This announcement is part of the ongoing IKEA home safety program, Safer Homes Together, which focuses on educating customers about safety at home.
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IKEA declared that often commencing Thursday, it certainly will do not sell off blinds by having draw cables, that have lived known as a strangulation endanger for babies.
Under the move, it is phasing out the blinds in the US ahead of its previously planned global phase out date of January 1, 2016.
A few window blinds are made with pull cords that can tangle and create a choking hazard for children who may play with them.
The vendor will likely now just offer “safe drapes with zero or non-accessible cords”.
Ikea said it will stop selling all blinds with cords globally by the beginning of 2016. Ikea representatives said that statistic is what sparked the decision to do away with the cords.
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IKEA is a leading home furnishings retailer with 361 stores in more than 50 countries worldwide, which are visited by 821 million people every year.
