Amanda Mooney posted a note about being told she needed corporate permission to take a picture in a store. Mooney’s interest was in telling others how much she likes the products and the brand — exactly the sort of word of mouth advertising most brands are anxious for, but imagine some more pedestrian uses: what [...]

Posted August 18, 2008 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Photoblog, Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: corporate, photography, police state, retail, rules, security, social communication, terrorism. Be the first one.

Hey, doesn’t the IKEA near Boston open today? Sure does. The company has 226 stores worldwide.
According to a story in the Pheonix:
Oddly enough, IKEA flopped when it opened its first US store in 1986. But by making concessions to American expectations (softer couches, American bed sizes, good thread counts) it gradually won over low-budget consumers [...]

Posted November 9, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Style, Fashion and Food. Tags: boston, boston ma, ikea, massachusetts, opening, retail, stoughton, stoughton ma. 12 Comments.