Zappos.com Headquarters Photo: commons.wikimedia.org
I remember last year when Sarah Palin was running for the Vice Presidency along with John McCain that she wore some killer red shoes. These shoes were from Zappos.
I had never heard of Zappos before then but I took notice because of the Zappos.com shoes. Some people were more interested in what Sarah Palin was wearing than what her stance was on many issues as was evident by the Zappos red shoes.
Well, Zappos is in the news again today. Amazon purchased Zappos.com for $1.2 billion dollars. Zappos must be doing pretty well for itself if Amazon is willing to pay that kind of money for it. Apparently it had 4.5 million visitors in June. Zappos was started in 1999 and is now the biggest online shoe store. In 2007, it grossed over $800 million.
Zappos comes from the word zapatos which is Spanish for shoes. Although Zappos started selling shoes, it now sells purses, eyewear, watches, DVDs and electronic devices, clothing and has expanded to a high-end shoe that they call Zappos Couture. Zappos is great if you have a hard to find shoe size, maybe a wide shoe or a larger than what some would consider to be normal sized shoe.
They are headquartered in Henderson, Nevada. They have 1500 employees worldwide. Their goal is to offer the best service in the industry. They used to offer free shipping but they ended it in January 2008.
They do offer a return policy that features a whole year for you to return products and a 24 hour a day call center. With Amazon behind Zappos, there's no stopping Zappos.com shoes.
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