Zappos – The People and The Person
by Ken Proctor
First of all…….HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEN!!!!! Yesterday was Ken’s birthday and I hope he had the best day ever!! I love the Zappos people and I am so happy to hear about their continued success. Truly amazing and inspirational!! It is nothing short of deserved and Tony really does have such an amazing outlook on both life and business…Go Ken and go Zappos!! -Julia This is a Story About a People and A P…
Video of the Day: Zappos.com LOVE!
by Outsimmip Outsimmip
So tell us.. why do you enjoy coming to work every day???
Twitter Action of the Day @msshoebizness!!
by Mary Krajick
My favorite Tweet of the day!!… CinderellaShoes Cinderella Shoes Fantastic Ruched Stylish Boots like Jackie at http://www.cinderellashoes.ie/products/Jackie.html# This is a great website specifically for women who need larger shoe sizes. It’s based in Dublin and is such a great concept for an e-commece site. There should be more of these! InStyle InStyle Style Headlines: Dancing With The S…
The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner
TRUE Golf Shoes from Golfweek.com It’s officially UGG season. I’ve seen so many people wearing UGGs in the past few days it’s like they’re giving them away – oh wait, they are! This morning I woke up to a facebook event entitled UGGs Boots Week. Allegedly, from November 27th to December 4th they are giving away 1,000 pairs of new UGG boots in order to promote via word of mouth. The giveaways might work but I’m not sure that a…
The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner
Under Armour Wounded Warrior Project Cleats from prweb.com Under Armour is creating military inspired football uniforms for University of Utah, Texas Tech University, and University of Maryland according to prweb.com . The gear is part of the UA Freedom Initiative to support the military and public safety heroes and Under Armour’s partnership with Wounded Warrior Project, which provides programs for injured…
The Daily Five, It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner
Phillip Lim is debuting a line of footwear to compliment his ready-to-wear collection. Prices range from $395-$875. A little bit on the pricey side for someone like me, but hey, a girl can dream. Aren’t they a-ma-zing! These shoes speak for themselves. Read more at Fab Sugar. I’m not someone who usually watches the stock market, but this sounds like good news to me. According to Business Week, after the reces…
Customer-centric Empowerment
by John Licata
It’s been a while since we have heard from my friend, John….but totally worth the wait! Honestly, you would think that he and Ken coordinated their articles this week the same way us girls coordinate our outfits. haha ….This all makes me think….what if advertising lies and paying people to say they like your product was illegal? What if all you had to rely on was what people say about you and yo…
Tony Hsieh’s NYC Book Launch
by JULIA
Congrats Sheena! First off I would like to say that I am not the best event journalist or photographer…actually I am pretty terrible. haha. I think I get caught up having fun and forget to do my job, so please forgive me. Last night was the launch party for Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh’s new book, Delivering Happiness…I wasn’t even sure I was going to make it, but when my good friend and sometime…
Team Building at Zappos
by mike normart
Since it is a Zappos themed couple of days, I am posting Mike Normart recent article which is regarding one thing that Zappos is very good at! Team building! I find it interesting that Mike decided to introduce Mica who coincidentally has been my point of contact for my trip here to Kentucky. Even through email, I can tell Mica perfectly fits at Zappos. She has been very helpful and I am looking forward to meeting her! Kee…
Video of the Day-Zappos Wedding!
by JULIA
Leave it to the Zappos peeps to have something like this happen in their offices!! Congrats to the newlyweds!! : )
Bonus Non-Shoe Posting – ZopTopz!
by JULIA
When Elize, Anedie and I were out in Vegas, we shared a trip in the Zappos van with Ron Schmelzer who is the man behind ZopTopz….We decided to swap info and I asked him to share a little about what his brand is all about. Might be a fun compliment to some of you retailers out there to sell as an add on to your shoes! We wish Ron and his team the best and much success moving forward! I love seeing people taking a chance at som…
Zappos Corporate Challenge 2010
by mike normart
This is yet another reason why I am a big fan of Zappos and its people! What a great way to build coroporate moral while promoting a healthy lifestyle?? Love it and am looking foward to seeing how they do this year…Mike has promised to keep me updated so of course I will share! Congrats to him for dropping 10 pounds and I hope he kicks some butt this year!! Go team Zappos!! -Julia Corporate Challenge 2010 Corpora…
Weekend Wrap-Up
by Richard Salmon
Weekend Wrap-Up What’s been going on @ SHOEBIZNESS and around the web all week… New Balance released these Gore-Tex edition of the MTG580…I love the material and anything with Gore-Tex is that much better! The Zappos Experience has been a running theme this week! Anedie LOOOOOOOOVE’S them and Elize had fun fun fun!!! Elize can’t wait to JUMP Mike Normart had an amazing Amazon…
ZAPPOS ZAPPOS ZAPPOS
by Richard Salmon
Me and Elize waiting for our ride! Today brings you two perspectives on a visit to Zappos. I took Elize and Anedie there because I knew they would not only have fun, but learn a lot, which they clearly did! It was so fun to watch them experience the dynamic culture at Zappos without being prepped on what to expect and just being introduced into the footwear industry. I had my tour for the first time about two years ago and it…
My ZAPPOS Experience!
by JULIA
Getting off the Zappos short bus….ready to begin our tour! My ZAPPOS Experience!! If what they say is true and the people make the company…thenZappos has it right because it is made up of great people! Great people in a great environment striving to offer their customers the best shoe shopping experience they can. Zappos allows their employees to express themselves and they not only accepts, bu…
