What: Ikea rolls out system to sell spare parts.

Why it is important: It fits into a trend towards repairing and reusing goods which is also finding its way into fashion.

Ikea will offer spare parts to customers worldwide, allowing them to repair their furniture and to prolong the life of its furniture as part of a big sustainability push. Ikea provided customers with 14 million spare parts in the year to August 2020 but will now develop a system to be rolled out on its website this year.

Ikea is aiming to become a climate-positive and circular company by the end of the decade, cutting more emissions than it produces, while facing down critics who complain that its cheap products encourage excessive consumption and a throwaway culture.

The initiative fits with many others and forms part of a general trend towards repairing and mending which is finding its way into the fashion world.

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