Ecommerce

ModCloth Corporate Office

ModCloth was founded in 2002 by Susan and Eric Koger in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Working out of their college dorm at first, the company offered pre-owned, vintage (sometimes referred to as Retro) dresses online. By 2009, the company had $15 million in revenue.

Today, the company has headquarters in San Francisco and two locations, in Los Angeles, and San Francisco, as well as their eCommerce site and pop up stores in many malls in large cities. The company offers women’s clothing, including retro clothing, and a few home decor items. The company is well known for using programs such as “Make the Cut” where customer ideas are turned into products, as well as using their own employees to model swimwear.

In 2015, ModCloth removed the words “Plus Size” from their items and rebranded them as “Extended Sizes” and placed items in with the regular sized clothing, since more than two thirds of customers stated that they were embarrassed to have to shop in a separate plus sized section.

ModCloth

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Campmor Corporate Office

Campmor was founded in Bogota, New Jersey in 1978. Originally founded as a catalog and mail order service from a household garage, the company expanded into an eCommerce site in 1998.

Today, Campmor not only has a catalog and eCommerce site, but the company also opened a retail store in Paramus, New Jersey. Both the eCommerce site and store rely on the company’s large warehouse, located in Mahwah, New Jersey. Campmor is a sporting goods and outdoor enthusiast site, selling items such as clothing, hiking boots and footwear, tents, sleeping bags, skis, backpacks, canoes and kayaks.

The company states that 75 percent of their business comes from their eCommerce website, only 5 percent via catalog sales, and the remainder from their store.

Campmor

Campmor was founded in Bogota, New Jersey in 1978. Originally founded as a catalog and mail order service from a household garage, the company expanded into an eCommerce site in 1998.

The company states that 75 percent of their business comes from their eCommerce website, only 5 percent via catalog sales, and the remainder from their store.

History

Travelocity Corporate Office

Travelocity was founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of American Airlines reservation company Sabre Holdings. The company began to expand quickly once it began advertising on AOL in 1999.

The company operates an online reservation system that offers discounts on airline tickets, car rentals, hotel reservations, and packaged vacations. Travelocity has acquired numerous companies over the years, including AllHotels.Com, Site 59, and Lastminute.Com. Travelocity now operates as a subsidiary of Expedia.com, who acquired the company in January of 2015 for $280 million.

Expedia states that it has no intention, as of today, of changing Travelocity’s name. It is rumored that Expedia might also be interested in purchasing Orbitz.

Travelocity

Travelocity was founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of American Airlines reservation company Sabre Holdings. The company began to expand quickly once it began advertising on AOL in 1999.

Expedia states that it has no intention, as of today, of changing Travelocity’s name. It is rumored that Expedia might also be interested in purchasing Orbitz.

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SkyMall Corporate Office

SkyMall was founded in 1990 by Alan Lobock, Matthew Del Bianco, Bob Worsley, and Graham Alcock. SkyMall operates a catalog and eCommerce site. The catalogs have long been staples for reading material on most US airlines, including American and SouthWest Air. The original plan was to allow customers to order from the catalog once they landed, and have the products brought to them within 20 minutes. This plan was later changed to home delivery.

The company offers a wide range of items, from dog beds to patio fountains. The company has been bought and sold several times over the years, the most recent being in 2013 when the company merged with Xhibit Corp.

SkyMall and Xhibit filed for bankruptcy in January of 2015, and was purchased by C&A Marketing in bankruptcy court. The company intends to relaunch the catalog, but retain the “cool and unusual” products.

SkyMall

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Warby Parker Corporate Office

Warby Parker was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2010 by friends Neil Blumenthal, Andrew Hunt, David Gilboa, and Jeffrey Raider. The company operates an eCommerce site, and more recently, stores which feature prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses.

Today, the company has headquarters in New York City, New York. Originally, the company only sold online and had the unique idea which allowed potential clients to “try on” up to 5 pairs of glasses, then choose the one they would like to have. The company has been so successful that it now has 35 brick and mortar locations. Warby Parker offers inexpensive, yet stylish frames. In April of 2015, the company was estimated to be worth $1.2 billion.

In 2016, the company opened a large office in the L&C tower in downtown Nashville, TN. The 28,000 square foot facility is part showroom and part office with over 100 customer service agents working there daily. The company plans to eventually employ 250 customer service representatives there. As of May 2019, the company has expanded to 90 brick and mortar locations.

The CEO was one of 180 that signed a pro-life/anti-abortion restriction letter that stated attempts to limit a woman’s right to choose hurts businesses. This letter was published as a full-page ad in the New York Times on June 9th, 2019.

The company can sell cheaper frames because all styles are designed in house, all work is done in their own plants, and glasses are shipped directly to customers. Warby Parker also has a “buy one donate one” program, where for every pair of glasses purchased, they donate money to the non-profit company Vision Springs, which provides eyeglasses for low-income countries as a means of sponsoring entrepreneurship.

Although the company doesn’t speak openly about their revenue, it’s estimated that they had annual revenue in 2017 of $250 million and the company appears destined to go public soon.

Warby Parker

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Although the company doesn’t speak openly about their revenue, it’s estimated that they had annual revenue in 2017 of $250 million and the company appears destined to go public soon.