You Can Now Have Free
Breakfast in Bed at IKEA.
In an inspired
piece of stunt marketing, IKEA is opening a pop-up Breakfast in Bed Café. Each
patron gets a Scandinavian breakfast—served in single or double IKEA beds, of
course—totally free. No assembly required!
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IKEA stores pride
themselves on being homey. Customers in China are known to visit IKEA stores for
hours on end and even go to sleep on the furniture. It’s a practice IKEA
encourages.
The Swedish furniture
company is also known for quirky marketing ploys. Last summer, an IKEA in
Sydney, Australia, hosted a contest in which three families were allowed to
spend the night. The winners also received perks like a communal Swedish meal
and one-of-a-kind wakeup calls ranging from the bedside performance of a full
orchestra to the arrival of a bundle of soft puppies available for cuddling.
Part of the Sydney package
was breakfast in bed—an amenity that features quite prominently in IKEA’s
latest whimsical PR move. From Monday to Wednesday next week (May 18-20), the
Swedish furniture giant is opening a “zzzany pop-up” in East London dubbed the
Breakfast in Bed Café.
Instead of tables,
customers reserve single or double beds and are served a Scandinavian breakfast
that includes pastries, juice, and coffee. Breakfast is served from 7 a.m. to
12 p.m.; from noon to 3 p.m. the beds are reserved strictly for napping. Sleep
specialists will be on hand to help customers maximize their slumber time.
It’s all available for
free for those who manage to get reservations. To do so, you must email
IKEAbreakfastinbed@hopeandglorypr.com.
As for what IKEA gets out
of this, well, beyond the publicity (“Var sa god,” we’re pretty sure that’s
“You’re welcome” in Swedish), the store presumably gets to expose plenty of
potential paying customers in London to its beds, comforters, and other
products. There will be plenty of IKEA merchandise on hand at the pop-up,
naturally.
Note that while IKEA may
welcome customers to take naps in its stores, and on rare occasions even
welcomes them to breakfast in bed, there are limits to what’s acceptable in
retail locations. For instance, IKEA frowns upon games of hide and seek in its
stores, at least ones involving tens of thousands of participants.
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