Bend / Central Oregon News, Sports, Business, Weather, Entertainment, Classifieds and Local & State Headlines | The Bulletin

Use Advanced Search to filter by date and category. *keyword is required in search field.
start date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
end date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
category:
Archive Home > 2008 > May > 17 > In the land of gulags and snow, malls take root

In the land of gulags and snow, malls take root

By Andrew E. Kramer / The Bulletin
May 17, 2008

NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia — In this region of Siberia, long synonymous with gulags and hardship, shoppers mobbed an Ikea store last winter with the vigor of a miners’ riot.

They loaded their outsize yellow shopping carts with clothes, housewares, appliances and small furniture.

The....

Read complete article

Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.