ikea is one of the largest home furnishing companies in the world, with more than  co-workers, 234 stores in 34 countries/territories and a turnover in 2007 of 19.8 billion euro. <br><br>our business idea is to offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at price so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them.<br><br>we have a world wide 16 trading areas in order to supply our customers with home furnishing products. we work in close cooperation with our more than 1,000 suppliers in over 55 countries.