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  • Will the first Ikea in India be successful?

    The Scale of the shop is one thing that hasn’t ever been noticed in India prior to.

    across the global, Ikea purchases arrive in customer homes within the famed “flat-pack”.

    Stripping out the parts and assembling the furnishings is a “do-it-your self” job. that isn’t one thing Indians are used to. the provision of cheap labour within the united states of america approach folks here depend on workmen or carpenters to do that.

    “we can argue a little bit with our customers to mention – might you please believe the do-it-your self model?

    “And the entire element of that may be that you lower your expenses by means of doing that,” says Mr Brodin. “However we are not naive, and also in different markets we offer services, for house deliveries, for kitchen installations. and in India we consider that need will be relatively greater than the average marketplace.

    “So right here we have now signed up with companies, mavens, but in addition a social entrepreneurship network with people who will likely be in a position to get great jobs in serving consumers with assembling.”

    They Have also changed the other factor Ikea’s so widely recognized for – Swedish meatballs.

    At the store’s 1,000-seater eating place – its greatest in the sector – they’re available.

    However they aren’t conventional meatballs made of red meat and pork. that might offend non secular sentiments here, and so there are chicken and vegetarian meatballs on offer.

    As are some Indian dishes like biryani and dal makhani.

    However in spite of everything, whether or now not folks will actually store at Ikea all comes all the way down to one thing – price.

    “Indians are very worth delicate, however they’re also worth delicate. you can not supply them substandard high quality at inexpensive rates. they would like each,” says Paresh Parekh, spouse at Ersnt & Young.

    “Indians lose agree with very speedy, so i believe they are going to have to get it right the first time, in phrases of price, quality and enjoy.”

    It Is something Ikea’s leadership turns out to have taken into account.

    “In India, we have gone all in as so much as we will, and that means out of the 7,500 products that we’ve got right here, we have labored very arduous, to have 1,000 merchandise with a value of Rs. 200 ($THREE, £2.30) or much less and 500 merchandise for less than Rs. 100′, mentioned Mr Brodin.

    “With that offer, this is one in every of the associated fee-horny markets that we are beginning.”

    But India throws up different challenges. Huge tracts of land, to supply the real Ikea revel in, are exhausting to search out in such a lot massive cities.

    If they’re available, they’re expensive.

    High import tasks are any other drawback. And keeping prices low way it is going to take longer to become profitable back.

    Ikea has so far stated it is investing $1.5bn in India.

    Mr Brodin admitted it is going to be hard. “The investments are high and the time until that you achieve an economy of scale will probably be a stretch for us, but we will be able to try to bear,” he stated.

    From Thursday, they will be looking at with bated breath to peer how India reacts to Ikea.

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  • L.L. Bean raises age to 21 to buy rifles

    Outdoor retailer L.L. Bean will no longer sell rifles to anyone under 21.

    SEATTLE (AP) — Outdoor retailer L.L. Bean will no longer sell rifles to anyone under 21.

    The company joined retail heavyweights Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods in changing policies in the wake of the Florida school massacre.

    L.L. Bean said in a statement late Thursday that it will no longer sell guns or ammunition to anyone under the age of 21.

    Company spokeswoman Carolyn Beem says L.L. Bean only sells firearms at its flagship store in Maine and only guns specific to hunting and target shooting.

    She says L.L. Bean does not carry assault-style firearms, high-capacity firearms, bump stocks or handguns of any kind.

    The announcements come two weeks after a teenager killed 17 students and educators with an AR-15 rifle in Florida.

  • Tyler Watson, Oregon man, sues Walmart, Dick’s Sporting Goods over gun policies

    Tyler Watson’s lawsuit filed Monday claims he faced age discrimination when he tried to buy a rifle in February at a store owned by Dick’s in Medford.

    PORTLAND, Ore. — A 20-year-old man in southern Oregon has filed a lawsuit against Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart after he says they refused to sell him a rifle.

    The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Tyler Watson’s lawsuit filed Monday claims he faced age discrimination when he tried to buy a rifle in February at a store owned by Dick’s in Medford.

    Watson says he was also refused when he attempted to buy a gun at the Grants Pass Walmart.

    Dick’s and Walmart restricted gun sales in the wake of the Feb. 14 Florida high school massacre. The lawsuit is believed to be the first filed over the new gun policies.

    Oregon law allows residents to buy shotguns or rifles starting at age 18.

    Walmart spokesman Randy Hargrove told The Oregonian/OregonLive that the retailer will defend its new policy. A representative from Dick’s hasn’t responded to a request for comment.

  • Upskirting victims push to fill loophole in Alabama law

    Six months after a stranger snapped a photo up Tatum Hollon’s dress in Walmart, she walked out of her local courthouse feeling robbed of justice. The judge dismissed the charge against the man who too

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Six months after a stranger snapped a photo up Tatum Hollon’s dress in Walmart, she walked out of her local courthouse feeling robbed of justice. The judge dismissed the charge against the man who took the photo because no law existed to prosecute his actions.

    “It felt like I was violated all over again,” Hollon, 36, a stay-at-home mom from Prattville, told The Associated Press. “We came forward and they said, we’d love to help but there’s nothing we can do. And it breaks you.”

    Her case caught the attention of Sen. Clyde Chambliss, a Republican and father of three daughters from Prattville, who introduced a bill to criminalize what has come to be called upskirting. All U.S. states prohibit photography of individuals in a private place like a dressing room where they can expect privacy. More than half also ban upskirting and photos of intimate body parts in a public place. Last week, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was indicted for allegedly taking a photo of a nude or partially nude woman in 2015 and transmitting it in a way that could be accessed by a computer.

    Chambliss’ bill would make taking a picture or video of a person’s intimate body parts without consent and with a reasonable expectation of privacy a misdemeanor. If the images are distributed with sexual intent, it would be a felony punishable by up to two years in prison. The bill passed the Senate and moves to the House for a final vote.

    Hollon was in Prattville’s Walmart in April 2017 when a man crouched behind her and took a picture up her dress. The next day, Hollon reported to the police because she wanted to protect her 15-year-old daughter in the future, she said as her eyes welled with tears.

    Michelle Lunsford, 46, a sales associate from Millbrook, had a similar experience with the same man in Prattville’s Lowes a month earlier. After she saw Hollon post a video of the man on Facebook, the women pressed charges together. Prattville prosecutors tried to use Alabama’s aggravated criminal surveillance law that prohibits photography in private places to convict the perpetrator, but stores didn’t qualify as private.

    Barry Matson, the Executive Director of Alabama’s Office of Prosecution Services, has encountered cases of inappropriate photos taken from cameras hidden in shoes or installed inside tanning salons. He said there’s a loophole in current legislation: although child pornography laws protect minor victims, the same safeguards don’t exist for adults in Alabama.

    The bill initially received pushback for charging everyone – regardless of their age – with a felony. The legislation was amended to only charge individuals over 16 with a felony. Tim Thrasher, the regional director for Alabama’s Youth Advocate Programs, said he was concerned about harsh penalties for teenagers and suggested education as a deterrent.

    The bill also exempts Department of Corrections officers who conduct strip searches or investigations in jails, sparking some concern.

    “If they’re acting within the furtherance of their duties, that’s a good exception,” said Brad Ekdahl, Prattville city prosecutor. “If they’re using and making videos for sexual gratification, that’s a different issue.” Situations would be prosecuted case-by-case, he said.

    Hollon and Lunsford don’t know what happened to the photos their perpetrator took. Nearly a year later, the women are wary in public. Hollon carries pepper spray and a taser in her purse and plans to get a pistol permit. Lunsford said she tells her 9-year-old daughter to wear shorts under her dress when they go shopping.

    “If this bill does get passed, they’re not going to get away with it. That’s my justice,” Lunsford said. “It’s nice knowing our daughters are protected.”