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Fitbay’s ‘social network for body types’ raises $2 million
Before apparel became a $55 billioncategory for e-commerce, critics warned that people would never shop online because they want totry things on. Tony Hsiehand Zappos led the charge in proving them...
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The community builders of the New Metropolis
Tony Hsieh and Scott Heiferman were talking about cities and community long before it became hip to do so. As CEO of Zappos, Hsieh built a culture that encouraged people to collide with each other, and...
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Gap drops Piperlime to focus on fixing its major brands
Gap Inc GPS is dropping its small Piperlime online brand so the apparel maker and retailer can focus on fixing the problems bedeviling its much bigger namesake and Banana Republic brands. Piperlime,...
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Zappos is bringing Uber-like surge pay to the workplace
In September, Zappos chief executive officer Tony Hsieh was wandering the halls of the online retailer's Las Vegas headquarters and noticed that the customer service center’s walls were covered--floor...
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Office humor: 6 surprising places where it actually pays off
The head honchos in the C-suite aren't exactly pounding on the boardroom table demanding that their employees be funny. Yet research reveals the many ways humor helps business. Some companies, notably...
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How important is it for a tech startup to be in Silicon Valley?
Answer by Auren Hoffman on Quora. Starting a company in the San Francisco Bay Area is becoming less and less important. Especially if you are starting a B2B business, there are a ton of great reasons...
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14% of Zappos’ staff left after being offered exit pay
Online shoe seller Zappos offered at least three months of severance to any employee who wanted to leave by the end of April, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Around 210 workers, or 14% of all...
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Even more Zappos employees are being offered money to leave
Only days after 14% of Zappos’ employees accepted a severance offer from the company, even more employees are being offered the opportunity to quit for cash, according to Quartz. Zappos has reportedly...
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Can personality data change the way we communicate with each other?
Like many busy executives, Sean Ammirati, a partner at Birchmere Ventures in Pittsburgh, had a habit of firing off a series of tired emails after his kids went to bed. Slogging through your inbox late...
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The 20 Best Workplaces in Retail
As the holiday season gets underway, retailers face the busiest shopping period of the year, meaning hours--and lines--can be long. But which companies have created a great work environment for their...
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This Company Is Shutting Down for Leap Day
Online shoe retailer Zappos is shutting down for Leap Day. The company, which is owned by Amazon amzn , has put together a Change.org petition to call for Feb. 29 to be declared a national paid...
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This Won’t End Well For Republicans
If you didn't watch Mitt Romney yesterday eviscerating Donald Trump, I would urge you to do so today. It was a brilliantly crafted and delivered speech - leaving many wondering where that Romney was...
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Why Amazon Tolerates Zappos’ Extreme Management Experiment
In 2009 Amazon.com bought a small competitor, online shoe merchant Zappos, for $1.2 billion. It was an unusual deal in that Amazon amzn promised to leave Zappos alone so long as it hit certain...
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Another Zappos Leader Departs
The past year has been a struggle for Zappos. Following a complex transition to a radically non-hierarchical management system called holacracy, and then the introduction of a second philosophy called...
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Big Data Center Company Sues Nevada Regulators, Utility Over Solar Deal
The owner of some of the world’s largest data centers has sued Nevada regulators and that state’s utility over a solar energy deal that it says led to it being overcharged. Las Vegas-based data center...
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