Stories Tagged as
Ikea
Ikea ditches its catalog, but other retailers are hanging on to them
Dec 8, 2020
Catalogs can grab people’s attention, if only for a moment.
Remote learning boosts back-to-school spending
by
Erika Beras
Aug 11, 2020
School will be remote for many kids in the fall, and parents have been scrambling to outfit their homes with schooling furniture and supplies.
Instruction manuals tell us more than how to use a product
by
Janet Nguyen
and David Brancaccio
May 29, 2018
They're the "supporting actress waiting in the wings," says the BBC's Helene Schumacher.
More than the meatballs: The economic enigma of Ikea
by
Molly Wood
Nov 23, 2016
How the furniture giant is able to lower prices over time.
How do you define the American dream? Ikea wants to know
Sep 21, 2016
Can a company built on selling stuff help Americans achieve sustainable, happy lives?
How many people actually attach their cheap Ikea furniture to the wall?
by
Tony Wagner
Jun 29, 2016
Ikea's recall of tens of millions of dressers got us wondering.
Meet the woman behind Ikea's living wage calculator
by
Krissy Clark
Aug 6, 2014
Ikea will use an MIT project to set wages in its stores across the U.S.
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Ikea: New Yorkers spend a lot of time in the bathroom
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jun 5, 2014
In which Ikea reveals it knows way too much about us.
CGI in ads grows more popular
Nov 5, 2012
The Swedish furniture maker Ikea increasingly relies on CGI -- computer-generated imagery -- to "make" the items in its catalog. It's enough to raise the question of whether computer graphics could ever replace people in the fashion photography business.
Made in IKEA?
Oct 1, 2012
IKEA says it regrets a decision to airbrush women out of its Saudi Arabian catalogs. The images included one of a mom in her p.j.s, standing at the bathroom sink with her young son.