News about IKEA

JOHOR BAHRU (March 29): Swedish furniture maker IKEA is eyeing a third store in the capital of Malaysia but there is no timeline as to when the development will be announced.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 1): Phillip Capital says Aspen (Group) Holdings’ Aspen Vision City (AVC) in Penang could benefit from the creation of communities and opportunities, The Edge Singapore reported today.

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (Jan 30): IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, who built a global business empire with revolutionary flat-pack furniture and was known for his contempt for taxes, died aged 91, the Swedish furnishing giant said last Sunday (Jan 28).

  PETALING JAYA (Nov 16): IKEA Tebrau welcomed its first customers this morning, said the Swedish furniture retailer in a press release today.

The term “smart cities” has been uttered by many, but what makes a city intelligent? Are we really there yet in terms of developing smart cities? Does a smart city equate to less human interaction and render a city soulless? These issues were discussed at a panel discussion themed “Future-planning: Emerging trends in sustainable projects” at the Future Forward Forum 2017 on Sept 7.

JOHOR BAHRU (Oct 5): IKEA Tebrau will open its doors on Nov 16, becoming the Swedish affordable furniture’s first store in Malaysia’s southern region and the largest one in Southeast Asia.

BATU KAWAN (Sept 29): Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld) will be launching the first phase of landed homes in its Eco Horizon township in Batu Kawan, Penang this weekend.

Many companies today cite sustainability as one of their business goals — some take it even further and make sustainability their business.

  PETALING JAYA (Sept 12): Malaysia’s fourth IKEA store, which is coming up in Batu Kawan, will open its doors to the public in 1Q2019.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 29): Our lives are becoming increasingly “smarter” as we move into the future.