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Ikea plans seven new U.S. stores through winter 2027—six large-format locations plus one Plan and Order small-format store—opening in Illinois, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, New York and Florida in 2026, with two more in New York and Colorado in early 2027, supplementing recently opened Chantilly, VA and Rockwall, TX locations as part of Ingka Group’s €5 billion investment to expand and modernize its store network.
Sponsored: IKEA’s AVHÅLL LED Outdoor Portable Lamp debuts for about $29.99–$30, offering a weatherproof chrome finish with battery power and USB-C recharge, plus three brightness levels (100%, 30%, 10%) for outdoor use and stylish indoor applicability; designed by Carl Öjerstam, it’s pitched as an affordable way to bring the season’s chrome trend outdoors.
Ikea’s 2026 PS Collection, a 44-piece lineup built around playful functionality, blends sit-and-sleep versatility (chair-bed and sofa-bed options) with clever workspace pieces—from a bendable Lex Pott lamp and a rock-worthy pine bench to a collapsible four-seat desk and birdhouse-inspired bedside table—creating stylish, budget-friendly ways to outfit home offices.
Ikea announced plans to open a 54,000-square-foot Madison store at Prairie Towne Center in the former Bed Bath & Beyond, featuring fully furnished room settings with over 5,000 products and a Swedish deli, with a fall opening.
Ikea’s PS 2026 Easy Chair is a $200 inflatable armchair built around a tubular frame with a dual-chamber air seat, pumped by a foot pump and wrapped in a fabric layer for comfort. Weighing about 8 kg (18 lb) and packing into a six-inch-thick box, it marks Ikea’s return to inflatable furniture after earlier failures and has reportedly withstood cat testing as well as human testing, signaling potential future air-filled products beyond this chair.
Ikea previewed three pieces from its PS 2026 experimental collection, including a two‑chamber inflatable easy chair that still inflates with a pump but is stabilized by a carbon steel frame to prevent balloon‑like movement; the emerald‑green chair uses two fabric‑wrapped air chambers and a metal frame to maintain its shape, with no price yet, and other new items include a rocking wooden bench and a rotating lamp.
Samsung is expanding its SmartThings platform to support IKEA’s Matter-over-Thread devices, promising seamless plug‑and‑play integration and richer automation in the SmartThings app, though real-world success depends on Matter’s reliability, as IKEA’s devices have struggled to connect in some setups.
Samsung SmartThings now supports IKEA’s 25 Matter-enabled devices via Thread, enabling direct connection to the SmartThings hub and broader compatibility with Samsung appliances and third-party products. The integration includes devices like bulbs, plugs, sensors, and a scroll wheel remote, and adds features such as Sleep environment insights and Family Care. Built on Matter and Thread 1.4, the update aims to simplify setup and expand the smart‑home ecosystem across brands, with availability varying by market.
Samsung says its SmartThings platform now delivers glitch-free, native-like support for Ikea’s Matter devices with upgraded integrations and a dedicated app experience, potentially fixing ghosting and other quirks—though the need for platform-specific tweaks shows Matter hasn’t fully eliminated vendor work for a reliable smart-home setup.
A Pokemon Pokopia–Ikea collaboration launches April 1 and runs through June 30, introducing a special ‘cloud island’ with two Ikea-designed rooms themed after Pikachu and Snorlax; the rooms will also be recreated in select Japanese Ikea stores. Participating locations will host a stamp rally from April 18 to May 10, with seven Pokopia stamps, plus Ikea cafeterias feature Pokopia decorations, sticker giveaways, and raffles, all while supplies last. The event celebrates Ikea’s 20th anniversary in Japan and is limited to participating stores.
An aesthetically striking, $100 doughnut-shaped lamp, Ikea's Varmblixt adds ambient lighting with color options and Matter support, pairing with Apple Home, Alexa, or Google through QR setup and automations; it can mount on a table or wall, uses replaceable bulbs, and while the app/automation controls shine, the included remote can be fussy and a hub may be needed for some setups.
IKEA has launched the ANKARLÄGG LED nightlight, a $3.99 motion-activated light that can be mounted on any flat surface with adhesive—no wiring, hub, or batteries swapping required. It detects movement within about 9.8 feet and provides soft illumination for spaces like bathrooms, cabinets, and stairs, offering an affordable, hassle-free lighting upgrade.
IKEA announces a 66,000-square-foot store at Gurnee Mills Mall in Gurnee, Illinois, set to open in 2026 as part of a nationwide rollout that includes additional new locations and makes it IKEA’s third Illinois store (joining Bolingbrook and Schaumburg); the store will offer about 3,000 take-home items, around 600 smaller pieces, and a full range of IKEA food.
IKEA says it will open its third Colorado store this year in Fort Collins as part of a broader U.S. expansion that includes 10 new stores in 2026; the Fort Collins location will join Centennial and Colorado Springs (which recently added a smaller-format store), and a planned Broomfield project was scrapped. The retailer also highlighted strong FY2025 results as it continues to invest in more affordable, accessible and sustainable shopping nationwide.
IKEA announced Oklahoma’s first store will open in Tulsa in 2026—a 51,000-square-foot, smaller-format outlet at the former Belk site in Tulsa Hills Shopping Center—with no exact opening date yet; the plan is part of a broader U.S. expansion that includes other cities, while IKEA reported $5.3 billion in 2025 sales and over 61 million store visits; local leaders welcomed the project and more details will be released closer to opening.