Zappos news and trends

Amazon, Big Retail Rethink Cross-Selling to Get Grocery Buyers In-Store
Retail // January 16, 2023

As shoppers shift their food spending to grocery, retailers are diversifying to win these customers. eCommerce giant Amazon, for one, is leveraging the breadth of its portfolio to get consumers into its grocery stores. For instance, footwear subsidiary Zappos recently announced that it is making...

Retailers Add Adaptive Apparel To Their Brand Offerings
Retail // July 23, 2019

To make the clothing industry more inclusive of children with disabilities, major fashion brands are debuting adaptive clothing lines. Tommy Hilfiger, Target and Zappos have all launched these types of lines in recent years, while Kohl’s is the latest retailer to do so, CNBC reported....

Sizzle Fizzle: Lyft’s Liftoff Sizzles
Sizzle/Fizzle // March 29, 2019

IPOs are everywhere, it seems, but Lyft may be a special case. Yes, Levi Strauss was a star earlier in the month, with a debut on the public markets that sent the 160+-year-old firm’s shares up more than 30 percent on the first day of...

Supreme Court Denies Zappos’ Request To Throw Out Class-Action Suit
Retail // March 26, 2019

The United States Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by online shoe company Zappos over a data breach in 2012 that compromised the information of 24 million customers, according to a report from Reuters. Zappos, which is a subsidiary of Amazon, was appealing the decision...

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Retailers Add Adaptive Apparel To Their Brand Offerings

July 23, 2019
To make the clothing industry more inclusive of children with disabilities, major fashion brands are debuting adaptive clothing lines. Tommy Hilfiger, Target and Zappos have all launched these types of lines in recent years, while Kohl’s is the latest retailer to do so, CNBC reported. Target brought adaptive apparel to its assortment for toddlers as […]

Supreme Court Denies Zappos’ Request To Throw Out Class-Action Suit

March 26, 2019
The United States Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by online shoe company Zappos over a data breach in 2012 that compromised the information of 24 million customers, according to...

Amazon’s Shoe Business Growing Faster Than Traditional Retailers

August 04, 2017
Amazon’s shoe business has already experienced 18 percent growth year-over-year during the first two quarters of 2017— an indication that the online retailer’s investment in the footwear market is paying...

Walmart Adds Another eCommerce Purchase To The Pile

April 21, 2017
Walmart’s online shopping spree continues — now with a new domain name for recent acquisition ShoeBuy.com. ShoeBuy has grabbed up the shoes.com domain name and all intellectual property related to it...