zappos

For Pennies, UPS Offers Carbon Offsets for Your Packages

Ariel Schwartz — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:10:23 -0400

Did the Venture Capital Crunch Force Zappos-Amazon Deal? [Updated]

Kit Eaton — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:19:50 -0400

Amazon's purchase of online shoe retailer Zappos was surprising and interesting news all by itself, but now comes a twist: reports that this marriage made in e-commerce heaven may have been a shotgun wedding forced by Zappos' itchy-fingered venture-capitalist parents.

Amazon Buys Zappos for $847 Million [updated]

Noah Robischon — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:48:51 -0400

In an unexpected--and quirky--video announcement, Amazon is acquiring the shoe-seller-turned-everything-seller Zappos for $807 Million in stock (that number from the press release rose to $880 million by the market's close, plus Amazon allotted an additional $40 million in cash and stock for Zappos employees).

Liveblogging the Jeff Bezos Zappos Video

David Lidsky — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:31:53 -0400

Wow, I can't believe it. I'm gonna be rich! Hmm, what's this video with Tony's email announcing that we're going to be part of Amazon. Jeff Bezos is welcoming me into the Amazon family. Cool. What a nice gesture rather than a sterile press release.

Designing in Real Time for a Participation Economy

Alissa Walker — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:39:12 -0400

Everyone's (or no one's) favorite redesigned brands, Tropicana and Facebook, came up yet again at this weekend's Y Conference as Liz Danzico, chair of the ne

Zappos' Tony Hsieh on Twitter, Phone Calls and the Pursuit of Happiness

Alissa Walker — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:01:28 -0400

It's not about shoes, it's about customer service. At least that was the gist of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh opening keynote at SXSW this year.

EyeTry, YouTry, We All Buy From EyeBuy

Kaihan Krippendorff — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:38:23 -0500

As I interview successful CEOs of innovative companies, I
see that there is one pattern of competition that consistently emerges. Pattern #34: Coordinate the uncoordinated.

In military circles they call it 4GW (Fourth Generation Warfare) and some
people may recognize it in Wikipedia or in “open source” software.

Happy employees get their own book

Johnny Makkar — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:41:54 -0500

I recently came across another video with Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh, being interviewed informally by web entrepreneur Loic Le Meur. The interview, which is 20 minutes long and was recorded during the TED conference, can be found on YouTube.

Will Twitter Become The Next Friendster In 2009?

Allyson Kapin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:46:03 -0500

Remember when Friendster was the bee’s knees? Then it was beaten out of the market by MySpace. Facebook and YouTube fever came next. Now it’s Twitter - the micro-blogging platform has revolutionized the way over 3 million monthly users and businesses communicate online and build relationships with their customers, friends, and colleagues.

If The Shoe Fits - A look at Zappos.com and the technology they use

Stephen L Rose — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:37:47 -0400

Last week I wrote about several different companies using Twitter as a Business Intelligence tool. After I posted the article, I received a Twitter from Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh thanking me for writing about his company and their use of Twitter.

For those not familiar with Zappos, their vision sums up their goals as the premier online shoe retailer: