Abstract
When faced with the sudden Covid-19, many companies have suffered large or small losses, especially small and medium-sized retailers, they have been hit unprecedented — compulsory policies imposed by the government have forced them to suspend their business, thus bringing many problems, such as inventory backlog, increased management costs, capital chain breakage, and so on. However, in today's time for the outbreak to recover, these retailers must begin to consider how to recover after the outbreak. Therefore, this paper takes the world-famous chain retailer Ikea as the research object, uses SWOT/PEST analysis method to analyze the dilemma and opportunities of Ikea, at the same time studies the practice of Ikea, studies the advantages of Ikea's practice for retailers. This essay holds the view that the measures IKEA did give suggestions to small and medium-sized enterprises to restore the economy, and hopes to help retailers quickly recover or even surpass the pre-epidemic level.