Ikea will recall 1.7m dressers sold in China, caving to pressure from regulators and netizens who had complained that China was receiving unequal treatment after the Swedish retailer announced a recall in North America.
The official Xinhua news agency lambasted Ikea in an editorial on Sunday for “arrogance” and irresponsibility after the company initially declined to extend the North American recall to China.
In late June, Ikea announced a recall of 29m chests of drawers from its Malm line, after US regulators found that least six children had died since 1989. When not anchored to the wall with screws, the chests can topple over and crush children, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission found.