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LuxeYard Corporate Office

LuxeYard

LuxeYard was founded by Amir Mireskandari & Khaled Alattar in Los Angeles, California. This pair of businessmen wanted to cash in on the flash sale industry. With the help of numerous investors, the company was incorporated in 2009 and went public on the NYSE in 2011.

What follows next depends on whom you talk to, however, the company appears to have been the target of what is known as a pump and dump scheme, where fake investors pump up the stock and then dump it when prices are higher. The company was forced to file for bankruptcy, however, they recently won a lawsuit against the parties they stated were involved in the scheme.

History

According to the lawsuit, these fraudulent trading activities date back as far as 2012, when certain defendants paid marketing firms millions of dollars to tout LuxeYard’s stock while orchestrating a scheme to sell their shares at the same time. Among those accused of illegally promoting the stock is NBT Equities Research, a company affiliated with Tobin Smith, a former Fox News commentator. In 2014, Mr. Smith agreed to pay more than $250,000 to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges that he and his company fraudulently promoted a penny stock to investors.

Today, the company is still operating, but no longer offers flash sales. LuxeYard is now an online marketplace for home furnishings, home decor, and is best known for area rugs. Company headquarters remain in Los Angeles, California.

Reliant Energy Corporate Office

Reliant Energy

Reliant Energy can actually trace its roots back as far as 1882, when Emanuel Raphael and other Houston businessmen, wanted to bring electricity to their town. By 1889, the small company sold out to the larger Houston Gas Light Company.

Over the years, the company has been sold or has merged with numerous other electrical companies until 2000 when Reliant Energy was incorporated. In 2009, energy giant NRG acquired the company, which now operates as a subsidiary.

History

The state of Texas deregulated the electric industry in 2002. This allows consumers to choose between the current 116 retail electric providers that offer service in their area. Reliant has approximately 1.8 million customers, making them the second largest energy provider in the state.

Reliant has provided electricity to “Beat the Heat Centers” in Texas since 2009. Partnering with local community centers, Reliant helps air condition buildings where the public can enjoy free AC, in a safe environment, throughout the summer while reducing home electricity use during the hottest days of summer.

The company introduced their own mobile phone app in 2014, which allows customers to pay their bill, view their current usage and costs, as well as control smart devices, such as thermostats, from their mobile phone. In August 2016, the company announced the sale of smart doorbells systems, which work with cameras and the cell phone app, to alert customers about activity near their front doors.

Reliant Energy currently has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. Company headquarters are located in Houston, Texas.

Chairish Corporate Office

Chairish

Chairish is an online marketplace for unique and vintage furniture, art, and household decor. Founded in 2013 by husband and wife team Gregg and Anna Brockway, who were frustrated when attempting to sell furniture items that no longer fit into their new home.

Chairish offers over 220,000 curated items for sale from individuals, beloved vintage shops, and interior designers. The company accepts furniture and decor with listings that have a minimum price of $25. Listing items is free, and the seller keeps up to 80 percent of the final sale.

History

The company recently paired with eBay, allowing clients to list their items on both the Chairish site and eBay at the same time, simply by clicking a box on the mobile app.

Architectural Digest named Chairish the top new app for home decorating in 2014 and one of the best design and decorating apps in 2017. On March 9, 2017, the company launched an in-app augmented reality feature, which allows buyers to visualize items in the context of their own home. The Chairish app was named a 2017 Webby Honoree in the Mobile Site & Apps Category for Shopping and reached 1 million monthly visitors in late 2017.

Chairish was recently named #38 on Entrepreneur magazine’s Entrepreneur360 List, recognizing the company as among the best entrepreneurial companies in the US.

Company headquarters are located in San Francisco, California. The company maintains an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.

One Kings Lane Corporate Office

One Kings Lane

One Kings Lane was founded in 2009 by Alison Pincus and Susan Feldman. This pair of friends started their own company working out of their own homes and investing less than $100,000 of their own money in their furniture and home decor company. Feldman’s high school aged daughter took most of the pictures for products offered.

History

The company sells mainly via their online site but recently opened a showroom in New York. One Kings Lane offered many items via a flash sale and at one time had as many as 10 million subscribers. After working for Ralph Lauren, Feldman held her first flash sale and was shocked at how much the company sold. She became convinced that she could do the same thing with home decor and furniture.

One Kings Lane does not make or design any of the items sold. The company has been so successful that similar businesses were flooding the market, such as Fab and Luxeyard. Feldman states that they want One Kings Lane to be the Tiffany of flash sale home decor and furniture sites, offering quality, not quantity.

At one time the company was estimated to be worth $900 million. Flash sales fell out of favor by the end of 2010 and Bed Bath and Beyond acquired the company in 2016 for $12 million. Today, the company operates as a subsidiary. Headquarters remain in San Francisco, California.

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Tackle Warehouse Corporate Office

Tackle Warehouse

Tackle Warehouse was founded by Rich Zeilenga & Drew Munster in 2003 in San Luis Obispo, California. Zeilenga loved fishing but wasn’t sure how he could make a living doing so. After college, he went to work for friends at Tennis Warehouse. This is where Zeilenga got his idea to operate an online store similar to Tennis Warehouse, but for fishing enthusiasts.

The company began very small, operating only an online eCommerce store. All operations, including the warehouse, shipping, receiving, and customer service operations were done out of one very small building. The business quickly took off, however, forcing the company to move to larger spaces three times in their first 5 years.

History

The company now shares a super-sized warehouse with Tennis Warehouse. This has allowed Tackle Warehouse to open up a large storefront. Customers can also look through the entire product line in the store via computer. Anything not in the store is located in the stock room and can be brought to the customer in minutes.

The company is best known for hiring customer service rep’s that are also avid fishermen who have tried many of the products that are sold.

The corporate office is located in the same building as the warehouse and storefront, in San Luis Obispo, California. The company ships internationally and has a very active information channel on YouTube.

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