It therefore came as no surprise when luxury French fashion house Balenciaga debuted its new Arena Extra-Large Shopper Tote Bag earlier this month, priced at a reasonable $2610. This week, Ikea brilliantly responded to the lookalike bag with a clever ad explaining to customers how to identify an original. The fine print reads:How to identify an original IKEA FRAKTA bag 1) Shake it. "We are deeply flattered that the Balenciaga tote bag resembles the Ikea iconic sustainable blue bag for 99 cents. Nothing beats the versatility of a great big blue bag!"

Source: Huffington Post April 26, 2017 00:45 UTC