The Swedish furniture maker has followed Apple (AAPL, Tech30) and suspended sales after a dramatic fall in the ruble. IKEA halted sales of kitchen furniture and appliances due to the large number of orders it is facing, the company said in a statement. An aluminum folding chair might look perfectly fine at a business conference, but put it in your kitchen, and all of a sudden you look like the saddest bachelor who ever was. Ikea was a demanding client. But Ikea's latest chair, the Janinge, tries to "IKEA Russia is temporarily stopping sales of kitchen furniture and appliances due to a large number of customer orders. Sales of kitchen furniture and appliances will be resumed starting Saturday, Dec. 20," it said in a statement. The company said earlier "Sales of kitchen furniture and appliances are now resumed in all Ikea Russia stores. Prices on the site are currently being updated, therefore they may differ from prices in stores," Ikea said on its website. The company said earlier it would start do-it-yourself furniture with tongue-twister names, the retailer will also be pushing improved services for Canadian shoppers, including home delivery, personal shopping services, old mattress return and kitchen and bathroom installations. Ikea will also Sauder's Archbold, OH plant, already producing IKEA kitchen cabinets, will now produce four furniture lines for IKEA as it readies stores in Miami, Kansas City and St. Louis for opening in 2014 and 2015. IKEA US said it awarded Sauder Woodworking 5-year .
Unlike other brands of kitchen cabinets, which come assembled, Ikea cabinets are like much of the store’s furniture: You have to assemble each and every piece. The daunting assembly process can make even a well-trained woodworker wary. Take for example With the opening, Miami-Dade residents will gain closer access to IKEA’s 10,000 exclusively designed items, including sofas, chairs, kitchen utensils and lighting, at the retailer’s renowned low prices. At the same time, IKEA will fling wide open its The Ikea kitchen was a DIY job. “Keep in mind that that $4,000 from the fact that its products can often be recognized from across the room. “Ikea furniture tends to have finishes that people are familiar with, so you don’t want it to always MOSCOW: IKEA, the world's biggest furniture retailer, said on Saturday it had resumed selling kitchen furniture and appliances in Russia after suspending sales on Thursday as it was not able to meet increased demand. Consumers in Russia have rushed to buy .