Tag: ZAPPOS

This past Friday, a small computer glitch cost online retailer 6pm.com a cool $1.6 million, according to parent company Zappos.com. For an unspecified period of time on Friday morning, the brand discount site accidentally capped all of its exclusive offers at $49.99. (Deals that were jointly hosted by 6pm and Zappos were apparently unaffected.) As a result of this bargain blooper, online shoppers ...

Amazon is one of the world's largest online retailers for everything from books to electronics. Zappos is another one of the world's largest online retailers, but more specifically for shoes and clothes. If you think the two are a match made in heaven, you're not the only one: According to TechCrunch, Amazon has just purchased Zappos for a cool $920 million in shares and cash. Zappos has built a ...

Zappos.com, online retailer extraordinaire of shoes -- and now gadgets -- recently made headlines for innovative hiring practices. After a week on the job, new employees are given the chance to leave the company with a $1,000 bonus if they feel that Zappos isn't the place for them. The company appears to be looking to the future with its recent hiring decision. Zappos tapped into the productive ...

Online shoe retailer Zappos launched a newly redesigned home page, featuring several new categories of products. Now you'll find handbags, clothing, sunglasses, and yes even the latest electronics and gadgets among the hundreds of pages of Kenneth Cole boots and Nike running shoes. The retailer says it's not taking aim at the big boys like Amazon, but that it's merely trying to convince its ...