Ikea Minimum Wage

FILE - This June 3, 2015, file photo, shows an IKEA store in Miami. Ikea's U.S division is raising the minimum wage for the second year in a row as the Swedish ready-to-assemble furniture chain looks to improve its relations with workers and reduce worker turnover. Starting Jan. 1, Ikea's average minimum hourly wage will increase to $11.87, which is $4.62 above the current federal wage and marks a $1.11 increase, or 10 percent, from this year's average minimum pay. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

 Alan Diaz

(WAND) — IKEA is planning to open a new store in Illinois this year. 

IKEA is a furniture retailer founded in Sweden in 1943. It is well-known for its affordability and self-assembly furnishings. 

The company announced several new store openings planned for 2026, including a location in the Gurnee Mills shopping mall in Gurnee, Illinois. Gurnee is about 50 minutes north of downtown Chicago, near the Illinois-Wisconsin border.

Illinois currently has two IKEA stores and five pick-up locations throughout the state, including a pick-up location in Champaign. There are 55 total locations across the U.S.

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