Best Buy and IKEA Partner for In-Store Experience

Two powerhouse brands are teaming up to launch a new in-store shopping experience aimed at helping customers plan and get inspired for their next home project.

Minnesota’s Best Buy and Sweden’s IKEA Launch Collaboration

Minnesota-based Best Buy and Sweden-based IKEA have announced a partnership to bring a new shop-in-shop experience to 10 Best Buy stores starting this fall.

IKEA Makes U.S. Retail History

This marks the first time IKEA products and services will be offered through another U.S. retailer. In Minnesota, IKEA already operates a massive showroom store near the Mall of America and several smaller “Plan & Order” locations.

Each participating Best Buy store will include a 1,000-square-foot IKEA section featuring inspirational kitchen and laundry room setups, according to a press release announcing the collaboration.

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Where the Pilot Stores Are Located

The new concept will debut at 10 Best Buy locations, five in Florida and five in Texas. Two stores, located in Lakeland, Florida and Alamo Ranch, Texas, will also serve as pick-up points for IKEA orders placed in-store or online.

Best Buy stores that will feature an IKEA shop-in-shop later this year includes:

Boynton Beach, FL
Daytona Beach, FL
Lakeland, FL
Melbourne, FL
Waterford Lakes, FL
Alamo Ranch, TX
Hulen, TX
Humble, TX
Mesquite, TX
South Austin, TX

Funniest, Quirkiest, And Most Awesome Minnesota Township Names

We all know about goofy Minnesota town names like Fertile and Climax, or funny Minnesota lake names like the infamous Scooty Lake or the Dick Lakes (there's a big and little one), but what about Minnesota townships? Here's a look at some of the most interesting township names in the state.

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The Largest Minnesota Wildfires In Modern History

While Minnesota has experienced even larger, more devastating fires like the 350,00-acre Hinckley Fire in 1884 of the 250,000-acre Cloquet-Moose Lake Fire in 1918, fires have thankfully been relatively smaller in more modern times.

Even though these more modern fires have been smaller, largely due to better firefighting capabilities, many have still been devastating and destructive. Here's a look at Minnesota's largest wildfires since 2007 based on information from the Minnesota Incident Command System.

Gallery Credit: Nick Cooper