Ikea furniture may soon get a lot easier to put together. On Thursday, Ikea said it has acquired TaskRabbit, the on-demand marketplace for finding gig workers to carry out random tasks, such as doing handyman work, waiting in line and ... putting together Ikea furniture. Once the acquisition is complete, customers at Ikea locations in both the U.S. and in London will be able to take advantage of TaskRabbit taskers. With Ikea's large footprint -- it operates 357 stores in 29 countries -- Ikea said the partnership could expand to other countries soon. The deal has some precedent: The two partnered in November 2016 on a pilot program to make TaskRabbit available to IKEA customers in London for furniture assembly.

Source: CNN September 28, 2017 18:11 UTC