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IKEA to pay Russia staff through August
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Customers shop in IKEA store in Omsk, Russia March 3, 2022. REUTERS/REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER
By Anna Ringstrom
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -IKEA has extended the period it will pay nearly 15,000 staff in Russia by three months, through August, and may continue to pay workers beyond that.
The world's biggest furniture brand in early March said it would temporarily close stores and pause sourcing in Russia, citing supply chain disruption and challenging trading conditions due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. At that time, it said all affected staff would be paid, in roubles, at least through May.
"We have managed to prolong that to six months," Tolga Oncu at IKEA stores owner Ingka Group told Reuters in an interview. "We keep monitoring, analysing, looking at what's happening and will make decisions as we go forward."
Many Western companies have paused operations in Russia due its invasion of Ukraine and the resulting sanctions against Moscow, and a growing number of businesses have flagged they will exit the country indefinitely.
Firms including McDonalds and Renault (EPA:RENA), have said they will continue to pay staff in Russia for the time being.
Russia has warned it may nationalise foreign businesses that have shelved operations in the country.
IKEA operates through a franchise system with Ingka the main franchisee to Inter IKEA, which is also in charge of supply and in Russia employs 2,500 at three factories.
Ingka, also one of the world's biggest shopping centre owners, has so far kept its 14 malls in Russia, branded "MEGA", open.
Oncu declined to give details on where the money to pay the local wages would come from. "We comply with all the sanctions. We are utilising the assets that we have (in Russia)," he said.
Oncu also declined to say whether the furniture retailer was considering exiting Russia altogether.
Ingka has 17 stores in Russia and one distribution centre. In its latest fiscal year, Russia was its 10th-biggest market with retail sales of 1.6 billion euros, or 4% of total retail sales.
The commitment to extend pay by another three months affects both Ingka and Inter IKEA staff, an Inter IKEA spokesperson said.
Some Ingka employees have been reassigned to work with returns of goods, and store, warehouse and systems maintenance.
Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation."
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Comments (5)
Rolln
May 08, 2022 9:04PM ET
They really think this going to be resolved? And they are giving russians long paid holiday? Sickening. No more ikea products
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Chad Richer Than You
May 08, 2022 6:47PM ET
These stu.pid Swedes
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Klaus Mittwoch
May 08, 2022 6:27PM ET
They are really believe that they will come back and business will be as usual? I am not buying in Auchan, Leroi Merlin, Decathlon. If IKEA will make business with *****Russia I can stop buying in IKEA, as well.
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Winiom Associates
May 08, 2022 5:27PM ET
You have to fight these American companies for higher wages.But they are willingly paying Russians while they sit at home.
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Todd Gray
May 08, 2022 5:27PM ET
I thought IKEA was a Puerto Rican company, with all that modern clean styling, and Puerto Rican Meatballs.
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Chad Richer Than You
May 08, 2022 5:27PM ET
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