Ikea buys odd jobs firm TaskRabbit

Tired of having to build your ikea billy bookshelves yourself?
The swedish furniture massive's ultra-modern buy method it will likely be simpler to get someone else to do it for you, as long as you're willing to pay.
The firm is buying us start-up company taskrabbit, which permits users to hire human beings to assist them assemble furniture in addition to a host of other chores like residence cleansing or garden mowing.
The deal follows a tribulation of taskrabbit in london's ikea stores remaining november.
Ikea president and leader government jesper brodin stated the intention of the deal become to "make our clients' lives a little bit simpler".
"we need to expand the commercial enterprise faster and in a extra bendy manner.
"an acquisition of taskrabbit could be an exciting leap in this change," he said.
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Taskrabbit will maintain to perform as an unbiased corporation in the ikea institution.
The web company turned into based in the us in 2008. Founder leah busque got here up with the concept after strolling out of dog meals one night after the stores were closed.
She concept if there have been a manner to assist her connect with nearby human beings she would have been capable of locate someone to help.
The company now operates in forty us cities and in london within the united kingdom.
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Ikea stated the deal have to "make our customers' lives a little bit less difficult"
Customers of the provider describe the job they want and are able to select from a list of so-called "taskers" to do the job.
Store john lewis these days introduced a similar carrier.
Its domestic solutions carrier permits customers in bathtub, bristol, cardiff, cheltenham, gloucester and taunton to lease plumbers, electricians, decorators and different styles of tradespeople via an app, internet site and make contact with centre-based carrier.
The taskrabbit acquisition takes ikea into the sector of the "gig financial system", with employees for the service all independent contractors as opposed to employees.
Different such corporations such as taxi hailing app uber, food transport service deliveroo and delivery company hermes have confronted controversy inside the uk over their employment phrases.
Many people have complained about job protection and the absence of illness and vacation pay.