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With the heavily funded and U.S.-based TaskRabbit having a few teething problems, the jury is still out on how much growth there is in a reverse-marketplace for ‘tasks’. But that isn’t stopping a few ...

IKEA acquired TaskRabbit last month for an undisclosed price. TaskRabbit's platform lets you hire people to do odd jobs, from cleaning to assembling furniture. "We need to offer services" to "become ...

If you hate cleaning and DIY, and haven’t heard of TaskRabbit, then prepare to be enlightened. The US-based start-up is a crowdsourced platform for finding people with special skills to help you ...

TaskRabbit today announced a massive expansion to its UK operations and is now available in six new markets: Brighton, Cardiff, Coventry, Reading, Oxford, and Liverpool and Warrington. The company ...

While us Brits wait for San Francisco, U.S.-based TaskRabbit to launch this side of the pond, at least two local competitors have emerged. With TaskRabbit thought to be eyeing up a UK launch, both ...

In yet another surprising union of traditional retail and the tech world, IKEA has reportedly snapped up the on-demand service TaskRabbit, Recode reports. The deal makes a lot of sense. TaskRabbit has ...

Ikea has announced it is expanding its home assembly service across 27 sites in the UK in a bid to offer customers a more convenient shopping experience. The Swedish DIY giant said the service will be ...

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.

'Home help' may seem like a relic of a bygone age, but Sophie Curtis discovers that one company is bringing it into the 21st Century The TaskRabbit app encourages users to book helpers from their ...

This past week California voted in a new law designed to pave the way for gig economy workers to become full employees. That's a massive deal for the companies offering that kind of work. Stacy ...

LONDON — IKEA's acquisition of gig economy company TaskRabbit is part of the 74-year old furniture company's efforts to modernise the company, according to IKEA's UK CEO. IKEA surprised the market ...