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Steals+Deals: Pros to help when some assembly is requiredWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:48PMPlus: Prix fixe meals for $10 to $30 and summer clearance at Galleria

Entrepreneurs delivering the goods for those far from an Ikea storeThursday, July 7, 2011 @ 10:25PMSide businesses spawned by the demand for retailer's products pop up in cities where Ikea is absent One Saturday each month, Emily and Mark Schmitz make a road trip to Ikea.

Entrepreneurs bring Ikea products to buyersThursday, July 7, 2011 @ 11:07AMST. LOUIS -- One Saturday each month, Emily and Mark Schmitz make a road trip to Ikea. The south St. Louis County couple usually hit the road around 3 a.m. Once they get to the Bolingbrook, Ill., store, they split up to be more efficient. The Schmitzes end up spending about eight hours at the store, including two hours loading up their truck and trailer. "We'll check out with anywhere from 14 to ...

Special to the TimesSaturday, July 2, 2011 @ 3:54AMBy Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Friday, July 1, 2011 Kip Tindell, chief executive of the Container Store, is one of the ground-floor forces behind the home storage/organizing phenomenon. Opened in 1978, his first tiny Dallas store transformed milk crates and metal egg cages into shabby-chic home storage units and demonstrated how steel wire shelving brings a sense of order to cluttered ...

Hanna Rosin: Crowded HouseWednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 2:19PMFrom 20-something kids to aging grandparents, everyone's moving back in with Mom and Dad

So, farewell Habitat. You made us modern | Yvonne RobertsSunday, June 26, 2011 @ 7:41AMThe store that brought a new world to an ecstatic generation of babyboomers is on its way out A visit to Habitat in the 1960s was a step into the future. It allowed a working-class girl (ie a female under 30) to leap from the dark brown world of her mother's fake oak, heavy-duty sideboard, floral carpet, chintz three-piece suite and blue willow pattern china into an über-Scandinavian land of ...

Beyond TROMSÖ: How Ikea And Filip Nilsson Dominate AdvertisingFriday, June 24, 2011 @ 1:08PMThis may surprise many U.S. consumers unfamiliar with Ikea spots, but the legendary Swedish furniture company is this year's Advertiser of the Year at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. In a series of videos, Filip Nilsson, chief creative officer at Forsman & Bodenfors, explains his shop's approach--and offers insights into its massive appeal. Ikea is the Advertiser of the ...

Beyond TROMSÖ: How Ikea And Forsman & Bodenfors Dominate AdvertisingFriday, June 24, 2011 @ 1:08PMThis may surprise many U.S. consumers unfamiliar with Ikea spots, but the legendary Swedish furniture company is this year's Advertiser of the Year at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. In a series of videos, Filip Nilsson, chief creative officer at Forsman & Bodenfors, explains his shop's approach--and offers insights into its massive appeal. Ikea is the Advertiser of the ...

Beyond TROMSÖ: How Ikea And Forsman & Bodenfors Seduce CustomersFriday, June 24, 2011 @ 1:08PMThis may surprise many U.S. consumers unfamiliar with Ikea spots, but the legendary Swedish furniture company is this year's Advertiser of the Year at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. In a series of videos, Filip Nilsson, chief creative officer at Forsman & Bodenfors, explains his shop's approach--and offers insights into its massive appeal. Ikea is the Advertiser of the ...