Renting furniture from Ikea? I’m not buying that idea | Rhik Samadder

Who really benefits from widespread rental? If I take home a Tobias or a Fanbyn, I want to buy it, sit on it and be left aloneIkea customers may soon be able to lease rather than buy new furniture. The initiative will be piloted in Switzerland, and is being described as an environmentally progressive step. But is it, though? Is that all it is? It is February, it is dark, and I have my suspicious glasses on. Also my cynical hat, and a thick jumper that says: “Don’t Trust Capitalism.&r