Oh! They do care about them! They would never stop paying importance to that 0.01% of their client base!
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IKEA selling out?
Oh! They do care about them! They would never stop paying importance to that 0.01% of their client base!
especially when it is they who do the spending, while the bulk of the remainder does the window shopping, and buys an ash tray and a paperweight.
Sure! The DR biz is supported by the fat wallets of the expat community's spending!
LOL!!! LOL!!! LOL!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!
Keep supporting your local colmadon and those "bars" in Sosua! LOL!!! LOL!!!
*This just reminded me of the post from another DR1 member that stated the Jumbos and La Sirenas were being "supported" by their "largely" foreign clients in the DR! That all they could see for clients were foreigners above that of Dominicans in the supermarkets, malls and overall biz!! LOL!!! LOL!!! LOL!!!!!!
What a trip!! LOL!!!!
an importune from PICHARDO
Keep supporting your local colmadon and those "bars" in Sosua! LOL!!! LOL!!!
Not my style, bro. bars in Sosua will not be getting any of my money, any time soon.
Keep supporting your local colmadon and those "bars" in Sosua! LOL!!! LOL!!!
Not my style, bro. bars in Sosua will not be getting any of my money, any time soon.
0.01%?...Oh, you have a flair for the dramatic, sir. Of course you have documentation to support that number that you've so deftly pulled out of the beautiful blue sky.
I recently ordered some items from IKEA for an expat who did not speak Spanish. I eventually ordered them online using their chat function as the telephone service did not work for some reason. You can see my experience here.
http://www.dr1.com/forums/living/123104-my-experience-ordering-ikea.html
When I spoke to Anabel she said nearly half of the people who tried to chat did not speak Spanish and that is why she has to learn English. Nearly half sounds a little more than 0.01% if my maths is not letting me down.
And interestingly, the man who has the IKEA franchise here, (it is a franchise operation), Anders Alm has a house in Punta Cana, so maybe that is why they are opening there, LOL!
Matilda.
http://www.dr1.com/forums/living/123104-my-experience-ordering-ikea.html
When I spoke to Anabel she said nearly half of the people who tried to chat did not speak Spanish and that is why she has to learn English. Nearly half sounds a little more than 0.01% if my maths is not letting me down.
And interestingly, the man who has the IKEA franchise here, (it is a franchise operation), Anders Alm has a house in Punta Cana, so maybe that is why they are opening there, LOL!
Matilda.
The only foreigners that carry this country on their shoulders are the Corripios, Cuestas, Ramos and Viccinis. And they are more Dominican than Pichardo. Most 'expats' here are a bunch of ........'s who should wish they had the purchasing power of the average middle class Dominican.
And for your information: the middle class doesn't look up to us. They already know most are not the summum of the American or European society and look to many of us with 'pena' or even disgust.
The Dominican republic does not need you and the new migration policy shows that.
And for your information: the middle class doesn't look up to us. They already know most are not the summum of the American or European society and look to many of us with 'pena' or even disgust.
The Dominican republic does not need you and the new migration policy shows that.
I doubt the foreign resident/tourist market for IKEA is just 0.01% of their sales. Maybe not 50% either. But in Punta Cana surely it would be at least 50%.
The ninth largest economy in Latin America (DR) gets the first IKEA. All reportable statistics just dont add up to such a move, however tourism and foreign investment are a significant part of the economy, yet as quoted by Pichardo, only equates to .01%. Hmmm!
ok, so you divided it by the square root of the percentage of the population with Toyota Prados.
that is not an accurate correlation. maybe the analysis shows that Dominicans are more likely to buy this type of furniture. another type of furniture manufacturer , at a different retail price point, might have gone to somewhere else, instead.
I agree, i believe its the fact that most of furniture you have to build yourself at home. People that cannot even carry two plastics bags from the grocer to the car, love to build their own furniture. What happens when the new immigration rules take effect therefore deporting many handy-Haitians- who will build the furniture for them then?