Sweden, Smaland, Almhult, site of the first IKEA store built in Sweden, IKEA Museum, display about founder Ingvar Kamprad

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IKEA isn’t a family business, but it might just become one again

Sweden, Smaland, Almhult, site of the first IKEA store built in Sweden, IKEA Museum, display about founder Ingvar Kamprad

Ingvar Kamprad died in 2018 after creating one of the most recognisable retail brands in the world, IKEA. He also constructed one of the most complex and intricate structures for a business ever. That structure might be confusing, but it’s delivering record profits. Can it last into the third generation?  

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