here\'s why these ikea items are cheaper now than they were 30 years ago

It\'s been 30 years since Ikea, dear, low
Cost Furniture retailer for the public, opened in the United States.
While many designs look surprisingly similar to those of the past few decades, some key factors have changed, namely the retailer\'s ability to provide furniture to customers at a lower price.
The Swedish store opened in the United States for the first time at the Plymouth Conference in Pennsylvania in June 12, 1985.
Today, there are 40 Ikea stores in the country.
In all the changes, IKEA managed to keep some of the iconic products ---
Like Billy\'s bookcase, a chair, no table, KLIPPAN loves--
The price is quite affordable.
In fact, Ikea said that the cost of producing these products has actually dropped since 1985, which also reduces the cost of customers.
Ikea Marston, Ikea United States of AmericaS.
The product PR manager told Huffington Post that Ikea emphasized \"democratic design \"(
Form, function, quality, sustainability and price)
It has had a huge impact on prices.
Marston said about 2001-
2002, IKEA stopped making certain furniture with solid wood, which lowered the price of customers. \"In 2001-
2002, we have adopted this new and innovative approach to create the appearance of solid wood products without using all the precious tree resources, \"said Marston (
Ikea is known for using nearly 1% of the world\'s wood. .
\"So, while the legs that used to be missing tables were made of solid wood, now they are hollow. \"Well, a little.
The product manager added that the interior of the missing table adopted a concept called a frame board.
\"The interior of the table is expandable and has thick cardboard that looks like a honeycomb.
It fills up the blank space with the cardboard accordion inside, bringing incredible power to the table.
\"In addition to the box concept of price reduction, Marston added that Ikea\'s packaging and shipping methods,\" flat packaging \", also help to reduce the price of customers.
So while these big cases can be heavy and bulky, you can credit them for the affordable furniture.