Company News
Announcing the Next Batch of Product Management Courseedit
We follow ‘first principle’ approach to Product Management and most importantly, bring to you some of the best product minds from the country who will teach you and Rajiv Srivatsa, CPTO and Cofounder at UrbanLadder is one of the speakers and an industry expert.
Publication – Next Big What (Online)
Date – April 18, 2018
Travel Sketching Workshopedit
At this workshop, you will learn the art of travel sketching which is a pleasurable way of documenting your travels, of creating memories out of moments. You will be guided through the process of sketching with felt pens on paper.
Date: April 21
Time: 11 am
Venue: Urban Ladder, Domlur
Publication – Deccan Chronicle (Print)
Date – April 18, 2018
Competition and Industry News
Is India ready for Ikea?edit
The Swedish home furnishings giant is finally ready to enter the country after years of preparation. This moment has been more than three years in the making for Ikea. In 2013, the Swedish home furnishings giant sent one of its top design executives, Marie Lundström, to India with a singular mission: to understand the Indian mindset and aesthetic.
Publication – Fortune India (Online)
Date – April 18, 2018
Campaigns by McCann India and Triton features in WARC Awards 2018 – Effective Use of Brand Purpose shortlistedit
The panel of 17 brand purpose judges chaired by Claudia Willvonseder, Chief Marketing Officer, IKEA, has selected for the shortlist three Global, three US and three Indian campaigns as well as campaigns From Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Irish Republic and United Kingdom.
Publication – TVnews4u.com (Online)
Date – April 18, 2018
Ikea app Task Rabbit reveals security breachedit
Ikea’s odd jobs marketplace Task Rabbit is investigating a “cyber-security incident”, the company has announced. The app and website let people find freelance workers to complete household tasks such as cleaning, gardening or assembling flat-pack furniture.
Publication – BBC (Online)
Date – April 18, 2018
PM holds round table with top Swedish CEOs, asks them to invest in Indiaedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today invited top Swedish firms to invest in India and said stronger bilateral business relations would augur well for the people of the two countries. The major investors would be the likes of Ikea, AstraZeneca and Volvo trucks, he said.
Publication – Business Standard (Online)
Date – April 18, 2018
IKEA to open store in central Paris in 2019edit
IKEA Group, owner of most IKEA budget furniture stores, said on Tuesday it would open one of its new, smaller city-centre stores in downtown Paris by summer 2019 as part of a push to become more accessible to shoppers.
Publication – Business Television India (Online)
Date – April 18, 2018
India, Sweden agree on ‘innovative partnership’edit
At a roundtable discussion with 30 CEOs of Swedish firms, including Ikea, Saab and Volvo, Modi exhorted top them to invest in India and participate in flagship initiatives, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.
Publication – The New Indian Express (Print)
Date – April 18, 2018