• IKEA has reportedly banned hide-and-seek from being played in upcoming events at several stores in the Netherlands.
• The event was planned after IKEA gave permission for the game to be played in Wilrijk, Belgium last July.
• A spokesperson for IKEA said it’s their responsibility to make sure people are safe in stores, and it’s hard to do that if they don’t know where they are!
• In the Belgium event, people hid in things such as fridges and the storage space beneath beds.
• Tens of thousands of people signed up to participate in the games at stores in Eindhoven, Amsterdam and Utrecht. Organisers are now looking for replacement locations for the games.

Read more:

http://news.sky.com/story/1446196/ikea-bans-hide-and-seek-in-stores-report

http://time.com/3746278/ikea-32000-people-hide-and-seek-game/

http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/03/16/ikea-wants-dutch-customers-to-stop-playing-hide-and-seek-in-their-stories/

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