Tag: Ingvar Kamprad
TechnoServe joins forces with the IKEA Foundation and the Visa Foundation to launch the Green Accelerator Program for scale-bound businesses
PRNewswire Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]June 5: On the occasion of World Environment Day, TechnoServe launches the first cohort of the Greenr Sustainability Accelerator supported by the IKEA Foundation and the Visa Foundation. Over the next 3 years, Greenr Accelerator, a TechnoServe initiative, will nurture 400 high-growth companies in 5 cohorts to make significant progress in the…
Interview: IKEA CTO optimistic about China’s business prospects
LISBON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — Swedish furniture giant IKEA is enthusiastic about new business opportunities emerging from the Chinese market, which has rapidly changing dynamics and behavioral changes of Chinese consumers, a senior IKEA executive told Xinhua recently. “There’s a fundamental shift happening in China, where people are getting more into health and wellness, people…
Anti-moomin propaganda on the streets of Moscow
Propaganda posters mocking the two most popular children’s authors in Finland and Sweden have recently been seen on the streets of Moscow, Russia. The posters have a picture of Uncle Sam representing the United States holding two dolls – Moominpapa and Pippi Longstocking. The now iconic characters were created in the middle of the 20th…