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IKEA's Oxford Street store finally has an opening date - everything we know about the new London store

Shopping bags at the ready, IKEA is making a name on the UK's most well known street

Ideal Home · Mar 18, 2025

Ikea to open its first West End store on Oxford Street on May 1

The store's opening follows a complex and delayed three-year renovation to improve the listed building’s environmental performance

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025

How IKEA's top U.K. exec climbed the ranks from forklift driver to the C-suite

Peter Jelkeby, Ikea's U.K. CEO also has sage advice for Boomerang workers having done it himself.

Fortune · Dec 20, 2024

Ikea UK profits fall by almost a fifth despite 12% increase in sales

Higher energy bills, rising prices from suppliers and increased freight costs to blame, says retailer

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2022

Sales jump at Ikea as customers return to shops despite price increases

Ikea said it continued to see a ‘strong appetite from customers to invest in their life at home’.

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022

Who pays the ‘real living wage’ in Britain – and who does not?

More than 10,000 companies pay £9.90 an hour in the UK and £11.05 in London – Burberry and Ikea among them

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2022