Best Buy shoppers in select markets, including four in Central Florida, will soon have access to a new in-store experience that blends appliances with home furnishings, thanks to a first-of-its-kind partnership between Best Buy and IKEA.

Corruption is a key issue in Portugal's early general election on Sunday.

Satirical French newspaper La Bougie du Sapeur only comes out on Feb. 29, once every four years.

World leaders, CEOS, protesters and thousands of others will soon descend on San Francisco for a high-profile trade summit that could give the battered city a chance to reverse its image as a powerhouse in decline.

Ikea’s U.S. Community Foundation, in partnership with the African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida, recently donated $75,000 to Black businesses in Orlando, according to a statement from the company.

Russians are snapping up Western fashion and furniture this week as H&M and IKEA sell off the last of their inventory in Russia.

Swedish retailer Ikea is known for the distinctive names of its flat-pack home products.

Ikea is testing out a furniture buyback program in the U.S.

A French court has ordered home furnishings giant Ikea to pay more than $1.3 million in fines and damages Tuesday over a campaign to spy on union representatives, employees and some unhappy customers in France.

Ikea has recalled some bowls, plates, and mugs because of a possible burn hazard.

But at Monday's trial in the Versailles court, lawyers for Ikea France denied any strategy of “generalized espionage." Another accusation alleged that Ikea France used unauthorized data to try to catch an employee who had claimed unemployment benefits but drove a Porsche. Former Ikea France CEOs Jean-Louis Baillot and Stefan Vanoverbeke, former Chief Financial Officer Dariusz Rychert, store managers and police officers are also going on trial. Ikea France, a subsidiary of Swedish furniture company Ikea, said Monday it has cooperated with French judicial authorities. In France, Ikea employs more than 10,000 people in 34 stores, an e-commerce site and a customer support center.

Millions of kids logging onto virtual school this fall has parents scrambling to find furniture for them. But John Furner, who runs Walmart’s U.S. stores, acknowledged low stocks of kid’s desks and laptops in a ABC News interview on Sept. 11. “It’s not as cute or trendy as a bought desk and I wish it had drawers for storage,” said Fry. Will the homemade desk make it through the school year? “I could not believe in three weeks how much damage he’s done to this desk.”_____Follow Joseph Pisani on Twitter @ josephpisani