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Hej and Välkommen to the IKEA Tampa Fan Blog. Stay up to date on the IKEA Tampa store and all IKEA Tampa happenings. IKEA Tampa opened at 9am on Wed., May 6, 2009. Please visit often and feel free to share your IKEA Tampa stories here, as well. Tack!
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IKEA Tampa Facts
- Opened May 6, 2009 at 9:00 am
- 400 Employees
- Located at Adamo Drive and 22nd Street
- Built on 29 Acres
- 600 Trees
- 353,000 Square Feet
- Largest IKEA in Florida
- 10,000 Exclusively Designed Items
- 3 Model Home Interiors
- 50 Room Settings
- 300 Seat Restaurant
- Supervised Children Play Area
- 1700 Parking Spaces
- 3rd IKEA in Florida
- 6th IKEA in the Southeast
- 37th IKEA in the US
IKEA Facts
- Swedish Company
- Founded in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad
- The Word IKEA was formed from the founder's initials (I.K.) plus the first letters of Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd, the farm and village where he grew up
- In 1953, the First IKEA Furniture Showroom Opens in Älmhult
- In 1958, the First IKEA Store is Inaugurated in Älmhult
- In 1985 the First US IKEA Store Opens
- In 2007, 522 Million People Visited the 279 IKEA Stores
- Located in 36 Countries
- 34 are Located in the US
- Full Benefits for Employees Who Work At Least 20 Hours Per Week
- Ranked in FORTUNE's List of "100 Best Companies to Work For" (Three Years in a Row)
- Ranked in Training Magazine's List of "Top 125 Companies that Excel at Human Capital Development" (Five Years in a Row)
- Ranked in Working Mother Magazine's list of "100 Best Companies for Working Mother's" (Four Years in a Row)
Favorite IKEA Store Area
IKEA Tampa in the News
- IKEA Tampa: Latest News on Google
- The Real Key to Our Economic Recovery Could Lie in IKEA Meatballs (3-22-09)
- IKEA Offers a Sneak Peek (3-18-09)
- IKEA Plans May Opening for Tampa Store (3-13-09)
- Tampa Ikea will need 350 more workers, eventually (12-10-08)
- Tampa Ikea May Begin Hiring In January, Store Says (12-9-08)
- Some Assembly Required (10-6-08)
- Tampa IKEA Construction Moving "Without a Glitch" (8-25-08)
- With Movement of Shovels, IKEA Inches Closer (6-5-08)
- IKEA Groundbreaking Ceremony Held For Tampa Site (6-4-08)
- IKEA Tampa to Break Ground June 4 (5-22-08)
- IKEA Hires General Contractor (4-1-08)
- Saul-Sena Comments on her Letter to IKEA (1-22-08)
- City Leader Wants Ikea Assembled Differently (1-15-08)
- For IKEA Newbies, Tips from the Pros (11-10-07)
- Council Approves Zoning For Tampa IKEA (6-15-07)
- IKEA Coming to Tampa (3-26-07)
- IKEA to Spruce Up Downtown (3-26-07)
- IKEA Tampa Press Release (3-26-07)
All Things IKEA
- IKEA Tampa
- IKEA.com
- IKEA Online Catalog
- BoKlok
- IKEA on YouTube
- IKEA on Wiki
- IKEA Fans: Personalizing the IKEA Experience
- IKEA TV Ads
- What is a Lingonberry?
- IKEA Hacker
- The IKEA Blog
- The IKEA World
- Positive Fanatics: The Unofficial IKEA Web Journal
- The Original Ohio IKEA Fan Website
- IKEA in Carolina Blog
Fun IKEA
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- IKEA Tampa Fan Blog "Featured" in Local Tampa Blog
- IKEA Groundbreaking Treats
- IKEA Tampa Groundbreaking Posters
- IKEA Tampa Groundbreaking Souvenir
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1 comment:
Did you notice on the map that there is still that blue blob of virgin territory on the east coast that is South Carolina . . . ?
I say demographics be damned . . . they need to open the next store in Myrtle Beach.
baby-steps . . . I know . . . baby steps . . .
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