FILE PHOTO: An IKEA store is pictured after nationwide all IKEA stores were closed during the spread of the coronavirus disease in Berlin, Germany, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
Several other companies are also working to help address an acute shortage of medical supplies, with vacuum cleaner company Dyson making ventilators, fashion group Armani producing medical overalls and spirits brand Ricard donating alcohol for sanitizers.IKEA has reopened all but one store in China, where the virus emerged, but across markets a majority of the 436 stores are temporarily closed.
“So, it is distributed differently - in some areas we keep it up well, in some we have a major impact.”Elm said supply chain disruptions had increased with the spread of the virus to Europe and America, with closed borders or restricted movement a key bottleneck.
GREAT!!!!
AnneRiceAuthor I miss just going into IKEA to look at the furniture and hang out
There should be no need for Ikea to make masks when the companies that already make them are selling them for the highest bidders overseas.
Will we have to assemble them ourselves?
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