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Article: First customer awaits IKEA Elizabeth grand opening. (Nathaniel Barnes; IKEA store; Elizabeth, NJ)
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- PR Newswire
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- May 21, 1990
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FIRST CUSTOMER AWAITS IKEA ELIZABETH GRAND OPENING
ELIZABETH, N.J., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- With Grand Opening still five days away, Nathaniel Barnes has positioned himself as the first customer in line to enter the newest IKEA store at the Port Authority Industrial Park in Elizabeth, N.J.
For his efforts, Barnes will receive all of the merchandise pictured on the cover of the IKEA 1990 catalogue, a complete living room set valued at almost $3000. When asked why he arrived to early, Barnes responded, "we heard about it through the newspaper (New York Times article 5/17/90). It said that last year in Pittsburgh the person showed up on Friday. We ...