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Originally Posted by trueviking
the most common answer to that is that in the 80's and early 90's the defehr family, who own palliser furniture, the largest furniture manufacturer in canada and the second largest in north america, muscled any potential franchise investors out....not sure how they did that exactly but that was what was commonly reported.
winnipeg and ikea is all about status...who really cares....i prefer to have the flagship EQ3 store, but i guess we are not one of the big boys until we have a massive parking lot with thousands of mini vans roaming about a giant blue box.
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Interesting. I hadn't heard that story before.
I didn't realize the Winnipeg EQ3 store was the flagship store for Canada, it's not much different than the one in Calgary. EQ3 IMO is just as cliche as Ikea, only it's grossly overpriced.
but i guess we are not one of the big boys until we have a massive parking lot with thousands of mini vans roaming about a giant blue box.
That is true, the Ikea thing is a status thing. Most people in Winnipeg would much rather have the Ikea