Timeline
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Stockholm Store 1965 — The IKEA store in Stockholm is opened. Thousands of people queued for the opening of our flagship store. The 45,800 square meter store has a circular design, inspired by New York’s Guggenheim Museum. The success created huge capacity problems in serving the customers. By opening the warehouse and letting people serve themselves, an important part of the IKEA concept was born. MTP Bookcase 1963 — Marian Grabinski, consul and architect, designs the MTP bookcase. It was a contemporary classic, and spawned numerous imitators over the years. In building this and other wood products, IKEA forged good relations with Polish suppliers in the 50s and 60s. These relationships still provide the basis for many of our efforts to maintain prices at levels which the majority of people can afford.
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