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How IKEA Uses Anchor Pricing to Shape Your Spending
Episode 38 of Pricing Power Podcast explores IKEA's pricing architecture — how the Swedish furniture giant uses a single low-priced item, the 'anchor product,' to frame an entire store as cheap, then quietly leads shoppers into higher-margin purchases. Lucas breaks down the psychology of the $9.99 Billy bookcase as a price anchor, the maze-like store layout that maximizes exposure to impulse items, and the 'price ladder' that moves customers from entry-level staples to premium lines like Kivik and Stockholm. Luna challenges whether the model works in an era of…
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