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RIP Ikea catalogue: 7 reasons we will miss it
As the furniture giant ends the 70-year print run of its annual brochure, The Straits Times looks back at its best features
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Issues of Ikea's yearly in Singapore since 2015
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Swedish flat-pack furniture retailer Ikea is turning the page on printing its annual catalogue, a firm favourite and fixture of the finicky furniture retail scene for nearly 70 years.
Ikea's announcement on Monday that its 2021 catalogue, released in October, would be its hard-copy swan song has taken home owners, design professionals and fans throughout the world by surprise.
