Blog Tag - IKEA

Ikea Bans Lying Down on Furniture (No, for Real This Time)
Shoppers looking to take a break from the endless monotony that is Beijing on quarantine were sorely disappointed this week when they dropped by Ikea...
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The Fourth Ring Road is backed up. I’m half dozing in the passenger seat of the cab. The taxi driver is driveling on. “So you’re an Englishman, huh?...
IKEA Online Purchases Now Available in Beijing
The best thing about IKEA is the abundance of on-trend and affordable home decor options packed within its huge warehouse-like space, but a trip to a...
IKEA Set to Offer Online Shopping in China, But Initially Snubs Beijing
Should Jack Ma start sweating? The famed Chinese e-commerce mogul may have some stiff competition to contend with in the coming months, as Swedish...
With New Gung Ho Moving into Ikea Then There's No Reason to Ever LeaveWith New Gung Ho Moving into Ikea Then There's No Reason to Ever Leave
Ikea is famous for affordable furniture, Swedish meatballs, and cheap but tasty ice cream and hotdogs. But pizza? We can picture it now: Beijingers...
Nuts for Buns: Amazing Food We Forget IKEA Sells
Earlier this week, on the way back home, a friend and I passed IKEA and for some unknown reason went inside. It was already past 6pm, so we knew very...
Ikea Fed Up With Sleeping Customers and Best Ikea Sleepers
[Updated Apr 13 3.25pm] According to China Real Time IKEA denies that it has banned customers from sleeping in stores, so keep on snoozing. In fact,...
IKEA to Open Second Store in Beijing, Shoppers (and Sleepers Rejoice)
IKEA furniture names could be easily confused with obscure metal bands, but that hasn’t stopped Beijing shoppers from crowding into its Siyuanqiao...
Five Bottomless Coffee Joints For Surviving The Six-Day Workweek
We're sad to say that Mid-Autumn festival holiday is coming to its inevitable end, which means laying off the mooncakes and filling up on coffee....
Beer and Baubles: Shop Designer Fashion in Fangjia...With a Drink
When I see a hotdog-patterned button-down shirt hanging in a shop window, I stop. When I see a “Beer and Drink” sign on the front stoop, I go inside...
News You Might Have Missed: Scandals R Us
Beijing always seems a little more interesting when there's trouble afoot. This week's scandals have us a little more bemused than outraged. There'...
Second IKEA Outlet Slated for Beijing
The People's Daily reported earlier this week that IKEA has unveiled plans for a second Beijing outlet in Daxing, though the store won't be opening...