Russia it has to deal not only with sanctions imposed by the authorities of various countries. Due to the war in Ukraine Many foreign companies withdrew from the country. One of them is IKEA, which announced on March 3 that it was suspending operations in Russia.
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IKEA is getting ready to return to Russia? The company responds
Russian Trade Minister Viktor Yevtuchow announced that IKEA plans to restore operations in Russia – reported by the TASS agency. Jewtuchow turned uwagêthat IKEA has built its stores there and it would be a waste to abandon them.
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Jewtuchow also maintains that multinational companies have suspended their activities in Russia not because of a “special operation”, as the Russians say about the war in Ukraine. According to the politician, the real cause was the supply problems. The minister maintains that companies are reluctant to withdraw completely from Russia, which is a large market for them.
The editorial office of Money.pl asked IKEA representatives, how they relate to these words.
On March 3, Inter IKEA and Ingka Group, responsible, inter alia, for the production of goods for IKEA and the operation of the brand’s stores, decided to suspend IKEA’s operations in Russia and this decision has not changed
– assured the press office. As journalists note, this does not mean that the management board companies it is not probing the possibility of returning to Russia. IKEA has not unequivocally denied that it is considering such an eventuality.
Russia wanted to clone IKEA
Due to the withdrawal of IKEA from Russia, the graphic studio Luxorta-Service from Saint-Petersburg submitted an application for registration of the IDEA logo with the Russian patent office Rospatent. The new logo – blue letters on a yellow background – clearly refer to the identity of the IKEA network.
The owner of the Russian studio, Konstantin Kukkoev, said in an interview with the RIA Novosti agency that new the company will be able to fully meet the demand in the Russian market after the departure of IKEA.
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