Ikea slammed for pricing practices

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The Swedish furniture chain Ikea has been slammed by consumer rights groups and forced to change how it displays prices.

The store was criticized for prominently showing the ‘family price’ - which is only available to those who have a membership, while the regular price was more discrete. 

The consumer rights group in German speaking Switzerland contacted the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs - which has intervened. 

Even staff at the store says that many customers complained after the check-out price was far more than they were expecting, sometimes by several hundred francs. 

Ikea says it’s working with authorities to find a solution which complies with the law.

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