In Japan it was the only place I found with good reasonably priced furniture, especially for larger sofas and beds. Nitori was good quality but a bit more expensive and everything was low and small. Besides that, there seemed to be absolute junk for low prices and high end handmade stuff for very high prices. I simply wasn’t anywhere else with stuff in the midrange.

Now I love close to France and Ikea is definitely the best value for midrange. Some of the German chains are pretty good too (but still 30% more comparing similar quality).

That’s so cool. Plywood furniture in the UK is uber premium as plywood is super expensive here.

I don't know about the percentage, but in my searches, their particle board stuff was the same price and much higher quality than other stores, and their solid wood stuff was cheaper than other stores.