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In 2005, IKEA Malaysia faced one of their most serious challenges since they started operations in the country, when their restaurants were raided by government officials on suspicion that food served there did not comply with the strict religious dietary regulations in the country.
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Mutum, D.S., Ghazali, E.M. (2014). Case Study 4: IKEA Malaysia and the Halal Food Crisis. In: Mutum, D., Roy, S., Kipnis, E. (eds) Marketing Cases from Emerging Markets. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36861-5_6
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