Zappos Hacked; 24 Million Customer Accounts Reportedly Compromised

A hacker attacked the Zappos website and gained access to sensitive customer information, the popular online shoe and clothing company announced Sunday. According to Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, the hacker had compromised one of the company's servers in ... continue

Zappos: the poster child for why start-up VCs suck

A while back I remember having a conversation with a friend about the state of web business and how it seems that no one wants to build a business that they ever intend to make into a ... continue

Amazon and Zappos – let’s see how high we can pile the crap

I first heard about the Amazon acquisition of Zappos, the web’s favorite online shoe store, through Twitter and the exclamations that went along with it. One’s like “Wow!”, or “Didn’t see that one coming” ... continue

Zappos Layoffs Update: 8 Percent of Staff Cut

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has kept his promise and revealed full details about the Zappos layoffs, first noticed on the online retailer's official employee Twitter page Thursday. In a new blog posting, Hsieh confirms he had to let ... continue

Zappos Layoffs Revealed Through Twitter

Online retailer Zappos -- the company hailed for its inventive use of Twitter as part of its business model -- appears to have laid off some employees today. The news, ironically enough, is spreading through Zappos' ... continue

Twitter Marketing: An Interview with Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh

This is a guest post by Brian Carter, Director of SEO, PPC, and Social Media at Fuel Interactive. People have been wondering for thousands of years how to use Twitter for marketing. Some corporations aren't even blogging well, but ... continue