BobOmbMonkey · 14 answers · 11mo

Why is blåhaj so hard to find?

At some point they had some supply chain issues and even announced that they would stop selling it in most countries; I had contacted Ikea France's customer service back then and they confirmed it. It seems it's staying but they still don't seem to be scaling up production. I've noticed other products being missing for years at my local ikea and only coming back very recently so maybe there is a more general issue than with just blåhaj…

When you make a product intending for it to be a grab bag item for middle-class people to design themed rooms of their house with, and/or give to their shark-loving kids, and it out of nowhere becomes a symbol of a major cultural movement involving millions of people, it's hard to scale up production accordingly.

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