IKEA was founded in this country.
What is Sweden?
Saudi Arabia is located on this continent.
What is Asia?
In 2012, IKEA removed pictures of these people from its Saudi catalog.
Who are women?
When a company changes its products for local customs, it’s called this.
What is localization?
The first IKEA store in Saudi Arabia opened in this city in 1983.
What is Jeddah?
IKEA is best known for selling this type of household product.
What is furniture?
The main religion practiced in Saudi Arabia.
What is Islam?
The controversy began when this type of media compared the Swedish and Saudi catalogs.
What is a newspaper?
In Saudi Arabia, IKEA’s meatballs are prepared this way to fit religious rules.
What is Halal?
By 2012, sales in the Middle East made up about this small percentage of IKEA’s global sales.
What is 2%?
IKEA’s products are famous for coming in this easy-to-carry form.
hat is flat-pack/ready-to-assemble boxes?
Saudi Arabia is home to this holy city that Muslims visit during Hajj.
What is Mecca?
The issue upset people in IKEA’s home country, which is known for gender equality.
What is Sweden?
During these daily times, IKEA stores in Saudi Arabia close for worship.
What are prayer times?
In Saudi Arabia, IKEA stores included these special rooms to respect religious practice.
What are prayer rooms/mosques?
IKEA’s catalog is printed more than almost any other publication in the world, second only to this book.
What is the Bible?
Saudi law is based on this religious system.
What is Sharia law?
Critics said IKEA was going against its own company _____
What are values?
IKEA removed these types of decorations from Saudi stores because they did not fit local traditions.
What are Christmas products?
When IKEA reopened its Jeddah store in 2004, more than 8,000 customers did this outside the store.
What is lined up/camped overnight?
The founder of IKEA was this Swedish entrepreneur.
Who is Ingvar Kamprad?
In what year were women first allowed to both vote and run as candidates in Saudi Arabia’s municipal council elections?
What is 2015?
Some angry customers threatened to do this if IKEA did not fix the catalog issue.
What is boycott IKEA?
When U.S. coffee chain Starbucks opened in Saudi Arabia, it altered its logo by removing this image to comply with local norms.
What is the mermaid woman / siren?
The Saudi franchisee that owned and operated IKEA stores in the country was this company.
What is Ghassan Alsulaiman Furniture Co.?