blogs.zappos.com - 7/22/2009
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The following email was sent to our employees today: Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 From: Tony Hsieh (CEO - Zappos.com) To: All Zappos Employees Subject: Zappos and Amazon Please set aside 20 minutes to carefully read this entire email. (My apologies for the occasional use of formal-sounding language, ...
adage.com - 7/26/2009
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adage.com —
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Certainly, Zappos and Amazon
have plenty in common. But there are distinct differences...
too, when it comes to the best way to interact with customers and social media.
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Amazon Says 'I Do' to Zappos. Now What?
amazon.com - 7/24/2009
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While it might have been handled better I
think you did the right thing for an immediate...
fix. I'm glad you are thinking of new ways to fix this in the future to keep the privacy hungry part of the public happy and show that you aren't the "draconic" ...
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An Apology from Amazon - kindle Discussion Forum
adweek.com - 7/22/2009
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adweek.com —
Amazon has agreed to purchase Zappos in an
approximately $850 million deal. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is...
shown.
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Amazon to Buy Zappos
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Zappos and Amazon Sittin' in a Tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G
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Zappos and Amazon Sittin' in a Tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G As Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh wrote in a letter (below in full as well) to employees following the announcement Amazon would (from the ...
Where did those 5000 people come from?
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... my inbox. So, I'm a little confused. Has to be a glitch doesn't it? Anyone seen the same? In the mean time, a screen-shot just to prove it did actually happen... (count was on 2600ish last night...) UPDATE NOON: Normal service resumed, the 5000 odd have disappeared just as rapidly as they appeared. While I'm on: The 'other' big over-night news, for me, was Amazon acquiring Zappos. Congrats Tony @Zappos Open as ever, Tony has shared the letter he sent to all employees about the news. Related articles ...
Amazon Envelops Zappos into Gaping Maw
MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing —
... under the pseudonym "zappos" — publishing quick notes about both the company and life. Zappos is backed by VC firms like Sequoia capital. The company enjoyed over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2008. In a letter to employees, published on the Zappos blog , Hsieh described the Amazon liaison in detail, seeking in particular to correct the impression that the firm had been acquired by Amazon — a description that, while "technically correct," doesn't "really properly convey the spirit of the transaction." "[All] of the existing shareholders and investors of Zappos ...
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