SAN FRANCISCO: Ikea on Thursday announced a deal to acquire on-demand help startup TaskRabbit as the world’s largest furniture retailer grabbed a seat in the online sharing economy.

TaskRabbit provides an online platform where people can hire freelance labor for anything from fixing leaky plumbing or assembling furniture to picking up groceries or waiting in queues outside Apple stores to buy iPhones on launch days.

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