Tag Archives: Threadless

Sep13

Crowdsourcing 101: What traditional retailers can learn from Betabrand, Quirky and Threadless

By Jennifer Overstreet | Published: September 13, 2012
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While many companies are trying hard to tack on social strategies to engage their customers, a new generation of young companies are being built from the ground up as inherently social operations. Josh Goldman, General Partner of Norwest Venture Partners brought together Ben Kaufman, CEO & Founder of Quirky; Chris  Lindland, Founder & CEO of Betabrand and Anand  Shah, Chief Operating Officer of Threadless at the Shop.org [...]

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Feb15

Retailers: What’s your Pinterest strategy?

By Artemis Berry, Senior Director of Content and Community, Shop.org | Published: February 15, 2012
7 Comments | Posted in Retail Companies, Social Media

We have a fresh niche social site to talk about, and its making a huge splash. Last week, we saw reports that Pinterest has hit 10 million unique monthly U.S. visits. Reports for the week of January 16, 2012 monitored the site traffic as high as 17 million unique monthly U.S. visits. It’s addicting, it’s social, and [...]

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May13

Talking with…OfficeMax marketing exec Bob Thacker

By Ellen Davis, SVP | Published: May 13, 2011
4 Comments | Posted in Marketing, Retail Companies

Some people were just born to inspire, and I’m convinced Bob Thacker is one of those people. After seeing him speak at several NRF and Shop.org events on different topics – and receive off-the-charts reviews every time – I’ve learned to take any opportunity I can to read what he has to say, hear him [...]

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Sep08

Talking With…Jayne O’Donnell, author and USA Today retail reporter

By Ellen Davis, SVP | Published: September 8, 2009
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After profiling retail executives and solution providers in our Talking With… series over the last several months, we decided to reach out to someone in retail who isn’t often on the receiving end of questions. Jayne O’Donnell, retail reporter at USA Today and co-author of a new book, Gen BuY: How Tweens, Teens and Twentysomethings [...]

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