With continued expansion efforts underway worldwide, IKEA strives to ensure its U.S. expansion supports the company's vision and business model to offer home furnishings at affordable prices. In the U.S., IKEA evaluates markets and builds stores where it can achieve economies of scale. Having clusters of IKEA stores within a market or region of the country enables the company to efficiently streamline and manage its distribution services, recruitment initiatives, training and development and marketing efforts.