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 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 ...

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 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 ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Acquisition expected to close in October TaskRabbit will ...

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 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.

NEW YORK — Ikea is making moves so you don't have to assemble a sofa or bookcase yourself. The furniture seller said Thursday that it is buying online on-demand services platform TaskRabbit, which ...

The Internet’s having a ball with the news that IKEA is buying TaskRabbit. The deal will make TaskRabbit, the online marketplace people use to hire “rabbits” to help with anything from moving to odd ...

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TaskRabbit employees may want to grab an Allen wrench and brush up on their Swedish, because Ikea just bought their company. TaskRabbit, which connects freelance workers with small temp jobs, is one ...

For those left baffled by the assembly instructions for an Ikea cabinet, help is on the way. Ikea Group, the international retailing giant known for its ready-to-assemble furniture, announced Thursday ...