[ebooktalk] Re: QUICK TURN AROUNDS
- From: "Trish Talbot" <Trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:17:57 +0100
Er not exactly, no.
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From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 2:07 PM
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: QUICK TURN AROUNDS
Actually, it surprisingly interesting. The guy who founded the store was a
very distinctive character with very particular views. One result of this
was the practise of giving each product line its own name - Billy for book
cases, for instance. He also was able to keep prices low by going to
existing manufacturers and asking them to produce lines for Ikea. One
example was waste bins. Instead of going to a supplier of bins, he found a
company which manufactured cans for food and just got them to make much
bigger ones which were usable as bins. Delivered fantastic economies of
scale. I'm sure you're all gasping with admiration at his brilliance.
On 18 Jul 2013, at 13:29, Trish Talbot wrote:
I wouldn't have thought the history of Ikea would be very rivetting
either, so you did well to keep your concentration, even if it was for
work.
Trish.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 11:54 AM
Subject: [ebooktalk] QUICK TURN AROUNDS
My previous email prompts me to ask what's the fastest anyone on the list
has read a book? When I was at You And Yours, I had to read a book on the
history of of Ikea. The author sent it to me in the post. I scanned it
that evening and without going through the night finished reading it
around 11 the following morning.
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