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This is the place to shop till you drop! Yas Mall is bulging with all the latest brands, plus we have an IKEA and an ACE Hardware for all your home furnishing and DIY needs. Much more than a place to shop 8,500 beautifully designed home furnishings oozing Swedish sophistication Your one-stop-shop for all things home improvement Without doubt, the finest toy store in the world. 6,300 square meters of fun: the newest super-sized family entertainment centre. Shop for women’s, men’s and Kids’ clothes, beauty, furniture, electricals, gifts and much more. A wealth of designer fashion and beauty brands at your fingertips. Electronics, fashion for women and men, beauty, home, stationery, toys, books, music, movies and more. A one-stop-shop for all your active and sporting essentials.Based upon personal experience, yes IKEA will accept returns of assembled furniture. They have to as customers usually will only find defects in their products when they have been completely assembled.
I have included a link to their return policy, but I have both returned items to IKEA fully assembled, as well as I have seen such items being returned. /ms/en_US/cus...I worked at IKEA for two years.I agree with the others.If there are issues with your purchase, you usually can't see them until you have assembled the furniture, or you might get problems later on.I returned a bed frame I had used for several months. There were some issues with the drawers. As long as you have the receipt you can get a refund.Return policy - IKEAThere was just one time that we bought a piece of furniture from IKEA, assembled it at homme, and then realized that I did not measure the space correctly, and that there was no way for us to use it. So we brought it back and explained our predicament, and they were kind enough to take it back. (Hopefully someone else bought it, since there was nothing wrong with it.) I could not blame IKEA if they had refused this return, but this time they were extra nice to us and took it back.
Without reading their returns policy, I'm pretty sure the answer is yes.At the IKEA I go to, there is a fairly large room where discounted furniture is offered. All of the furniture there is assembled and not always in perfect condition. I can't imagine where the inventory would have come from, if not from returns by customers. I'd simply call ahead to verify they'll take it back already assembled, before lugging it down there.Official policy states that IKEA will accept returns up to a year after purchase (as long as family card was swiped at the till, otherwise 3 months) as long as the product is in resalable condition, including packaging. If packaging is damaged or incomplete a 30% fine is normally applied. In the case of faulty items the whole product is likely to be accepted as a return.In response to another poster, the majority of items in the bargain corner area aren't a result of returned items, rather ex-display pieces and deliveries of bad batch stock. SWOT analysis of IKEA
This is IKEA International Group SWOT analysis in 2013. For more information on how to do a SWOT analysis please refer to our article. € 27.628 billion (2012) € 3.202 billion (2012) Argos, Ashley Furniture Home Stores, B&Q, Bob’s Discount, John Lewis, Pier 1 Import, Rooms To Go and many others. You can find more information about the business in its official website or Wikipedia’s article. IKEA SWOT analysis 2013 Constantly using innovations to drive costs down Brand reputation and market presence Further expansion into developing economies Expansion to growing grocery market Growth of average consumer incomeOne of the key competitive advantages IKEA has is its extensive knowledge about the customers. The company understands the purchasing factors that influence customers to buy and implements the best practices to induce that decision. IKEA offers low prices and a huge range of products. Designers constantly introduce new design products that look stylish in the eyes of customers.
All the products are designed so it would be easy to transport and assemble. Moreover, the company offers the widest product range and positive shopping experience. All of these factors are aligned with what customers want and need and which results in higher sales. Without such extensive customer knowledge and best practices to benefit from that knowledge, IKEA would be unable to outcompete its current competitors. Constantly using innovations to drive costs down. Low prices are the cornerstone of IKEA business idea and the the company always try to do things as efficient and cost-effective as possible. To drive costs down all the time, the company must find new and innovative ways to do that and to incorporate them in its businesses model. The business’ innovations include new materials that contribute more to sustainable environment and are less costly or using newest ways of packaging, handling and transporting materials.IKEA is committed to long lasting relationships with its suppliers.
In this way, the company can order large volumes and benefit from lower prices and greater quality while suppliers are assured of guaranteed orders. IKEA sources its materials close to suppliers to reduce transporting costs. The company also uses IWAY approach to closely integrate suppliers with its supply chain. All the efforts of closely integrating supply chain results in lower costs and a competitive advantage. Brand reputation and market presence. According to Interbrand, IKEA is the most valuable furniture retailer brand in the world, valued at nearly $US 12.8 billion in 2012. The business operates 332 stores in 38 countries and is present in the major world markets. More than 600 million customers visit IKEA stores every year. Worldwide market presence and strong brand reputation ensures that customers will often choose IKEA over its competitors.Unlike IKEA’s largest competitors, the company has fairly diversified businesses. In addition to its furniture products, the company operates restaurants, houses and flats.
Although, firm’s main business is designing, manufacturing and selling furniture it is not so affected by the changing forces in this market as other furniture retailers.The company has been criticized many times for issues like poor treatment of employees, questionable advertising practices or lobbying government authorities. Negative publicity decreases brand reputation and customer loyalty. Low quality of products and services. IKEA is unable to find compromise between continuous cost reductions while maintaining the same quality of products. According to UK Customer Insights report on IKEA by Verdict, IKEA’s customers are less satisfied with its product and services quality than the average customer in UK buying at other stores. Firm’s cost reductions lead to decreasing product quality, which was followed by higher number of products returned and damaged brand.IKEA’s main competitive advantage derives from low costs, which in part are achieved due to standardized products.
Standardized products attract fewer customer segments. Therefore, the business inability to offer better quality more customized products allows its competitors to fill that niche and fortify their position in it. Further expansion into developing economies. Retail markets grew by at least 5% on average in emerging markets in the last year, opening huge opportunities for IKEA’s revenue growth. The company currently operates in most of the developed economies but hasn’t firmly stepped into developing economies, except China. There are great opportunities for IKEA to expand into Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and Malaysia to increase its presence in these markets to sustain future growth.Online retail sales account for 17% and 4% of total retail sales in UK and US respectively. Online sales grow constantly and with 870 million visitors to its website IKEA could exploit this opportunity and benefit from increased sales and lower costs. Expansion to growing grocery market. The current trend of eating healthier food has resulted in higher demand for grocery products in many developed economies.