IKEA buys a request service "TaskRabbit" to provide furniture assembly service to wide area deployment

byMichell Zappa

Furniture maker born in Sweden ·IKEAAnnounced that it will acquire TaskRabbit of assistance requesting and contracting service.

IKEA Group signs agreement to acquire TaskRabbit - IKEA
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/about_ikea/newsitem/092817-IKEA-Group-signs-to-acquire-TaskRabbit


Ikea has bought TaskRabbit - Recode
https://www.recode.net/2017/9/28/16377528/ikea-acquisition-taskrabbit-shopping-home-contract-labor

"TaskRabbit" isA service that asks someone to work on behalf of me via the netI'm based in the U.S. and the U.K. in London.


At IKEA in November 2016 I was conducting experiments on furniture assembly service by Tasker of TaskRabbit at the store in London (a person who carries out the requested task). This time, IKEA said that by acquiring 100% of the shares of TaskRabbit, IKEA will expand the furniture assembling service that we have been offering experimentally to the entire US and UK stores. Moreover, it seems that we plan to develop services in other countries.

Even after the acquisition of shares, TaskRabbit will continue as an independent company, and will continue to work with retailers and partner partners other than IKEA.