Swedish build-it-yourself furniture giant Ikea has finally solved its customers biggest complaint — it just bought TaskRabbit, a company that finds people to...build your Ikea furniture for you. Under ...

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 ...

No task too big or small for the gig economy as IKEA plans to send out legions of taskers to get assembly jobs right. Swedish home store IKEA is to acquire TaskRabbit, the start-up that sends legions ...

Ikea has partnered with TaskRabbit, allowing you to pre-pay at check out and get a professional to assemble your furniture.

IKEA says that it has singed a conditional agreement that will have it buying 100% of TaskRabbit’s shares. It is expecting the deal to close during October. Once the deal is complete, TaskRabbit will ...

Ikea, a Swedish company famous for its flat-pack furniture and meatballs, has bought TaskRabbit, the Uber for getting people to do random chores for you. The wholly unexpected move pushes Ikea into a ...

Ikea has bought odd-jobs firm TaskRabbit, which sends workers to people’s homes to carry out chores such as assembling flat-pack furniture. The acquisition follows a trial of TaskRabbit in Ikea’s ...

Ikea just made it a lot easier for customers who don't have any furniture-assembling talent.

Furniture retail group Ikea has acquired TaskRabbit, one of the biggest gig economy apps. TaskRabbits platforms connects people with freelance workers to help them complete everyday tasks like ...

Ikea customers love the furniture — but they don’t always love putting it together. With its acquisition of TaskRabbit, the on-demand service and errand platform, Ikea hopes to make it easier for ...

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