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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday October 11 2017, @04:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the better-sell-screwdrivers-also dept.

Ikea will start experimenting with selling its famous flatpack furniture through online retailers as part of a wider push to become more accessible to shoppers.

The Swedish chain - known for its vast edge-of-town outlets - is also testing a smaller city centre store format.

Other innovations include order and pick-up points and standalone kitchen showrooms.

The moves are a response to changing shopping patterns.

Ikea has has not said which websites will be part of the test, but Amazon and Alibaba are thought to be likely contenders.

The chain sells many of its 9,500 products on its own website, but was a late arrival to the online retail market.

Waiting on an endless line at the checkout is the best part about buying Ikea's goods.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DECbot on Thursday October 12 2017, @12:15AM (1 child)

    by DECbot (832) on Thursday October 12 2017, @12:15AM (#580867) Journal

    As a new(ish) homeowner, I'd love to buy your real solid timber furniture--but either it's crap or I can't afford it. If I have to buy crap just to have seat while I save for quality, it might as well be cheap and stylish. Once I'm done blowing money on debt and savings, I may look for this quality furniture you're talking about--because at that point the kids will hopefully be beyond their most destructive years. More likely, I'll have amassed a garage full of woodworking equipment necessary to make marginal solid wood bookshelves and tables. As long as it is good enough to keep the wife from blowing more cash at Ikea, then it is good enough.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 12 2017, @02:49AM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday October 12 2017, @02:49AM (#580932) Journal

    I have some stuff from Ikea. It's easy to assemble, but it also falls apart quickly. The dressers are useless because the bottoms of the drawers warp out immediately and make it impossible to pull out, with items from upper drawers cascading into the lower. The furniture is uncomfortable crap. But if you can't afford real furniture and insist on having a consistent look & feel, it's a solution.

    If you're willing to tolerate a degree of eclecticism and do a little work, you can get some nice pieces for less than Ikea would cost. You pick up what other people throw away or want to get rid of in a fire sale and refurbish it. We filled up most of our house that way. The best find was a full sized leather sofa on Craig's list that had some damage to the leather, and whose elastic suspension had sprung. $80 for a side of chocolate leather from a wholesaler in Queens, a little elbow grease, and we had a fine sofa instead of the spending $3K we had been prepared to spend at Macy's for a brand-new one. Also used the old, distressed leather from the old one to create some cool-looking wallets, belts, etc.

    Of course it takes time to do that, but it's a good return on investment because that piece will last and last. Also, it beats watching TV.

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