My Journey in the Footwear Industry that lead me to Zappos #239 — Blog #238 I talked about Zappos acquires 6PM and Nike goes live. In this blog I want to talk about the Zappos marathon a new puppy and a 60th birthday party. Zappos decides to sponsor a marathon to be held in Vegas. The runners would run part of it down…

My Journey in the Footwear Industry that lead me to Zappos #238 — Blog #237 I talked about the Couture site gets a facelift. In this blog I want to talk about Zappos acquires 6PM and Nike goes live July 2007 Zappos acquired 6PM.com from eBags.com. eBags.com had launched 6PM in 2005 and the premise was to find 6 perfect matches of shoes/handbags…

My Journey in the Footwear Industry that lead me to Zappos #237 — Blog #236 I talked about 2007 starts off with many new changes. In this blog I want to talk about the Couture site gets a facelift. We launched the Stuart Weitzman Powered by Zappos site in February and the Taryn Rose site a few months later. We would create the…

My Journey in the Footwear Industry that lead me to Zappos #236 — Blog # 235 I talked about 2006 comes to a close at Zappos. In this blog I want to talk about 2007 starts off with many new changes. The vertical strategy was in full force and to start the New Year we launched the Running vertical. We were in talks…

My Journey in the Footwear Industry that lead me to Zappos #235 — Blog # 234 I talked about the Private label team heads to Shanghai. In this blog I want to talk about 2006 comes to a close at Zappos Zappos partners with Chase to offer customers a Zappos Visa Card in November. It was the first attempt to have some sort…

My Journey in the Footwear Industry that lead me to Zappos #234 — Blog # 233 I talked about Zappos reaches over 804 brands on the site. In this blog I want to talk about Private label team heads to Shanghai So, we plan another trip to China in October, this time to Shanghai. Rob set up some factories to check out primarily…

My Journey in the Footwear Industry that lead me to Zappos #233 — Blog # 232 I talked about Another tour group for China departs in April. In this blog I want to talk about Zappos reaches over 804 brands on the site. A few months go by and after Richard negotiated with the Chinese government, we finally get our permit to open…

My Journey in the Footwear Industry that lead me to Zappos #232 — Blog # 231 I talked about Our founder Nick leaves Zappos. In this blog I want to talk about Another tour group for China departs in April Zappos starts a new division called “PBZ” or powered by Zappos. We would help build a site for a brand then help them…

My Journey in the Footwear Industry that lead me to Zappos #231 — Blog # 230 I talked about 2005 comes to an end and another China trip. In this blog I want to talk about Our founder Nick leaves Zappos. February 2006, we start a Zappos shuttle service for our vendors to pick them up from the airport. It was a way…