What IKEA Has Been Hiding, Staff Tell All

Published on 02/01/2021
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You have most likely heard of IKEA. Even if you don’t happen to live in one of the fifty countries that the Swedish home empire operates within, you’ve probably seen the memes. You know, the ones about not being able to build their simple furniture yourself? Such people might need a trade secret or two to get the job done. But there are far more tips and tricks that the nearly 200,000 IKEA employees are hiding. People pushed and prodded these home department heroes to the point that they finally broke the silence, and we were there to listen. Let’s take a look at IKEA’s most well-guarded mysteries…

What IKEA Has Been Hiding Staff Tell All

What IKEA Has Been Hiding Staff Tell All

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Visual Attraction

IKEA has almost mastered the art of visual attraction and it is how they keep their customers’ interests peaked. Paula, an employee at one store, says that the interior display walls are not permanently fixed. Paula expanded on this approach in an interview with Mental Floss, ‘They have a lock on them so people can’t move them. At the end of every night, so we have to move all the walls so we have a shot to where the trash is.’

Visual Attraction

Visual Attraction

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