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IKEA apologizes for catalog aimed at ultra-Orthodox Jews
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has apologized for a catalog aimed at Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community that contains no images of women.
Ikea says the booklet was produced by its Israeli branch, not by the Swedish group itself.
IKEA spokeswoman Josefin Thorell says the catalog “is not something that has gone through us,” adding “we have been very clear that this is not what the Ikea brand stands for.”
Thorell told Swedish news agency TT late Friday that its Israeli franchise “had tried to reach a consumer group” and made “an error.”
Read more: http://evans.allongeorgia.com/ikea-apologizes-for-catalog-aimed-at-ultra-orthodox-jews/
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