Houthi Red Sea Attacks Send Shipping Costs Soaring over 300%
Shipping costs rose over 300 percent due to the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea.
IKEA
Ikea Pitches Anti-Macron Protesters with ‘Noisy’ Pots and Pans Deal
Ikea waded into the fray of the political firestorm in France, offering anti-Macron protesters deals on ‘noisy’ pots and pans.
Woke Ikea Lectures Customers Not to Eat Fries to Fight Climate Change
At least one Ikea in Germany has told its customers not to eat french fries, with the massive corporation complaining that the food is bad for the climate.
Thousands of Coronavirus-Weary Chileans Mob South America’s First-Ever Ikea on Opening
Thousands of Chileans in the capital of Santiago flocked to the opening of Ikea’s first South American store on Wednesday, waiting in a lengthy queue in the early morning hours to be able to partake in a shopping spree of the Swedish company’s products.
Amazon Emerging as Top ‘Ocean Vendor’ as it Skirts Supply Chain Using Private Vessels
The online behemoth Amazon is trying to bypass the supply chain crisis by hiring private shipping vessels to transport products globally.
LOOK: Ikea Store Shelves Sit Empty as World’s Largest Furniture Seller Hit By Global Supply Chain Issues
Empty shelves will be more common in North America, followed by Europe, according to company officials.
Ikea Atlanta Under Fire After Featuring Fried Chicken and Watermelon on Juneteenth Menu
An IKEA store in Atlanta, Georgia, is under fire after featuring fried chicken and watermelon on its “special” menu for employees on Juneteenth, later apologizing and pleading that it was done with the “best of intentions.”
Ikea France, Execs on Trial for Illegally Spying on Customers and Staff
VERSAILLES, France (AP) – Ikea’s French subsidiary and several of its executives are set to go on trial Monday over accusations that they illegally spied on employees and customers.
IKEA Store Manager Charged For Firing Christian Employee Over LGBT Remarks
A Polish prosecutor has charged an IKEA manager with violating the religious rights of an employee sacked for voicing strong objections, within the company, to a corporate event supporting tolerance for LGBT people last year.
COP24 Boasts About Vegan Hot Dogs but Critics Complain of ‘Meat-Laden Menu’
The United Nations’ COP24 took to social media on Wednesday to boast about serving vegan hot dogs, saying the dogs have a carbon footprint that is “seven times smaller” than a regular hot dog.
Chinese Media Hounds Ikea for Treating Taiwan Like a Country
Swedish furniture company Ikea is the latest Western corporation facing pressure to comply with China’s speech codes, as Chinese media and Internet users assail the company for treating Taiwan like a separate company on its website.
More Companies Accused of Using Facebook to Exclude Older Job Applicants
Ikea, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and the University of Maryland Medical System have been added to a lawsuit which alleges certain companies routinely use Facebook advertisement targeting to exclude older people from job applications.
Eritrean ‘Ikea Killer’ Claiming Compensation for ‘Disparaging’ Facebook Comments
The Eritrean man who murdered a mother and her son in Ikea as “revenge” for the Swedish state having rejected his asylum application is claiming damages for “defamatory” posts about him on Facebook.
IKEA To Move More Production To United Kingdom After Brexit
Anticipating post-Brexit changes in market conditions, Swedish furniture giant IKEA has revealed it is considering producing more of the products sold in Britain in Britain. Presently only a small fraction of IKEA products sold in the UK are made in Britain
Swedish ‘Ikea Killer’ Asylum Seeker Wants to Serve Sentence in Eritrea Because He Doesn’t Like Swedish Prison
An Eritrean migrant who murdered a 55-year-old woman and her son in an Ikea because his asylum application had been rejected is requesting to serve his sentence in Eritrea after being threatened and beaten in multiple Swedish prisons.
VIDEO: Two-Year-Old Saves His Twin Brother from Being Crushed Beneath Fallen Dresser
A two-year-old boy has saved his twin brother from being crushed beneath a fallen dresser by pushing the dresser so he could roll out.
WATCH: Seinfeld Star Delivers in Israeli Commercial
A beloved “Seinfeld” character made an unlikely reprise: in an Israeli commercial for the furniture giant Ikea.
Seinfeld Star Touches Down in Israel
The actor, Wayne Knight, most familiar for his role as Newman in the acclaimed comedy series ‘Seinfeld,’ landed on Sunday morning in Israel.
Migrant Influx Sparks Run On IKEA Beds In Germany, Sweden
Several IKEA stores in Germany and Sweden have run out of beds and mattresses due to a surge in demand caused by the influx of migrants, the Swedish furniture chain said Friday. “There is some shortage in several stores in Germany
As IKEA Killings Trial Begins, Swedish Establishment Figures Cling To The ‘It Wasn’t Terrorism’ Line
The trial of 36-year-old Abraham Ukbagabir started in Vasteras, Sweden today, the Eritrean migrant charged with the murder of two Swedish citizens inside an IKEA store in August. Now out of hospital, where he has been recovering since trying to kill
When A White Guy Killed In Sweden It Was Terrorism, When An Eritrean Migrant Did, It Wasn’t. Why?
The wave of racial violence presently sweeping Sweden, and the radically different ways the government reacts to these individual events tells us volumes about a nation slowly and fatally overdosing on white guilt. There have been two reasonably analogous killings
Sweden’s Response to Violent Migrants: Stop Selling Knives, and Protect Immigrants from ‘Backlash’
The IKEA superstore near Stockholm which witnessed a double murder this week by Eritrean asylum seekers has responded by ending the sale of kitchen knives in-store, and the government has stepped up its policing at asylum-lodgings to defend against a backlash.
