Ikea as the prototypical Teflon multinational. I don't much care for the anti-protester/anti-liberal/anti-anti-globalization tone of this Newsweek article, and facts cited are probably all old news to people more alert than I am, but I was (and still am) looking for substantiation of anti- and pro-Ikea claims. In trying to discuss how Ikea manages to dodge various accusations, the article could well be a clever PR piece contributing to that very effect. (It is Newsweek, after all.)

I'm interested in counter-articles on Ikea if anyone has any. And heck, if you have a labor-friendly furniture chain you'd like to recommend, I'd be interested. (Commentaries on taste are also welcome, though I already understand that McDonald's is lousy food.)