Popular classics with heavy price premiums

The price increases never end. Whether it’s at the pump or when the service charges are coming up, many consumers are worried about inflation. This has also found its way into Ikea, where customers can actually always rely on low prices. But those times are over.

Ikea gets it right: Prices can be raised 4 times a year

Anyone who likes to stock up on useful gadgets, home accessories or furniture at Ikea has to accept hefty price increases. The furniture chain not only currently charges a surcharge for many products, but will also pursue a new pricing policy in the future. Long-term stable prices, as customers are used to, are a thing of the past.

IKEA plans a new rotation for price adjustments. So far, the prices have been revised once a year. That doesn’t necessarily mean that more is required. The costs for customers can also be adjusted downwards. In the current situation – with delivery problems, expensive raw materials and high energy costs – this is not the case.

With the step that has now been decided, Ikea will be able to react more quickly to rising production costs in the future: Every three months you want to revise the prices, as the Frankfurt Sunday newspaper reported with reference to information from Ikea. In the worst-case scenario for customers, things go up four times a year instead of just once. It can be assumed that the many price steps will remain smaller than one large one.

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Up to 100 percent more expensive: Billy and Co. are becoming a luxury

The Ikea classic par excellence is getting more expensive: for the Billy shelf in white, size 80 x 202 cm, it goes up from 39.39 euros in 2021 to 55 euros now (check it out at Ikea). The current front runner is the Rattan armchair Buskbo: from 99 euros it is now twice as expensive at 199 euros (see at Ikea). Prices for technology products such as the popular Symfonisk loudspeaker series have already risen by 30 percent (see Ikea). In the current situation, both furniture and technical products are particularly affected by rising prices.

At the beginning of the year, Ikea announced that it would raise prices by an average of 9 percent worldwide. However, this can vary in different countries. as expected hit the price explosions with up to 100 percent German customers particularly hard.