Ikea Preowned will be tested in Madrid and Oslo until the end of the year with the aim of rolling out the buying and selling platform globally, according to Jesper Brodin, chief executive of Ingka, ...

When I bought my Georgian vicarage in April, I picked up the keys, opened the front door, and realised I had absolutely no furniture to fill it with, or any money in the bank. I didn’t even own a bed.

Ikea is trialling its own second-hand online marketplace so that customers can sell to each other, rather than relying on buy-and-sell websites like eBay or Gumtree. Ikea Preowned is already up and ...