In honor of World Sleep Day on Friday, March 13, the company will be giving some shoppers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend the night in a showroom at either the Ikea Brooklyn or Ikea Costa Mesa store.

IKEA has agreed to pay $46 million to the parents of a 2-year-old boy who died of injuries suffered when a 70-pound (32-kilogram) recalled dresser tipped over onto him, the family’s lawyers said Monday.

A child dies every 10 days from furniture tipping over and crushing them, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Now federal safety experts are weighing in on a new dresser design from a giant retailer that’s supposed to prevent tip overs.

Ikea is announcing a new dresser line designed to prevent tip overs. Ikea says the furniture has stability features including an interlock that allows you to open only one drawer at a time, unless the dresser is attached to the wall. The new design is coming December 2019.

“If you can put IKEA furniture together, you can make a gun at home.” Untraceable homemade weapons are a real concern for law enforcement. A local politician is looking for solutions. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4, 2019.

Ikea put together real life series sets imitating popular television shows like “Friends,” “The Simpsons,” and “Stranger Things.”

There’s a hidden danger on the streets of Southern California that’s skyrocketing in popularity among criminals — homemade ghost guns. They’re untraceable.

Jimmy Fallon challenges the audience to see if they can tell the difference between “Game of Thrones” character names and Ikea products, earning a handshake from Kit Harington with each right answer.

If you received a new flat-screen TV or a dresser for the baby’s room over the holiday, you’ll want to consider how to mount or place the new addition to your home.

The nation’s largest grocery chain has begun to phase out the use of plastic bags as more Americans grow uncomfortable with their impact on the environment. Kroger Co. will start Thursday at its QFC stores in and around Seattle, with the goal of using no plastic bags at those stores next year. The company said it will be plastic-bag free...

Two years ago, IKEA recalled millions of dressers because the dressers could tip over and crush young children. Now, four safety groups say IKEA has not done enough to remove the recalled dressers from consumers homes, posing a safety risk for everyone, especially young children.

Two years ago IKEA recalled millions of dressers because they can tip over and crush young kids. And now, safety groups say IKEA has not done enough to remove these dressers from consumers’ homes. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018.

Two years ago Ikea recalled millions of dressers because they can tip over and crush young kids. Now, four safety groups say Ikea has not done enough to remove these dressers from consumers’ homes.

Lego will release new sustainable pieces in November. The pieces will be made of polyethylene which is plastic made with ethanol extracted from sugar cane rather than crude oil.

TaskRabbit says it’s investigating a cybersecurity incident that has caused it to shut down its online on-demand services platform. The Ikea-owned service has been offline since Monday and showed no signs of restarting Tuesday. A notice sent to users advises them to change their passwords if they use the same password on other sites. TaskRabbit is an online platform for...

Ingvar Kamprad, the IKEA founder who turned a small-scale mail order business into a global furniture empire, has died at 91, the company said Sunday. IKEA Sverige, the chain’s Swedish unit, said on Twitter that Kamprad died Saturday at his home in Smaland, Sweden. “He will be much missed and warmly remembered by his family and IKEA staff all around...

Ikea is recalling 29 million chests and dressers after six children were killed when the units toppled over and fell on them.

Ikea has relaunched the recall of what had been 29 million chests and dressers following the death of an eighth child. CEO Lars Petersson said the company wants to increase awareness of the recall for several types of chest and dressers that can easily tip over if not anchored to a wall. The death of a California toddler, who was...

Tipping dressers are being recalled again by Ikea after a toddler in Buena Park was killed in May. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for Today in LA Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017.

kea is making moves so you don’t have to assemble a sofa or bookcase yourself. The furniture seller said Thursday that it is buying online on-demand services platform TaskRabbit, which lets users hire people to help them move, clean up the house or assemble furniture. Much of Ikea’s furniture requires customers to screw together table legs, bedframes and dining room...