Well, essentially. IKEA Japan is selling Christmas trees for about $20 (1,990 yen). Buy one, take it home and enjoy. In January (from the 5th through the 18th), bring your receipt AND the tree (no ornaments, please!) back to the store for recycling, and you’ll get a voucher for $20 of IKEA merchandise. Deal!
IKEA Canada is offering a similar deal, only the voucher is good on purchases over $75. Either way, if you’re going to be shopping at IKEA anyway (and who isn’t, really?) it’s an excellent deal and you’ll be helping reduce landfill waste. Win-win-win!
[Found at Inventorspot]
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“Ikea boss Anders Dahlvig said Monday the Swedish furniture giant was
confident of cracking Japan on its second attempt as thousands of
customers flocked to its new store east of Tokyo.
Ikea opened the
doors to one of its biggest stores, spanning 40,000 square metres
(430,000 square feet), with 10,000 product lines, 2,200 car parking
spaces, a child-care area and one of Tokyo’s largest restaurants.
The
new store, in Ikea’s trademark blue and yellow colours, marks Ikea’s
return to the world’s second-largest retail market after it withdrew 20
years ago having failed to win over Japan’s notoriously finicky
consumers.
“I think last time in the 1970s it was way too early to come to Japan,” said Dahlvig, Ikea group president and chief executive.”
Press Release
The Embassy of Sweden
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In the News
Anders Dahlvig, IKEA CEO, IKEA Japan, IKEA Tokyo
Check out these cool display boxes in Japan. First you get a map, then take a stroll:
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Ikea 4.5 museum – “4.5″ means 4 and a half tatami mats, which is one of the typical sizes of Japanese rooms. 6 tatami mats room and 8 tatami mats room are popular, too.”
Related links:
http://www.4point5.jp/map.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatami
Kind Regards,
Megumi/farnorth
“IKEA 4.5 Museum” by farnorth on FLICKR
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Even more pics at this earlier post.
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