Wahi a kahi hōʻike Bloomberg i ka Pōʻakolu, ua hoʻomaka ka hui 11 makahiki ma ke ʻano he e-retailer a ma hope ua wehe ʻia ma kahi o 130 mau hale kūʻai ma United States.Ke noʻonoʻo nei ia i ka hāʻawi mua ʻana i ka lehulehu ma mua o kēia makahiki.
Ua hōʻiliʻili ka hui ma New York i ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā aniani ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi.Wahi a nā hōʻike, ua hōʻiliʻili ʻo Warby Parker i ka US $120 miliona i ka pōʻai hope loa o ke kālā, i helu ʻia ma US $ 3 biliona.
"Ke ʻimi nei mākou i nā manawa kālā like ʻole i ka ʻaiʻē a me nā mākeke waiwai," i ʻōlelo ai ka hui ma kahi ʻōlelo."I kēia lā, ua loaʻa iā mākou ka pōmaikaʻi a me ka manaʻo e hōʻiliʻili kālā i nā huaʻōlelo makemake i ka mākeke pilikino, a he nui kā mākou kālā ma kā mākou waihona.E hoʻomau mākou i nā hoʻoholo hoʻoholo e pili ana i kā mākou kūpaʻa i ka ulu hoʻomau. "
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui e Dave Gilboa lāua ʻo Neil Blumenthal, ko lāua mau hoa kulanui i hui ma ke kula ʻo Wharton o ke Kulanui o Pennsylvania, a me Jeff Raider lāua ʻo Andy Hunt.
Mālama ʻia ʻo Warby Parker i kēlā me kēia lā e nā co-CEOs ʻo Giboa a me Blumenthal, e ʻimi ana i kekahi mau mea hoʻopukapuka nui, e komo pū ana me ka hui kālā hui ʻo T. Rowe Price.
Hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke loaʻa nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi ma o ka app ma kā lākou kelepona a hoʻohana i ke kāmela e koho i nā kiʻi.Loaʻa i ka hui kahi hale hana optical ma Slotsburg, New York, kahi i hana ʻia ai nā lens.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo Warby Parker ke koho maʻalahi loa, ma kahi hoʻohālikelike hou me Costco, ua lanakila ʻo ia iā Costco.He $126 wale nō ka pālua o nā makaaniani kuhikuhi, aʻo ka makaaniani makaʻu loa a Warby Parker he $95.
“I ka hele ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku i loko o LensCrafters a i ʻole Sunglass Hut, e ʻike lākou i nā makaaniani like ʻole he 50, akā ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike aia kēia mau hōʻailona āpau i ka hui like nona kā lākou hale kūʻai, aia paha kahi hoʻolālā ʻinikua ʻike.Ua hoʻohana ʻia e uku no kēia mau aniani, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Gilboa i kahi ninaninau CNBC hou.
"No laila, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ka nui o kēia mau aniani i kūʻai ʻia he 10 a 20 mau manawa o ke kumukūʻai hana," wahi āna.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻOkakopa-19-2021