# Ikea has bought TaskRabbit - Recode

<https://www.recode.net/2017/9/28/16377528/ikea-acquisition-taskrabbit-shopping-home-contract-labor>

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- Saved: September 30, 2017 (2017-10-01T04:14:23Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

Interesting and unexpected (to me at least) acquisition by Ikea. Does make sense though as a way to distribute the installation work of the products that Ikea sells.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT22: Weekly Thing for October 7, 2017](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/22/), Links 📌

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.recode.net/2017/9/28/16377528/ikea-acquisition-taskrabbit-shopping-home-contract-labor