article_snippet.sent: IKEA opened up IKEA first shop in China in 1999 and China is now home to three of the top five largest IKEA stores in the world, only beaten by one in Stockholm.
article_snippet.sent: After the first shop opened in Beijing, pictures emerged of shoppers camping out on the sofas with pictures families, reading newspapers and eating biscuits.
article_snippet.sent: The flat-pack chain was founded by 87-year-old Ingvar Kamprad in 1943 and The flat-pack chain is now the world’s largest furniture retailer.
article_snippet.sent: IKEA first opened in Beijing in 1998, and shoppers were pictured camping out on shoppers sofas with newspapers .