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 ...

Last month, errands marketplace TaskRabbit announced plans to shake up its business model, shifting away from the auction- and negotiation-based platform that it founded five years ago to a more ...

Taskrabbit had raised $50 million in funding and was profitable when IKEA acquired the online marketplace for handymen-on-demand in 2017. While there has been a deluge of initial public offerings in ...

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 ...

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At 79, Dan Weiss has found an unconventional way to stay active, earn a solid income and connect with people – assembling furniture on TaskRabbit. The retired mortgage manager from Oakdale, Minnesota, ...

A rabbit revolution is brewing at TaskRabbit, the site for arranging odd jobs. The San Francisco company last week overhauled how it matches workers with assignments for housecleaning, home repairs, ...

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