Piffka wrote:We LOVE IKEA. I think I spent over $200. What did I get? I dunno.
After I wrote that I thought... damn. What
did we get?* It is always fun, but expensive, to have a day of shoppin' with my daughter.
Jespah, I doubt there'll be an IPO soon. I checked out who owns IKEA. According to CNN, April 2004 - Ingvar
Kamprad is the founder of IKEA (in 1943), but donated ownership to the Dutch Stichting INGKA Foundation in 1982. He is, however, the chairman of that foundation.
PDF document describing IKEA's and the Stichting INGKA Foundations' Environmental History including what they call "Natural Step".
from
http://biodiversityeconomics.org/business/topics-136-12.htm
Quote:The IKEA group is owned by a Dutch foundation, Stichting Ingka Foundation but all management services and the headquarters of the IKEA Group are provided by IKEA International in Humlebaek, Denmark. However, the product range is controlled entirely by IKEA Sweden, ...To secure supplies and help suppliers develop, IKEA is also partnering as joint owners or financiers in a number of countries including Poland, Slovakia, Russia, Romania, and Bulgaria.
Stichting Ingka is chaired by Ingvar Kamprad who is said to "detest waste in any form." IKEA's mission statement: "To create a better every-day life for the majority of the people" was taken in the early 80's to include their interest in the environment, since what was good for the environment was good for the majority of the people.
[*It was "only" $185 and included a a lot of things my d. wanted for her college apartment: knives, colander, ice cube trays, candlesticks, candles, several rolls of gift wrap, a couple of mirrors, a laundry bag. We also bought two new throw pillows with velveteen covers for our living room and some dark blue oval storage boxes that bumped up the total.]
