This is a place that tends to attract people who live the Ikea way. They have a different approach, which is why they are so phenomenally successful.

This is a good, strong list of stores. With all these stores, it speaks to the overall health of the market. These are not stores that just decide on a whim to open, so they are optimistic about the region going forward.

You can shop like a king with $20. Everybody loves a deal, and I think it will appeal to anybody regardless of their income. It's a rare person that will walk out of Ikea empty-handed.

I think that there is buzz in the retailing community that Detroit is on its way.

We're getting production from different people. They're working well as a team.

There were some kind white people out there who provided a loan here or there, or a little bit of land. But Booker T. Washington and his followers knew that they were going to have to draw from their own resources and they knew that the larger white world was looking at them, every day, closely monitoring them.