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Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Ikea says illegal teenage sleepovers must end

The Ikea sign
A new craze has seen teenagers trying to spend the night illegally in Ikea
Ikea is urging teenagers to stop creeping into its stores and having illegal sleepovers.

About 10 "non-sponsored sleepovers" have been logged across the world by the Swedish furniture giant this year.
A customer is seen inside IKEA Concept Center, a furniture store and headquarters of the IKEA brand owner Inter IKEA
Ikea owns and operates nearly 400 stores in almost 50 nations
In the past, people have hidden themselves in stores in the US, Canada, UK, Belgium, etherlands, Japan, Australia and Poland.


Most recently, two 14-year-old girls were caught after spending the night at the branch in Jonkoping in Sweden.

The craze appears to have been started by two Belgian YouTubers in August.