STØR
Defunct American furniture chain
title: "STØR" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-companies-established-in-1987", "retail-companies-established-in-1987", "defunct-retail-companies-of-the-united-states", "ikea", "retail-companies-disestablished-in-1992"] description: "Defunct American furniture chain" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STØR" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Defunct American furniture chain ::
STØR Furnishings International Inc. was an American furniture chain based in City of Industry, California, that opened in 1987. It sold European-style furniture and ready-to-assemble furnishings. Advertisements for the chain ended with the statement "STØR: without the 'E'". One such advertisement patterned after the "tastes great [vs.] less filling" Miller Lite slogan featured two such tradeoffs, "furniture [vs.] accessories" and "low prices [vs.] style".
IKEA filed a lawsuit against the company shortly after opening, claiming copyright infringement,{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Stor+opens+store+No.+2%2c+despite+foreign+lawsuit.+(furniture+industry)-a06843726|title=Stor opens store No. 2, despite foreign lawsuit.
A 1992 episode of The Simpsons called "Lisa the Beauty Queen" references STØR in a parody called "SHØP" which features a STØR-style building in IKEA's colors.
References
References
- "Swedes smell success: Ikea plans to challenge Stor furniture stores.".
- "Observers hail Stor-Ikea merger.".
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