Milk Studios
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Milk Studios is a Swedish
speciality products retailer. Their headquarters are in Älmhult
, Sweden. Milk Studios has 12 locations in Sweden, two in Norway
, and three in the United States
.
Milk Studios was founded in 1987 by Alex Hammer, and originally carried a variety of specialty products made by various Swedish product designers at their Älmhult retail locations. In 1993, Milk Studios dropped that product line, and began to carry their own exclusive line of cards, paper, calendars, office supplies, books, drafting tools, and clothing designed by the company in Älmhult.
In 1998, Milk Studios began online
sales and expanded their sales outlets to several American and Europe
an chain stores, including IKEA
, Merona
, Museum of Design-Stockholm, and others. In 2004 they acquired the Dairy Farm, a large, American specialty retailer and opened an office location in Tiburon, California
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
speciality products retailer. Their headquarters are in Älmhult
Älmhult
Älmhult is a locality and the seat of Älmhult Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden with 8,518 inhabitants in 2005.It was in Älmhult that the first IKEA store was built, and IKEA still has a large corporate presence here....
, Sweden. Milk Studios has 12 locations in Sweden, two in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, and three in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Milk Studios was founded in 1987 by Alex Hammer, and originally carried a variety of specialty products made by various Swedish product designers at their Älmhult retail locations. In 1993, Milk Studios dropped that product line, and began to carry their own exclusive line of cards, paper, calendars, office supplies, books, drafting tools, and clothing designed by the company in Älmhult.
In 1998, Milk Studios began online
ONLINE
ONLINE is a magazine for information systems first published in 1977. The publisher Online, Inc. was founded the year before. In May 2002, Information Today, Inc. acquired the assets of Online Inc....
sales and expanded their sales outlets to several American and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an chain stores, including IKEA
IKEA
IKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer...
, Merona
Mérona
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, Museum of Design-Stockholm, and others. In 2004 they acquired the Dairy Farm, a large, American specialty retailer and opened an office location in Tiburon, California
Tiburon, California
Tiburon is an incorporated town in Marin County, California. It occupies most of the Tiburon Peninsula, which reaches south into the San Francisco Bay. The smaller city of Belvedere occupies the south-east part of the peninsula and is contiguous with Tiburon...
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