It’s been nearly six months since Ikea, the company behind affordable furniture that looks deceptively easy to assemble, acquired TaskRabbit, the company that sends folks to help you do things that ...

The Ikea shopping experience used to be all about being there in person. You would schlep out to one of the Swedish company’s giant showrooms, where you’d meander through rooms, stop for a meatball or ...

Ikea is trying its hand at the gig economy. The Swedish home goods giant just bought on-demand freelance work app TaskRabbit for an undisclosed sum, the companies confirmed. Recode first reported the ...

Ikea has expanded its partnership with online home services marketplace Taskrabbit, enabling customers to easily book and pay for Taskrabbit furniture assembly at the time of their Ikea purchase. Ikea ...

Ikea is buying a startup that could fix the most annoying thing about the iconic furniture company. The home-goods giant has signed an agreement to acquire TaskRabbit, Ikea announced on Thursday.

You can now pay IKEA to help you put together its confusing furniture. The company announced this morning it’s rolling out the new TaskRabbit At-Home Assembly service in select U.S. markets where ...

For $30, your Ikea assembly headaches are over. With next week’s grand opening of the Swedish company’s Brooklyn store comes John Martinez – one of dozens of handymen ready to make a house call. “We ...

IN A bid to save customers time, money and possibly their relationships, flatpack furniture giant Ikea has a new plan to make a nightmare task easier. The flatpack furniture giant is launching a pilot ...

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