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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

You can now pay IKEA to help you put together its confusing furniture. The company announced this morning it’s rolling out the new TaskRabbit At-Home Assembly service in select U.S. markets where ...

IN A bid to save customers time, money and possibly their relationships, flatpack furniture giant Ikea has a new plan to make a nightmare task easier. The flatpack furniture giant is launching a pilot ...

There’s a love-hate relationship we all have with IKEA. For the cost of an affordable, decent-looking Swedish furniture, you understand that you have to put in the work to assemble the full set. But ...

Could augmented reality be the end of Ikea assembly headaches? My first taste of the emerging technology this week offered the tantalizing hint that the answer might be "yes." AR is nothing new, of ...

Ikea in Bloomington used to provide a referral for those who needed assembly assistance--a professional who could tackle the job in an hour instead of one long, beer and tantrum-soaked weekend for ...