With Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad no longer on the board of the Swedish furnishings retailer, The Telegraph rattles off little-known Ikea facts: its "upholstered furniture is usually named after Swedish place names, its chairs after Swedish men's names, its garden furniture after Swedish islands, its curtains after Swedish women's names." Ikea is also into gnomes, horsemeat, and weird sticks. [The Telegraph; previously]
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