IKEA Billy
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Sep 9, 2026
Nadine MathesonHOST
I don't do it anymore.
Nadine MathesonHOST
The only thing I'm building from Ikea is a Billy bookcase.
Nadine MathesonHOST
Other than that, I'm calling TaskRabbit.
Nadine MathesonHOST
They're not sponsoring this podcast, but I refuse to do it.
MeganHOST
But bookshelves are a big expense for homeschoolers, and you think, "Oh, we have a bookshelf." And veteran homeschoolers are like, "A bookshelf? That's cute.
MeganHOST
I think it's adorable that you think having a bookshelf is enough." [laughs] Like, think my kids can assemble a BILLY bookshelf from Ikea.
MeganHOST
It could be a race, like an Olympic sport at this point, because they've assembled so many BILLY bookshelves.
MeganHOST
But storage bins for holding different art supplies or holding work samples, depending on how long you have to retain work samples for, depending on your state laws.
MeganHOST
Maybe your kiddo wants a desk, or you want a desk that they can kind of rotate through if you have multiple kids, and a decent chair, because who wants to be sitting in a lousy chair? That would really stink.
speaker_1HOST
And I like this story because it's a very unique story.
speaker_1HOST
So what IKEA is doing is it's actually reducing product prices for some of its most popular products, like the Billy bookshelves and the Kallax storage units.
speaker_1HOST
And it's doing this as a way to counter the cost-of-living crisis that it sees in the European continent.
speaker_1HOST
I find this quite unique.
Brooklyn StormHOST
We clear out the spare room.
Brooklyn StormHOST
We pack away the sewing machine and the craft supplies, and we go to IKEA, and we get the BILLY bookcase, and, ooh, you know, then we go to Kmart, and we get the fake olive tree, and we put our diploma on the wall, and we get very excited, and it's like, "Oh, I've got my website.
Brooklyn StormHOST
I've done my Psychology Today profile." Rub your hands together.
Brooklyn StormHOST
Great.
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speaker_2HOST
Baldock led Currys from 2018, overseeing the electrical retailer Cess Turnaround.
speaker_1HOST
In furniture and flooring, IKEA invested £54m to cut UK prices across 435 products by up to 25%, including the Billy bookcase, as households continue to face cost pressures.
speaker_1HOST
The reductions form part of a wider €1.2bn investment across Europe and come despite continued cost pressures on IKEA's UK business.
speaker_2HOST
Shifting focus to updates from department stores, marketplaces and specialists, let's begin with watches of Switzerland.
Chris KohlerHOST
He wouldn't have liked that, I'm sure.
Chris KohlerHOST
He was Ikea's fourth ever employee, and he actually designed the Billy bookcase, of which more than $140 million have been sold, which is not bad.
Chris KohlerHOST
That's him.
Chris KohlerHOST
I'm pretty sure.
Brian SolisGUEST
The AI was so successful.
Brian SolisGUEST
Its name was Billy, named after his most popular bookcase.
Brian SolisGUEST
I would have named it Alan Wrench.
Brian SolisGUEST
That's just an Ikea joke.
Brian SolisGUEST
For those who get it, you know, you know.
Brian SolisGUEST
But Billy was so successful at navigating customer service engagements that I think it handled about 47% is the number, which is pretty substantial.
Brian SolisGUEST
It's almost half.
Brian SolisGUEST
I think most companies might then look at Taking the ROI of AI conversation and realizing that to pay for Billy, we're going to cut heads to offset that cost and go with an automation story.
AlishaHOST
It's 1.5 meters.
AlishaHOST
I wanted to make it into bookcases, which I'll eventually one day get around to facing so it looks like a proper built-in because- Everything's been stalking me on the algorithm, showing me how easy it is to do with Billy bookcases from Ikea.
AlishaHOST
All the bookcases, it doesn't easily fit three across.
AlishaHOST
So what I did is I got two 40s, one on each side, and I got an 80 for the middle that I just needed to be cut down to fit in the hole.
KyleHOST
And you've promised to fill the entire house exclusively with IKEA furniture.
KyleHOST
You've got Billy bookcases on every wall.
KyleHOST
You've got Poang armchairs to the ceiling.
KyleHOST
Every nook and cranny is stuffed with IKEA blue bags.
Iszi LawrenceGUEST
What else could it be?
Ólafur WaageGUEST
So it wasn't the BILLY bookshelves that inspired the Argentinians.
Iszi LawrenceGUEST
Oh, I know.
Iszi LawrenceGUEST
I was gonna say.
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