ikea
... Ahlskog, IKEA is sometimes called a Swedish furniture giant. ... – Yes, thats right that IKEA is a big player in the home furnishing business. The IKEA Group has more than 150 stores in about 29 countries worldwide. ... Over 260 million people visited IKEA stores around the world last year. IKEA purchases its products from about 2000 suppliers in 55 countries and has 40 Trading Service offices in 33 countries. IKEA also have its own industrial group, Swedwood, with 33 production plants in 10 countries. – Russia is in the impressive list of countries where the IKEA group operates. When did IKEA come to Russia? ... – IKEA started to purchase in Russia nearly 20 years ago. The first IKEA Trading Office in Russia opened 12 years ago in Saint Petersburg followed by the second one in Moscow. ... IKEA opened its first Russian store in Moscow on 22nd of March 2000. ... – IKEA suppliers from various regions of the Russian Federation attended the workshop held in Pskov. However IKEA does not have suppliers in the Pskov region. ... – IKEA is working together with a big number of suppliers in Russia. Companies that want to do business with IKEA need to be competitive when it comes to price, delivery security, quality and environmental performance. ... – Today IKEA is working with environmental demands to the Russian suppliers. ... The minimum requirements on solid wood, valid from September 2000 that all suppliers must fulfil are: • The solid wood must not originate from intact natural forests or high conservation value forests unless certified according to a standard recognised by IKEA.