In July 2009, the company announced it would be acquired by Amazon.com in an all-stock deal worth about $1.2 billion. Since it's founding in 1999, Zappos has grown to be the largest online shoe store.
Zappos’ primary selling base is shoes, which accounts for about 80% of it's business. There are currently about 50,000 varieties of shoes sold in the Zappos store, from brands like Nike, Ugg boots, ALDO Shoes, and Steve Madden heels.
They also serve the niche shoe markets, including narrow and wide widths, hard-to-find sizes, American-made shoes, and vegan shoes. In 2004, they launched a second line of high-end shoes called Zappos Couture.
Zappos way of getting workers it’s pretty unusual. Zappos offers new hires $3,000 to quit after their training period to weed out employees that do not fit their culture! They really want people that will work for much more than that and will keep having the company growing!
