COVID-19, furniture stores are running low on desks and chairs and other supplies for home offices.Kristin Newbigging, a spokeswoman for Ikea Canada, said Monday that the company is seeing increased demand for products people need to create work and study spaces in their homes, at the same time as overseas suppliers are struggling with pandemic-caused shutdowns.
Masks or face coverings now required at IKEA stores in B.C. Ikea has about 1,000 home-furnishing suppliers in 50 countries. Its top supplier countries are China, Poland, Italy, Lithuania, Sweden and Germany, several of which have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.“(When) our suppliers are operational once again, they are receiving orders significantly above their normal.