About IKEA Korea
IKEA entered Korea in December 2014 and we are currently operating four offline stores including Gwangmyeong, Goyang, Giheung, DongBusan, as well as an online store. Also with aims to create a new IKEA that is more affordable, convenient and people and planet positive in today’s rapidly-changing retail environment, we opened city touchpoints ‘IKEA Planning Studio Cheonho’ (April 2020) and ‘IKEA Planning Studio Sindorim’ (August 2020) offering professional, customised planning services for the many people in urban areas.
Based on the IKEA vision ‘to create a better everyday life for the many people’, we aim to inspire the many people to love their homes through home furnishing. Before each store opening, we conduct a wide range of research and home visits to understand people’s life at home in each respective area. This enables us to offer locally-relevant home furnishing solutions that meet the needs and dreams of our target customers. Also as a humanistic company and good neighbour, we are also committed to becoming a great place to work for our co-workers while creating a positive impact in the local community.
Major milestones in Korea
2014.12 IKEA Gwangmyeong opens
2016.03 “Commissioner of Customs Award” at the 50th Taxpayers’ Day ceremony / ‘100 Best Companies to Create Employment’ Award from the Ministry of Employment and Labour
2017.05 ‘Excellent Enterprise for Gender Equal Employment’ Presidential Award from the Ministry of Employment and Labour
2017.10 IKEA Goyang opens
2017.12 National Job Creation Contribution Awards, ‘Presidential Award’ from the Ministry of Employment and Labour
2018.04 ‘Foreign Investor of 2Q’ Award, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
2018.06 ‘Korea’s Best Job Company 2018’ by the Ministry of Employment and Labour
2018.09 Launch of e-commerce in Korea
2018.10 Ranks top in 2H 2018, Korea Standard-Service Quality among home furnishing companies
2019.09 ‘Best Business Owner for Employment of Disabled’ by the Ministry of Employment and Labour
2019.11 ‘Family Friendly Company’ by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family
2019.12 IKEA Giheung opens
2020.02 IKEA DongBusan opens
2020.04 IKEA Planning Studio Cheonho opens
2020.08 IKEA Planning Studio Sindorim opens
IKEA Korea Facts & Figures as of FY2020
· Country Retail Manager: Fredrik Johansson
· Total retail sales: KRW 663.4 billion
· Store visits: 12.3 million
· IKEA.kr visits: 44.7 million
· IKEA Family members: 2.4 million