Last Updated on 2016-05-19 , 1:54 pm
Not an IKEA fan? Well, I am. Who can reject their 1 dollar hot dogs and their Swedish meatballs? On top of their Swedish food, they sell furniture too (well, surprise). Here are some fun facts about Ikea that will make you their die-hard fan.
Ikea is correctly pronounced as…
EEE-KAY-AH. Yes that is the correct pronunciation. Not EEE-KYAH, like how Singaporeans pronounce it, or AI-KEE-YAH, like the American pronunciation. EEE-KAY-AH. Ikea.
Ikea’s most popular item is the BILLY bookshelf
Ikea sells a BILLY bookshelf every 10 seconds. The BILLY bookshelf is Ikea’s most popular furniture. Check your home, you might even have one.
They have a lot of customers
690 million customers visited Ikea in 2012 – that’s MORE than TWICE the population of the United States of America.
You might be conceived on an Ikea bed
Because Ikea beds are everywhere, the one you sleep on right now might be one. Your parent’s too, so when they made you, they might just be on an Ikea bed. Yes, you might have been made on an Ikea bed.
They have lowered their prices
Because of increased efficiency, Ikea has been lowering their prices simply because they can. Prices have decreased by 2 to 3% every year on average.
Ikea product names
Ikea product names are extremely special as we know. It’s in a totally different language, and unique. This is used in place of numbers and serials, because Ikea’s founder, Ingvar Kamprad, is dyslexic.
The founder of Ikea is just like you and me
Ingvar Kamprad was once refused entry at a gala. He was supposed to receive the “Businessman of the Year” award, but could not enter. Why? He arrived in a bus. That speaks a lot about how judgmental people are, denying entry to the founder of one of the largest and most famous furniture seller just because he made his way there…in a bus? Someone applaud for this man.
Ikea is seriously popular
Ikea is really the one stop station for all types of furniture. Do you know that annually, Ikea delivers 800 million feet of furniture and products? That means these furniture can fill more than 9000 Olympic size pools every year.
The founder is seriously frugal
Nothing makes us like a billionaire more than knowing that the billionaire is simply just like us. Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of this Swedish furniture seller actually flies economy on BUDGET airlines. He can even BUY his own airline, dammit.
An Ikea “Co-worker”
Ikea employs more than 131,000 people worldwide. This growing furniture seller is still growing, and thereby they need more employees, whom they call “Co-workers”. Isn’t that so respectful?
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