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Ikea to take on eBay and Vinted with UK online secondhand site
TechnologyThe Guardian18 Aug, 07:31 pmAtlasHour
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Ikea to take on eBay and Vinted with UK online secondhand site

Platform set to launch later this year will enable loyalty card members to sell preloved Billy bookcases and Poäng chairs Business live – latest updates Ikea is taking on eBay, Facebook Marketplace and Vinted with its own secondhand selling site in the UK. The new platform, which will enable shoppers signed up to the Swedish company’s membership scheme to connect directly to one another to buy and sell pre-owned Ikea items locally, is due to launch in the next few months...

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Platform set to launch later this year will enable loyalty card members to sell preloved Billy bookcases and Poäng chairs Business live – latest updates Ikea is taking on eBay, Facebook Marketplace and Vinted with its own secondhand selling site in the UK.

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