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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 put down your Allen wrenches and stop yelling at your family over which nail goes in where. IKEA has finally heard its customers' pleas for help and launched a new service that gives customers ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I find innovation stories in America’s industrial heartland. Could augmented reality be the end of Ikea assembly headaches? My ...

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 ...

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 ...