| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.08.2021 | 3 Department Store Stocks to Buy, 1 to Avoid | August 30, 2021 7 min read This story originally appeared on StockNews
Even though the resurgence of COVID-19 cases may dampen department stores’ growth in the near term, relatively inelastic demand for consumer goods and their strong onlin... |
| 05.07.2020 | How Stitch Fix used AI to personalize its online shopping experience | Online retailers have long lured customers with the ability to browse vast selections of merchandise from home, quickly compare prices and offers, and have goods conveniently delivered to their doorstep. But much of the in-person shopping e... |
| 26.03.2020 | 6 tips for working from home during pandemic | As the coronavirus continues to spread, most people are adjusting to a quarantined and remote workplace. While some professionals have experienced more of a shift than others, most are experiencing a challenge whether it be in adopting new ... |
| 10.04.2018 | Debunking 3 of the biggest myths about Midwest tech | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In the past four years, a slew of articles have b... |
| 10.04.2018 | Debunking 3 of the biggest myths about Midwest tech | In the past four years, a slew of articles have been published comparing the Midwest tech scene to Silicon Valley: in 2014, 2015, 2016, and ending with a recent one from the New York Times. While well-intentioned, these articles all have at... |
| 12.12.2017 | ThredUP launches Stitch Fix competitor for try-before-you-buy clothes | Consignment startup thredUP is launching Goody Boxes, for people who want to try on clothes at home before making purchases. Customers will be able to order on-demand shipments, with personalized items sent to their home.
If it sounds famil... |
| 17.11.2017 | Stitch Fix up just 1% on first day of trading, after reducing size of IPO | Stitch Fix went up just 1 percent on its first day of trading. After pricing at $15, the company closed at $15.15. It’s also below the opening trade of $16.90.
The company didn’t raise as much money as it had been hoping for. It raised $120... |
| 03.01.2017 | Rockets of Awesome, which sends parents curated boxes of kid apparel, just raised $12.5 million | Stitch Fix, Trunk Club, and other subscription e-commerce businesses have made it easier for adults to discover clothing they like without having to trundle through department stores. Users sign up for the services, which survey them about ... |
| 11.04.2016 | Lewk is an algorithmically curated monthly menswear box | Men hate shopping for clothes and think it’s a waste of time.
That’s the narrative perpetuated by the countless personal shopping and subscription clothing startups that have popped up over the past few years.
But most of these startups req... |
| 17.02.2016 | Cairn Subscription Box raises $1.7 million to expand its business for outdoor recreation enthusiasts | Cairn’s “Obsidian Box.” Photo via Cairn.
Cairn Subscription Box, a monthly service based out of Bend, Ore. that sends food, gear, and other outdoor recreation supplies to its subscribers, has just closed on $1.7 million in funding. Previous... |
| 16.02.2016 | Layer muses on messaging’s future — and why some brands should skip Facebook | If there’s anything that Facebook Messenger, Slack, and Operator have shown, it’s that we’re in an era of conversational commerce. It’s an environment where phone calls are eschewed in favor of instant messaging. But even with more applicat... |
| 16.02.2016 | Layer muses on messaging’s future — and why some brands should skip Facebook | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
If there’s anything that Facebook Messenger, Slack, and Operator have shown, it’s that we’re in an era of conversational commerce. It’s... |
| 14.10.2015 | Tackling The Multi-Billion-Dollar “Athleisure” Wear Market, Outdoor Voices Raises $7 Million | With Lululemon brushing a $7.4 billion valuation in public markets, there’s no denying that so-called “athleisure” wear is a huge business.
As with any multi-billion dollar industry startup investors are looking for a piece of that action, ... |
| 21.07.2015 | Nordstrom-Owned Styling Service Trunk Club Expands To Women’s Apparel | Personal styling service Trunk Club first got its start by appealing to men who don’t like to shop by offering to ship hand-picked designer clothing to their homes for free. Then, customers only paid for those items they kept. Today, in the... |
| 06.07.2015 | Aussie startup Kent and Lime’s curated men’s fashion offering sizes up Asian market | Just because some men dislike shopping, doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t want to look good.
That’s the premise behind a number of curated shopping startups like Europe’s Outfittery and America’s Trunk Club. Upon signing up, users fill ou... |
| 31.12.2014 | Ten Ways The World Changed In 2014 | David Hirsch Contributor
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In New York And LA, New Startup Communities Flourish
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Editor’s Note: David Hirsch is a founder of Metamorphic Ventures. The fir... |
| 27.08.2014 | Successful ecommerce takes more than online presence, says new NASDAQ study | “Be disrupted, or disrupt yourself,” says Mike Stiller, associate director of corporate solutions at NASDAQ, in a phone call with VentureBeat. That’s the key takeaway from a new study he co-authored on ecommerce growth.
With the rise of com... |
| 31.07.2014 | Nordstrom confirms purchase of online men’s shopping site Trunk Club | Trunk Club CEO Brian Spaly and Nordstrom department store confirmed yesterday evening that Spaly’s men’s apparel and personal shopping startup has been purchased by Nordstrom. The purchase amount is undisclosed at this time.
Trunk Club is a... |
| 31.07.2014 | It's Official: Nordstrom Will Acquire Trunk Club as Men's Fashion Heats up | Nordstrom and Trunk Club confirmed their buyout deal, late Wednesday, a huge step for the Chicago startup built on the premise that men hate to shop and another sign of retailers' interest in tapping the growing market for men's fashion.
Tr... |
| 31.07.2014 | Nordstrom to Buy Chicago-Based Trunk Club | Nordstrom announced today that it will acquire the Chicago-based men's clothing service company, Trunk Club. The deal is expected to close in Nordstrom's third quarter. No terms were disclosed.
Trunk Club provides a personalized shopping ex... |
| 14.07.2014 | Nordstrom looks to buy men's clothing site Trunk Club | Trunk Club sends out clothing to try on in the mail based on customer's needs and taste
As I'm sure I've mentioned before, fashion and I do not go together. I don't have an eye for it, and I don't know anyone who does. But I'm thinking that... |
| 29.11.2013 | The 10 best subscription boxes to give in 2013 | Subscription commerce has had a bang-up year in 2013, and we love the idea of giving subscription boxes as gifts for those extra-special loved ones.
Here’s our roundup of the best-of-the-best subscription services for the 2013 gift-giving s... |
| 04.06.2013 | To Reach A Different Kind Of Shopper, Men’s Styling Service Trunk Club Arrives On iPhone | Personal styling and retail platform Trunk Club is going mobile. After finding that around 40 percent of its website traffic is now coming from mobile devices, and around 75 to 80 percent of that comes from iOS devices in particular, the co... |
| 07.03.2013 | Jerome Bowman – founder of Gentlemens Supply Co. | Jerome is the 25-year-old founder of Gentlemens Supply Co. He is a Sydney local whose passion for fashion started when he began working in family’s business whilst still in school. During this time his family expanded their B&M stores t... |
| 11.10.2012 | Frank & Oak rescues men from perils of ‘shop til you drop’ | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
My Dad does not like to shop. Twice a year, he vi... |
| 15.09.2012 | Being More Accessible | Editor’s note: Nasir Jones is co-founder of 12Society and a multi-platinum recording artist. Follow him at NasirJones.com and on Twitter: @Nas.
On July 24, I found out that my newest album hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. This isn’t my first... |
| 23.07.2012 | TaskRabbit Gets $13M From Founders Fund And Others To “Revolutionize The World’s Labor Force” | Labor-marketplace TaskRabbit is today announcing a $13 million C-round of funding, led by Founders Fund. The C-round will bring the collaborative consumption startup’s total funding to $38 million.
As part of the round, Founders Fund partne... |
| 14.05.2012 | Brian Spaly, CEO Of Trunk Club, Is On A Mission To Get Men To Dress Better | Do you like to go to mall and shop for clothing so you look good? If you are like most men, you probably do not enjoy shopping and might think it is kind of a drag. That said, looking good can help you feel good, which should ultimately hel... |
| 13.01.2012 | Fab.com snaps up fashion site FashionStake | The design-focused daily deal site looks to expand to the competitive world of fashion
There are a million daily deal and flash sales sites in the market today. I know because I spent most of New Year's Day unsubscribing from all of them (i... |
| 25.12.2011 | Need A Last Minute Gift? There’s A Subscription For That | Brit Morin is the Founder and CEO of Brit, a new company focused on providing people with innovative ideas, software, and products for creative living.
Subscription services have been around for more than a century. Generations before us we... |
| 12.12.2011 | Personal Stylist For Men Trunk Club Hires Former Greylock EIR And eBay Exec As COO | Chicago-based personal styling and retail platform for men Trunk Club has brought on former Greylock EIR and eBay VP Rob Chesney as COO.
In his role as an Executive-in-Residence, Chesney advised Greylock’s early-stage consumer-focused busin... |
| 01.11.2011 | CakeStyle Is A Personal Shopping Service For Women | We’ve written a number of times about Trunk Club, a personal shopping service for men. The model is pretty simple-professional stylists on staff coordinate with clients via phone and email, and actually purchase goods for clients from retai... |
| 01.11.2011 | CakeStyle delivers personalized fashion to your door | The company launches as a personalized shopping service for women
For years I’ve been laboring under the oppressive yet persistent myth that all women like to shop—ergo, I like to shop. I’m not sure where this idea came from, since I have a... |
| 08.09.2011 | Trunk Club Closes $11M Series A Funding | Trunk Club, a Chicago, IL-based personalized clothing service for men, has closed an $11m Series A funding.
The round was led by U.S. Venture Partners, with participation from Greycroft Partners, Apex Venture Partners, and Anthos Capital.
T... |
| 08.09.2011 | Trunk Club Secures $11M |
U.S. Venture Partners Leads Series A Round of Financing with Additional Investments from Greycroft Partners, Apex Venture Partners, and Anthos Capital.
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| 08.09.2011 | Personal Styling And Retail Platform For Men Trunk Club Raises $11 Million | Personal styling and retail platform Trunk Club has raised $11 million in Series funding led by U.S. Venture Partners with Greycroft Partners, Apex Venture Partners, and Anthos Capital also participating in the round.
As we wrote in our pre... |
| 08.09.2011 | Trunk Club gets $11M to help guys look good | The men's fashion retail site picks out the clothes for guys who don't want the hassle of shopping
My forays into the mind of the average heterosexual male have led me to conclude that 1) they like chicken wings and boobs, 2) they want to l... |
| 05.06.2011 | The Power Of Online-To-Offline Is Moving Beyond Local Commerce | While the idea of ‘online to offline’ for purchasing is proving to be powerful in the local commerce world, the trend of linking the physical world to the web is producing a number of startups that are innovating beyond just purchasing from... |
| 06.04.2011 | Trunk Club: Outfitting Men Just The Way They (And Their Wives) Like It | Back when we wrote about Trunk Club in 2009, the startup was an innovative new way that men could hire their own personal shopper via Skype video sessions, who try to figure out what kind of clothes they wear, what is lacking in their wardr... |
| 03.06.2009 | The Trunk Club For Men: Never Shop For Clothes Again | Most men hate to shop. It takes way too much time, we are out of our element, and we end up getting really dorky clothes because we feel like not buying something is an admission of failure. Online shopping is better, but most of us would r... |
| - | Finally heading back to the office? How to buy new work clothes on a budget | As more people head back to the office, they may not be able to rely on their work wardrobe from more than two years ago.
Fashion bloggers share tips on how to prepare for the return to the office without overspending. |
