Can IKEA Save Its Future by Selling Trash?

The company is attempting to appeal to growing demand for sustainability

Stephen Moore
Marker
Published in
6 min readSep 23, 2021

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The Trash Collection / Photo: Ikea

You’d be forgiven for assuming Ikea’s best-selling product is its meatballs (full disclosure: not a fan). In fact, the company’s biggest hit is the humble Billy bookcase. Ikea sells one from its famous blue and yellow gates every 5 seconds. An unfortunate consequence of…

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Stephen Moore
Marker
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