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.

In September, Swedish furniture retailer Ikea quietly snapped up TaskRabbit in a bid to transform its longstanding retail model. TaskRabbit was an early pioneer of the “gig economy,” the industry of ...

TaskRabbit helped invent the gig economy by building a network that let users hire independently-contracted "taskers" to perform household chores. But since being acquired by furniture retailing giant ...

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 ...

Yesterday, IKEA's recently acquired app TaskRabbit announced that it was investing a cyber-security incident. Last fall, IKEA bought TaskRabbit, a San Francisco-based company that helps connect IKEA ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Taskrabbit, the leading online marketplace for home services, is thrilled to announce the expansion of its partnership with IKEA. This enhanced collaboration provides ...

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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 ...