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How does IKEA import carpets from Iran?







How does IKEA import carpets from Iran?

How does IKEA import carpets from Iran? 03/17/2005 03:24 AM

The only thing that attracts more New England women than a Larry Summers hatred rally is the IKEA furniture store in New Haven, Connecticut.  Inner minivan harmony was achieved by stopping there on the way back from New York City last night.  In ancient times I ran a small company and hired an architect to set up our new building.  He chose systems furniture (cubicles) that cost $3000 per employee.  When delivered the desktops were so shallow that they couldn't hold a 20" CRT monitor.  One of our customers had a similar big open office.  They bought each employee a desk and a table from IKEA for $300-ish.  Their office looked a lot better and was more functional with more work surface per employee.

One thing that struck me as odd about IKEA: many of the carpets for sale there are labeled as being from "central Persia" or "east Persia" and smaller tags say "Land: Iran".  IKEA is importing carpets from Iran!  How do they do this?  My impression was that we had a trade embargo against Cuba, Iran, and North Korea.

[Within about six months Bostonians won't have to drive to New Haven for their complete-with-plumbing-and-appliances $2000 kitchens.  IKEA is opening a store in Stoughton.  It is unclear why they didn't pick sales tax-free Nashua.  Maybe Scandinavians aren't comfortable unless they are being sufficiently taxed.  IKEA tried to open a store in the Assembly Square slum/highway area of Somerville but various community groups objected (this is one reason that residential property taxes in Somerville are about 2X as high as in Cambridge; there are few business taxpayers).  Meanwhile, Somerville thrives on conceptual art projects.]




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