No assembly required at... Ikea?

new york — Sweden’s Ikea is making moves so you don’t have to assemble a sofa or bookcase yourself.

The furniture seller said that it is buying online on-demand services platform TaskRabbit, which lets users hire people to help them move, clean up the house or assemble furniture. Much of Ikea’s furniture requires customers to screw together table legs, bedframes and dining room chairs.

Ikea said it tested TaskRabbit in its stores in London last year and plans to roll out the service in US stores and more UK locations. More countries may be added later. Before the TaskRabbit deal, certain Ikea stores already provided some independent workers to assemble goods. Ikea said it expects the deal to be completed next month, and that TaskRabbit will remain an independent company and stay based in San Francisco. —