IKEA – Swedish for Never-Mind-That-Old-Family-Heirloom-Instead-Buy-This-Particleboard-Item-With-a-Funny-Name
IKEA, I heard recently, has announced plans to expand its already-vast store in Richmond B.C. Business is booming. I learned some intriguing things about the company while reading Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture this week. The author, Ellen Ruppel Shell, takes a close look at the massive retailer in this 2009 book about [...]