IKEA turned 8,500 call agents into design consultants
duck · hn · 2026-11-04
Per PYMNTS, IKEA has transformed roughly 8,500 call center agents into design consultants. Instead of handling phone inquiries, the retrained staff now provide design consulting to customers — a notable case of a traditional company using AI to reshape its support function while upskilling rather than cutting the roles.
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