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 ...

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 ...

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, the Swedish home-goods retailer, said Thursday that it had agreed to acquire TaskRabbit, a company known for, among other things, sending tool-wielding workers to rescue customers befuddled by ...

Home furnishings retailer Ikea Group signed an agreement to buy 100% of on-demand services company TaskRabbit in a deal expected to close in October, per a press release. After the acquisition, ...

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 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 ...