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Ikea looks to grow. Gradually.
This post has been updated. See the notes below for details.Ikea Group, the Swedish home goods retailer currently residing in 298 blue-boxed stores in 26 countries, wants to expand. Just don’t rush it. The company opened 11 new stores in nine countries in its fiscal year ended Aug. 31 – buying the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Companies and Corporations, Hybrid Vehicles, Earnings Forecasts
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Wealthy homebuyers in China embrace the McMansion
An American export has turned out to be a surprising hit in China: the McMansion. Though "McMansion" may not be the kindest term for this Chinese architectural phenomenon, that's the case: Wealthy locals in Beijing and other cities have become smitten...
Tags: Condos, Arts and Culture, France, Beijing (China), China
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IKEA will also bring more traffic
OK, Burbank people, show us you are not dumb. You are going to get the largest IKEA ever at San Fernando Road and Alameda, streets with two lanes each way and you had to complain about traffic if Walmart came in. Well, I agree about the traffic.... -
Less is more at PMCA design exhibit
If you caught LACMA's great California design retrospective last year, “Living in a Modern Way,” you came away with the idea that Southern California was the tip of the post-World War II modernist spear. Along with the familiar names of...
Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walnuts, Benny Goodman
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Giuliana and Bill Rancic's new nursery: Not just for baby
For anyone who has felt exiled from the rest of the family while trying to soothe or feed a fussy infant, the new Brentwood nursery of Giuliana and Bill Rancic will be a welcome design. The nautical theme may have been inspired by the television...
Tags: Ralph Lauren
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Indeed.com ranks top 15 retail employers
This year’s Black Friday became the backdrop not only for doorbuster HDTV sales but for protests from retail workers across the country. Workers at Walmart, Target, even Macy’s, have decried unfair wages and conditions.
So which retailers...Tags: Target, Halloween, Career and Workplace, Employees, Employment Opportunities
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Getting organized is more than a New Year's promise
Not only is the promise of getting organized a common New Year's resolution, but organizing and staying organized is also a process at which some make a living, including Michelle Worthington, a professional organizer and owner of Worthy Spaces in Boca...
Tags: Sunrise (Broward, Florida)
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Ikea ad angers Thai transgender group
Thailand’s transgender residents are displeased with Swedish furniture retailer Ikea because of a new ad they say is “disparaging” and “disrespectful” to their way of life. The commercial — titled “Luem Aeb,&...
Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Social Issues, YouTube, Gays and Lesbians
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Dominic West - From 'The Wire' to 'The Hour' and beyond
The Baltimore SunThere is certainly no shortage of outstanding leading men working in American TV drama these days. Jon Hamm, Damian Lewis and Michael C. Hall to name a few. But it would be hard to find any whose proven range is greater than that of Dominic West, star of...Tags: Entertainment, Music, London Theatre, David Simon, Eliza Doolittle (music group)
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Grown-up themes at Young at Art
In her art, Tina La Porta uses several media to explore mental illness and her own experiences after being diagnosed schizophrenic. "Chasing Rabbits," her most recent work, addresses the auditory hallucinations that can accompany schizophrenia. In the...
Tags: Davie, Arts, Arts and Culture, Symptoms, Fine Artists
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There's still hope amid loss of state money
Burbank took a huge hit this week when state officials in charge of winding down local redevelopment stripped the city of roughly $30.5 million that had previously been earmarked for affordable housing projects. It was the latest ax to fall after the...Tags: Finance, Walmart, Jerry Brown, Economy, Business and Finance
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