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 ...

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The days of assembling your IKEA furniture are in the past, thanks to the store's collaboration with online home service marketplace Taskrabbit. Now, when you head to checkout, you can book ...

For many, assembling Ikea furniture can be a frustrating experience. So, as a solution, Ikea is partnering with the service provider app, TaskRabbit. Customers in-store or online will be able to ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’re sick and tired of those confusing IKEA furniture assembly tips, try something from our list of the least complicated furniture, i.e., 7 easiest IKEA furnitures to assemble. Everyone has ...

Toronto designer Adam Pickard has turned paper IKEA manuals into an augmented reality app that shows users life-size instructions on how to build their furniture. Pickard's AssembleAR app was designed ...

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 ...