Recently there was a message about the position taken by IKEA. The Swedish furniture manufacturer has decided to remove the photos of Pussy Riot followers from the company's website. They were featured as a result of their winning the Become a Cover Face online contest. The photo shows people in balaclavas, identical to what the members of the community looked like, which not so long ago won scandalous fame. The site administration removed the photos at night from the 21st to the 22nd of the first autumn month.
Perm officials have made another attempt to negotiate with the IKEA the opening of a supermarket in the city. The authorities expect that IKEA will be the anchor tenant in the new shopping center under construction. Unfortunately for residents Perm, of IKEA Perm region of interest only in the long run, is now the Swedes seek in the suburbs and look for a another plot of land near Moscow.
A related group of Swedish company IKEA has started creation of Ikano Bank in Russia. The project will be implemented in the form of a joint venture c Credit Europe Bank, the Russian "daughter" which IKEA is working for more than three years. The new bank will initially serve corporate financial flows IKEA, and then, perhaps, will be engaged in lending and its customers.
29 September 2011 the grand opening of the first IKEA store in Samara region. The ceremony was attended by Vladimir Vladimirovich Artjakov - The governor of the Samara region, Dmitry I. Azarov - Head of Samara city district, representatives of the Swedish Embassy in Russia and the first persons of the company.
25 2011 August will be held long-awaited opening of the first IKEA store in Bashkiria. At the opening ceremony invited the first persons of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa city, as well as representatives of the Swedish Embassy in Russia.
18 August, a technical opening of IKEA store in Ufa, which has become a "dress rehearsal" in anticipation of the grand opening. "Our goal today - to ensure absolute readiness to store all of its employees and technical systems to the long-awaited meeting with buyers," - explained Natalia Shestov, project manager of IKEA in Ufa.
25 2011 August will be held long-awaited opening of the first IKEA store in Bashkiria. At the opening ceremony invited the first persons of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa city, as well as representatives of the Swedish Embassy in Russia.