Ingka Group

History

2023: Gazprombank acquired the Mega shopping center network from Ingka Group

On September 28, 2023, the group Gazprombank announced the acquisition of a network of Mega shopping centers Russia from foreign investors - Swedish. Ingka Centres More. here

2022: Desire to return to Russia in the future after the forced closure of business during the conflict in Ukraine

In June 2022, the owner IKEA and Mega in June 2022 announced their desire to return to the future. Russia Ingka Group, the parent company of IKEA and Mega networks, hopes to return to Russia in the future, but at the moment does not see the conditions for this. On June 15, the company announced the closure of factories Russia in and the dismissal of employees due to sanctions USA and their satellite countries, adopted against the background of Russia's special operation on. To Ukraine

2021

Investing 21 billion rubles in Solar Systems

On April 13, 2021, Ingka Group announced its investment in Solar Systems. Under the terms of the agreement, the owner of IKEA will buy 49% in the subsidiaries of the Russian company - in Sunlight Energy LLC, Fifth Project Company LLC, Sixth Project Company LLC. The transaction cost is 21 billion rubles, the press service of Ingka reports. Read more here.

Buying 49% stake in UK bank Ikano

In mid-February 2021, it became known that Ingka, which owns the Ikea retail chain, acquired a 49% stake in the British bank Ikano, which specializes in point-of-sale lending and credit cards under the store's brand name. IKEA will be able to buy out the remaining 51% later, when the acquisition is approved by Swedish regulators. Through the purchase, Ikea will be able to follow the lead of other major retailers who use a "buy now, pay later" strategy. Read more here.