Numbers up

Ikea stores welcomed 838 million visitors in 30 countries, 3 per cent more than a year earlier. The company’s web page meanwhile had 2.4 billion visitors, up by 10 per cent.

The group also said its ‘Click & Collect’ service, which enables consumers to order online and pick up their products in store, and ‘TaskRabbit’, which offers buyers at-home assembly help in the US and Britain, were developing well.