Tomorrow a new Ikea store is opening in Pisa, while in Livorno retail shops keep closing. The Swedish giant put up an oversized living room in Piazza Cavour to remind us to flock to the opening.
I will never understand what we will have gained when all the small independent shops have finally closed down and we all live in Ikea and Habitat-land.
Ugh - I stay away from Ikea as much as possible. I hate the crowds. Luckily there are still plenty of smaller shops here in Berlin. I am even sometimes surprised how specialized they can be!
Weird. Doesn't speak to me at all. But then I guess it's all about volume.
ReplyDeleteSad to lose small shops. This "sculpture" has a great deal of humor. Well spotted.
ReplyDeleteCreative advertising.
ReplyDeleteI will never understand what we will have gained when all the small independent shops have finally closed down and we all live in Ikea and Habitat-land.
ReplyDeleteA different advertisement...when I see it I guess they are saying "yes, we are BIG" :)
ReplyDeleteLéia
Big big BIG. Where are the giants to sit there?
ReplyDeleteEven Israel will get its third IKEA in a few months, near Haifa. I've never been in any of them.
I totally agree with Ciel. Independent shops keep closing here too!
ReplyDeleteUgh - I stay away from Ikea as much as possible. I hate the crowds.
ReplyDeleteLuckily there are still plenty of smaller shops here in Berlin. I am even sometimes surprised how specialized they can be!
Ikea are good at marketing!:)
ReplyDeleteI like some of their furniture, but I can get lost in there!
IKEA and Italy don't seem to go together . . .
ReplyDeleteGoodness me Ikea are taking over the world.. as yet we only have one BIG Ikea store here, but I fear more are 'incubating' somewhere in the suburbs :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ciel,and sad to hear that you keep on losing your small shops.
ReplyDeleteI like IKEA kind of furniture, which is now global. It reminds me on the Northern woods.
ReplyDeleteSon curiosa di vedere l'Ikea, ho letto di code e assalti! Ciao, Arianna
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