IKEA

IKEA is a Swedish home furnishings retailer. It has 202 stores in 32 countries, most of them in Europe, the rest in the United States, Canada, Asia and Australia. More than 20 are scheduled to open during 2005. IKEA is one of the few store chains to have locations in Israel as well as in other nations in the Middle East.

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IKEA is generally pronounced (IPA ) but in many English-speaking regions, it is pronounced (IPA ) rhyming with the word "idea".

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The IKEA Catalogue, containing about 12,000 products, is printed in 160 million copies (2006) worldwide, and distributed free of charge.

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