinet might be the first time we’ve seen furniture actually modded into a useful case.

ABBA dab ‘I do’ (Orange County Register)

Friday, May 30th, 2008

IKEA offers a very ABBA wedding. IKEA is looking for 20 couples who will consent to be married in the Swedish furniture company’s Burbank story July 17.

Entering Virtual Worlds for Real-Life Pitches (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Starting in June, people who play The Sims 2 will be able to buy a “stuff pack” that lets them decorate their simulated families’ homes with Ikea furniture.

NY Times talks about virtual world brand placement

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Entering virtual worlds for real-life pitches is the story headline over on the NY Times today. The article delves into the deals made by McDonalds, H&M and Ikea to place virtual brands into the Sims. Some extracts from the story…

Entering Virtual Worlds for Real-Life Pitches

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Starting in June, people who play The Sims 2 will be able to buy a “stuff pack” that lets them decorate their simulated families’ homes with Ikea furniture.