Did you Know??

[calendria]

 

I do not shop at this company's store (too expensive) but I find it interesting that they have such a business model!  Anyone else have an interesting retail or wholesale tidbit to share?


As IKEA is owned by a Dutch company which is, in turn, owned by a Dutch non-for-profit, they’re able to get away with paying very little tax. In fact, they only get taxed at 3.5%.

IKEA don’t simply rely on word-of-mouth of course, their marketing ideas have, at times, bordered on genius. One example is in France, where they put a whole house worth of furniture on a rock-climbing wall. Sounds crazy but it certainly got a buzz!

[dsawan]

lucky

[Nancy5]

I've never been to Ikea   The closest one is in Philadelphia which is about one hour away.

[debidoo]

I used to get their catalogs and enjoyed glancing through them before tossing in the trash lol I have never purchased anything from them.  There is a store two towns over from me but I have no interest in their products.

[gtdoss]

I love looking at IKEA products online. They are geniuses! I would absolutely be excited about going to an IKEA store in person, but the closest one is in Atlanta, which I would not want to go into the city just to visit a store. But if IKEA built a store anywhere around me, we'd probably soon be broke! 

[gaylasue]

I have never shopped at IKEA.  I have seen their website.

[bremer51]

I've been to their website, but have never purchased.

[bretay]

i have never shopped there myself..heard a lot about it though...we dont have one in our town..have never went to their website

[oldbuddy]

Just for grins, you should search your local craigslist.org for sale listing for the term "ikea". In Portland Oregon this morning I found 961 items listed. I would be interested how many listings show up in towns where they don't have an Ikea store.

[bshee58]

I've never been there, but we have one here where I live.

[nannycoe1]

I have never bought anything from iKEA

[BATISTAGIRL663]

No I don’t have any but thank you for sharing I have never shopped at a IKEA Way too expensive for my taste

[ghunter]

No, I did not know that, but I have never shopped at a IKEA store

[1imaginarygirl]

I'm confused by all the "too expensive" comments. Their prices are on par with Wal-mart. I've been to the Ikea near me, only once. Most of their furniture is made of cheap particleboard. I would never buy their products.

[elvisdo]

I haven't been to Ikea in a few years. Funny thing is when I did I went to actually go eat more than shop.