--- description: China is host to eight of Ikea's 10 largest stores. Unusually, these stores have signs encouraging customers to sleep on the furniture title: Ikea China Invites Customers to Take a Snooze on its Furniture image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbea4d25ebd47261/69869aa9d0b6f219f6305299/china-ikea-sleepers-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ikea's Chinese Stores Invite Customers to Take a Snooze by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 7, 2014 2:42 PM CUT  A Chinese shopper sleeps on a bed in the showroom of the IKEA store on July 6, 2014 in Beijing, China. A Chinese shopper sleeps on a bed in the showroom of the IKEA store on July 6, 2014 in Beijing, China.Kevin Frayer—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 7, 2014 2:42 PM CUT  A Chinese shopper sleeps on a bed in the showroom of the IKEA store on July 6, 2014 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  A shopper sleeps in an offfice chair in the showroom of the IKEA store on July 6, 2014 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  A shopper sleeps with her child on a bed in the showroom of the IKEA store on July 6, 2014 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  A shopper sleeps on a sofa in the showroom of the IKEA store on July 6, 2014 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  Shoppers sleep on a bed in the showroom of the IKEA store on July 6, 2014 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  Shoppers sleep on a sofa in the showroom of the IKEA store on July 6, 2014 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  Shoppers clutch pillows as they sleep on a sofa in the showroom of the IKEA store on July 6, 2014 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images  A shopper sleeps on a sofa in the showroom of the IKEA store on July 6, 2014 in Beijing. Kevin Frayer—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2962590/ikea-china-sleep/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2962590/ikea-china-sleep/"},"headline":"Ikea's Chinese Stores Invite Customers to Take a Snooze","datePublished":"2014-07-07T14:42:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:34.355Z","description":"China is host to eight of Ikea's 10 largest stores, which come with extra room displays given visitors' tendencies to spend all day at the store. Unusually, these stores encourage customers to sleep on the furniture, placing signs authorizing them to do so. And after a hard day's shopping and eating meatballs, many seem to have taken up the offer","url":"https://time.com/2962590/ikea-china-sleep/","keywords":["Newsfeed","China","Sleeping","Ikea","furniture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbea4d25ebd47261/69869aa9d0b6f219f6305299/china-ikea-sleepers-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbea4d25ebd47261/69869aa9d0b6f219f6305299/china-ikea-sleepers-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A Chinese shopper sleeps on a bed in the showroom of the IKEA store on July 6, 2014 in Beijing, China.","caption":"A Chinese shopper sleeps on a bed in the showroom of the IKEA store on July 6, 2014 in Beijing, China.","creditText":"Kevin Frayer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2962590/ikea-china-sleep/","name":"Ikea's Chinese Stores Invite Customers to Take a Snooze"}}]}] ```