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 ...

BOSTON -- A developer of interactive content has signed with a European manufacturer and retailer of ready-to-assemble furniture to create 3D assembly instructions. Canvas GFX Inc. has signed with Rus ...

An Allen wrench (also called an Allen key) is just a brand name for what is more generally called a hex key. This is an L-shaped bar that has a hexagonal shape that fits into screws with hex-shaped ...

In an effort to not be left behind in the dust, Walmart has become the newest retailer to offer in-home furniture and appliance set up for its customers. The news comes just days after Swedish ...

Amazon would soon fulfill a furniture assembly service with its deliveries of orders via the platform and its soon-appearing premium service that makes the order complete and hassle-free. While most ...

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 ...

Amazon is building a new furniture service that would compete with Wayfair, and alleviate customer pain points of having to DIY, Bloomberg reported. The e-commerce giant is reportedly launching a ...

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 ...

If you’re passionate about IKEA hacks and furniture assembly but want something off the beaten track, these online furniture stores are for you. For some people, the worst part of buying IKEA ...

Ikea U.S. on Tuesday announced plans to roll out its TaskRabbit At-Home Assembly service, now available online in select markets and in six Ikea stores across the U.S. The TaskRabbit service is ...

Fans of IKEA’s affordable Nordic-ish home goods have long endured the chain’s signature inconveniences — the endless-maze store design and the build-it-yourself furnishings. Now the retailer is ...

James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. It can be difficult to keep track of the progress being made in robotics, but one useful (if ...