10 things you may not know about IKEA

IKEA is a giant furniture manufacturer from Sweden. In Vietnam IKEA only places factories without selling products, so some of you may not know them. In 2014, IKEA's net profit reached 3.3 billion Euro. More than 716 million visitors visited IKEA Group stores worldwide in 2014 and over 1.5 billion visits to IKEA.com. Just that much is enough to see how " IKE A" is horrible .

There are many "surprises" and "secrets" about this company that you may not know and below are 10 of them.

1. IKEA Company was founded in 1943

Ingvar Kamprad - Founder of IKEA.

Ingvar Kamprad founded IKEA in 1943, at 17 years old. Initially the company only sold small products such as picture frames and mail order. Until now, Ingvar is 89 years old and owns a fortune of 3.4 billion USD.

A funny thing about Ingvar Kamprad is that he supported Fascism at a young age. But he considered it "one of the biggest mistakes of his life", and he even wrote a letter to his employees asking them to forgive.

2. The first flat-packed furniture boxes remained unsold until 1956

IKEA's packaging is considered a historic creation.

The way to pack wood furniture into IKEA's flat cartons is the shining work of a person working on drafting designs called Gillis Lundgren. When he couldn't put a wooden table in the middle of the car's storage compartment, he decided to remove the table leg to put it in. And since then, everyone considered IKEA's packaging as a historic creation.

3. The name IKEA is an acronym with the first letters

The name IKEA is assembled from the first letters of the founder of the company.

If you wonder, the name IKEA is assembled from the first letters of the founder of the company, and the first place in a town in Sweden. The letters I and K are taken from Ingvar Kamprad's name; the E is from Elmtaryd, where IKEA's first workshop is located; and finally the letter A, taken from Agunnaryd, a town in Sweden. It seems that Ingvar Kamprad is a sentimental person.

4. Each item is named after its own noun

IKEA products are placed by their own nouns or by their own names.

Because Ingvar Kamprad is a dyslexic, he often names the product with proper nouns or personal names, to help him distinguish them more easily. For example, many products for the living room are named after places in Sweden, while bathroom items are named after rivers and lakes.

5. If you live in Scandinavia or in the UK, you can buy an IKEA house

Boklok House is the first "contributor" product that IKEA produces.

IKEA sells a whole house packed in a carton, you just buy and build it up. Prices are comparable to normal houses. Boklok House is the first "contributor" product that IKEA has produced and sold in Sweden in 1996.

6. Each year, the number of copies of catalogs issued by IKEA exceeds the number of Bible books

Each year, IKEA catalogs are distributed to about 180 million people worldwide.

According to The Economist magazine, 100 million copies of the Bible are sold or donated each year. But the truth is still lower than the number of copies of IKEA catalogs released every year. Each year, IKEA catalogs are distributed to about 180 million people worldwide in 27 different languages. Above is a catalog released in 1951.

7. It is estimated that 1 in 10 Europeans sleep in IKEA beds

IKEA is extremely popular in Europe.

Just think for a moment that you'll know how popular IKEA is in Europe.

8. The average area of ​​an IKEA store is about 27,800 square meters

The average area of ​​an IKEA store is equal to 42 tennis courts.

This area is equivalent to about 42 tennis courts.

9. IKEA consumes about 1% of the wood supply on Earth

IKEA furniture accounts for 1% of wood consumption in the world, not less.

You might think 1% is not a big number, but think more carefully. IKEA is simply a furniture company among millions of similar companies worldwide, not to mention companies that use wood to produce something other than furniture.

10. IKEA is mentioned in 3 different parts of the American TV series "Friends".

IKEA appeared three times in American "Friends".

This may be a lot of unknown things, but if you follow American TV series "Friends", IKEA will appear a total of 3 times in the movie.