> the walkways are deliberately zig-zagged in serpentine fashion around the showroom. Yes, they try to make people go through everything to increase the chance

> the walkways are deliberately zig-zagged in serpentine fashion around the showroom. Yes, they try to make people go through everything to increase the chance of them buying something on an impulse, I guess. > the housewares seem to be a good value. E.g. The 1-quart hermetic jars at ContainerStore were $6.99 but the equivalent at Ikea was $2.99.[1][2] I chuckled when I noticed that even the jars were do-it-yourself: you had to install the rubber ring on the lid! I think lots of customers would be willing to do that to save $4.00. You mean the little rectangular glass things with plastic lids? In my experience the hinges on the lids tend to come off if the lid is even a little bit off-center when closing. And the porcelain things (plates, mugs, ...) have quite poor "glassing" (or whatever the term is), they won't last very long. Go to the Ikea restaurant and take a look at the plates there for an example.. Now I'm not saying everything they do is crap. Some of the things are pretty good, and the ones which aren't are at least very cheap.