retailing
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Forget Boxes, IKEA’s Experimental Designers Created a Couch That Fits in an Envelope
Weighing in at just 10kg, the flat-packed “Couch in an Envelope” is light enough to be carried by one person.
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Several Amazon Go Stores Are Crumbling
Amazon is closing eight of its Amazon Go stores including two in New York City, effective early this Spring. The company confirmed the closures in an email to Gizmodo but clarified the only stores affected were those that had minimal impact on customers.
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Amazon Agrees to Major Competition Concessions to Avoid Billion Dollar EU Fine
After years of squirming, Amazon agreed to implement a raft of major business practice concessions to the European Commission to avoid paying a looming multi-billion dollar antitrust fine. Though Amazon will walk away from the skirmish without having to drain its wallet, the concessions could fan the flames for similar actions being pursued in parallel…
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IKEA Asks Horror Game to Change So People Stop Comparing It to IKEA
In an unexpected move, furniture giant IKEA has sent a solo indie developer a cease and desist letter reviewed by Kotaku, demanding he make changes to his unreleased survival horror game set in an IKEA-like furniture store. Lawyers representing IKEA are claiming that the game commits trademark infringement because some press outlets have drawn comparisons between…