The Public Consumer Initiative sued the IKEA group of companies on July 6. The organization asks the court to recognize the actions of the Swedish company as illegal.
Consumers intend to force the Swedish chain to partially resume imports and production so that customers have the opportunity to exchange, repair or return products to the store, Izvestia has learned.
The suit says that IKEA's actions harm the interests of hundreds of thousands of Russians and also aggravate the situation of its property in difficult economic conditions.
“Instead of creating an inventory and pool of spare parts that are necessary to meet customer requirements, we are seeing attempts to get rid of leftover products during an online sale and exit the market,” said OPI President Oleg Pavlov.
According to him, the lawsuit aims to curb this unfair practice. The company has every opportunity to fulfill its obligations to people, but deliberately evades them.
The retailer's stores in Russia closed in early March. On June 15, IKEA announced plans to sell four of its factories in the Russian Federation and scale back business in the country. On July 5, the sale of the online retailer began, but that same day it was suspended due to technical problems.
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