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Ikea tests online secondhand marketplace

STOCKHOLM — Swedish flatpack furniture retailer Ikea said Monday it had launched an online marketplace for its secondhand furniture, enabling customers to sell directly to each other.

'We are testing a digital secondhand marketplace in Oslo and Madrid to help customers connect, buy and sell pre-owned Ikea items between each other,' Tolga Oncu, head of retail at Ikea Retail, told Agence France-Presse (AFP), confirming a report in the Financial Times.