Goods: Leasing Strategy and Life

goods: However, kitchens could also potentially be rented rather than sold in future, according to The Guardian. The leasing strategy is part of Ikea's wider effort to design and sell goods that can be repaired, reused, recycled or resold and promote services that prolong the life of a product. The world's largest furniture retailer said it wanted to test out the idea of leasing office furniture such as desks and chairs to business customers, starting in Switzerland. You could say leasing is another way of financing a kitchen. An Ikea spokesperson said We have an ambition to inspire and enable people to play an active role in making the circular economy a reality, which we can support by developing new ways for people to buy, care for and pass on products. When this circular model is up and running, we have a much bigger interest in not just selling a product but seeing what happens with it and that the consumer takes care of it, Torbjorn L f, the chief executive of Inter Ikea, which owns the Ikea brand, told the Financial Times . He said the Swedish company was also considering launching its own spare parts business so that customers could replace components, such as hinges or screws, for furniture no longer stocked in Ikea's stores. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.