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Ben Gilbert: uncertainty

18 Nov 2024 Acquired IKEA

“I’m sure they don’t lose, but they don’t make as much money. I don’t know. Maybe they do lose money on online orders.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Speaker
Ben Gilbert
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
uncertainty
Recorded
18 Nov 2024
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
IKEA

Transcript context

…Oh there we go. This is like the version of when you google for products you want click on the organic results, don’t click on the ad result even though it’s the top of the page to save your favorite company’s money. Don’t buy IKEA online. Go to the store if you love IKEA. At some point it’d be great to talk to somebody at the company about this. I’m sure they don’t lose, but they don’t make as much money. I don’t know. Maybe they do lose money on online orders. I don’t know. I don’t know. Ingvar isn’t alive anymore. I don’t know.…

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