I moved from Crown Heights to Bushwick almost two months ago. My new apartment is clean and tastefully laid out. But many things are missing, among them a dresser. There was once a dresser. It was ...

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 ...

TaskRabbit, the on-demand platform for hiring people to do everything from build furniture to stand in line for you at the Apple Store, has sold itself to IKEA, Recode first reported. IKEA has since ...

Here's what you should know about the new deal, which happens to also be great for your mental health. Anyone who’s spent even a minute in a home-furnishings store knows how stressful that landscape ...

The acquisition is a match made in DIY furniture heaven. — -- In a match made in DIY furniture heaven, Ikea Group has bought on-demand services site TaskRabbit, the Swedish company announced ...

It sort of makes sense. Swedish flatpack furniture giant Ikea just acquired American labor on demand startup TaskRabbit. As some have pointed out, Ikea just bought a company that already employs ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

In 2008, TaskRabbit was one of first and highest-profile startups to define the "gig economy", a new model of work for on-demand services. With its app, customers could summon independent contractors ...

The Swedish home-goods store just acquired the chores-outsourcing company, which is great news for your mental health, since research shows time, not money, is the key to happiness. Soon, instead of ...