I think the implication is that the main for-profit companies make virtually no profit at all. The "profit" is emitted via the franchise commission which is han

I think the implication is that the main for-profit companies make virtually no profit at all. The "profit" is emitted via the franchise commission which is handled as an expense. What exactly happens in the INGKA foundation isn't clear to me. Presumably the non-profit actually pays the designers who create the products, handing the designs back over to IKEA.