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IKEA Workers Have Asked for a Union and the Company Hasn't Responded
Hamilton Nolan · 11/12/15 01:04PMWhat's It Like Working at Ikea?
Hamilton Nolan · 06/24/15 03:34PMMuseumgoers Think IKEA Painting is Real, Amazing, Worth Six Figures
Jay Hathaway · 03/20/15 02:00PMArt is whatever people think it is, and what people think it is depends an awful lot on context: For example, whether the work is being displayed in an art museum by a dapper bloke in glasses and a vest, or whether it's sitting alongside other copies of the exact same print in an IKEA, with a listed price of €10.
IKEA Hates Fun, Shuts Down Hide and Seek Games at Dutch Stores
Dayna Evans · 03/17/15 02:50PMYou know what would be a fun way to spend your Saturday night? Playing hide and seek with a huge group of Dutch people at an IKEA in Amsterdam. IKEA is wicked stressful, and that stress could be alleviated with some childhood revelry among plastic laptops and display couches. IKEA's bosses, however, have to disagree.
Missing 12-Year-Old Boy Finally Rescued From IKEA After Six-Day Search
Jay Hathaway · 11/11/14 05:35PMSwedish Woman Finds IKEA Bags Filled With 80 Human Skeletons
Jay Hathaway · 08/01/14 09:40AMPranksters Trap Shoppers Inside IKEA Showrooms, Watch Them Freak Out
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/15/13 10:04AMIf there was anything in our present world that most closely resembled a futuristic dystopia, it would be IKEA.
Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/06/13 02:30PM
Couple Gets Married Inside New Jersey IKEA Store
Taylor Berman · 06/11/13 09:38PMFor once, IKEA is in the news for something other than a poop or horse meat scandal: Eight years ago, Shirley Stewart and Berkely “Rashid” Smith met in the framing department of a New Jersey IKEA. When Smith proposed earlier this year, the couple decided to tie the knot in the same store, in the same section.
IKEA Removes Pork-Tainted Moose Lasagna From Stores
Taylor Berman · 04/07/13 07:29PMIKEA's massive food scandal continues. Six weeks ago, the Swedish furniture store ran into some trouble after its famed meatballs tested positive for horse DNA in several European stores. Then, one week later, it was revealed some of the chain's almond cakes contained a bacteria normally found in shit.
IKEA Recalls Almond Cakes After Realizing They Might Contain Poop
Caity Weaver · 03/05/13 02:58PMRemember last week when IKEA recalled some meatballs for containing horsemeat, even though horse is a kind of meat, so technically they were still balls of meat, i.e. "meatballs"? Today the Swedish furniture behemoth recalled some almond cakes after tests revealed they contained a bacteria normally found in poop.
IKEA Stops Serving Meatballs After Some Found to Contain Horse Meat
Neetzan Zimmerman · 02/25/13 10:09AMIKEA Australia Offers a Free Crib to Any Baby Born 9 Months From Today
Caity Weaver · 02/14/13 06:15PMShearling Coat-Wearing Monkey Found Wandering Around Canadian Ikea
Taylor Berman · 12/09/12 07:05PMAccording to various reports, a very fashionably dressed monkey was found wandering around an Ikea in Toronto. Apparently, the monkey, who was wearing a shearling coat and a diaper, was brought to the store by his owners and left in the car while they went inside. But, as you might have guessed from his coat, this wasn't your regular, run-of-the-mill monkey, content to stay in the car while his owners had all the shopping fun. As the Globe and Mail reports:
IKEA Apologizes for Using Forced Labor to Manufacture Its Furniture
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/16/12 10:50AMSaudi Arabia's Alternative to Photoshopping Women Out of Ads: Scribbling All Over Cleavage
Cord Jefferson · 10/01/12 05:20PMThe Swedish Metro newspaper reported today that expendable furniture behemoth Ikea had Photoshopped its Saudi Arabian catalogues to completely exclude women from the pages. Scenes that included a mother, a father, and a child in other catalogues, for instance, had been touched up to be just a father and a kid. Other settings eliminated people altogether rather than include a woman in the image. Naturally, many people were furious about the perceived misogyny, especially when Ikea, through its charitable donations, attempts to put on a very pro-woman stance.