What IKEA and Fogg teach us: Be unreasonableDarshan Patel is the founder of Vini Cosmetics, the owner of, among other brands, Fogg that became the number one deodorant in sales within...
14 Feb, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Food for thought: Why IKEA started serving snacks at their outletsThe store recently set foot on Indian grounds, with their first store in Hyderabad.
16 Aug, 2018, 03.20 PM IST
5 fun facts about Ikea's founder Ingvar KampradKamprad passed away at 91 at his home in Smaland, in southern Sweden following a short illness.
05 Feb, 2018, 08.36 AM IST
Ingvar Kamprad, Ikea’s Swedish billionaire founder, dies at 91Founding Ikea in 1943, Kamprad then started marketing pens, wallets and nylon stockings in the local media, and distributed them using a mi...
28 Jan, 2018, 06.16 PM IST
The story of how Ikea was assembled in IndiaIkea’s first store in Hyderabad is a few months away. Land has been bought in Gurgaon, Bengaluru and Mumbai but retail stores will not come...
17 Dec, 2017, 03.39 PM IST
How many billionaires would it take to save the planet?One can only imagine what the most affluent in 44 countries, with an estimated wealth of $786 billion can do with their money.
27 Jul, 2017, 03.02 PM IST
IKEA group appoints Jesper Brodin new CEOBrodin will take over the helm of a furniture and retail empire with 348 stores, 45 shopping centers and 140,000 employees in 28 countries.
25 May, 2017, 01.45 AM IST
Many of the world’s wealthiest people are getting older and plotting what’s nextThe problem is most acute in the US and Europe, where about a quarter of the billionaires on the index are age 80 or older, compared to 20 ...
05 Mar, 2017, 06.02 PM IST
Tycoons who doubled their fortunes with acts of miserlinessIn the billionaire's world of high stakes and freshly-minted money, frugality can easily be mistaken for stinginess.
30 Mar, 2016, 08.26 AM IST
IKEA India staff to get Rs 1.12 lakh as pension pay-outEmployees of Swedish home furnishings major IKEA in India will get a lumpsum amount of Rs 1.12 lakh as part of its global retirement fund.
03 Dec, 2015, 07.50 PM IST
At $86 billion Bill Gates world's richest self-made billionaire: Wealth-X reportMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates is the world's richest self-made billionaire with a personal fortune totaling nearly $86 billion, according...
17 Jun, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
Three traits of entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs and Ingvar Kamprad according to Malcom GladwellPopular thinker and writer Malcolm Gladwell says true innovators combine openness, conscientiousness and disagreeability.
24 Oct, 2014, 06.52 PM IST
Mukesh Ambani 18th richest man in world: IndexIndian business magnate Mukesh Ambani is the 18th richest person in the world with a personal wealth of $24.7 billion in 2012, according to...
03 Jan, 2013, 11.10 AM IST
Why you should look forward to IKEA's entry into IndiaThe entry of the 24.7-billion euro Swedish giant will bring in many other positive direct and indirect benefits for India.
01 Jul, 2012, 04.53 AM IST
- World's top 20 richest people: Forbes
Here is a list of the world's 20 richest people, their wealth, businesses or interests, and countries, according to Forbes magazine's 2009 ...
12 Mar, 2009, 04.11 AM IST
- Indian billionaires beat Chinese, Americans in GDP weightage
India has been identified by Forbes as the biggest source of billionaires in Asia, followed by China, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia. Weeke...
09 Mar, 2008, 02.15 PM IST
- Gates, Buffett may not be able to keep pace19 Mar, 2007, 11.00 AM IST