The Daily Startup: Warby Parker to Expand Further Into Physical Stores
By: Mike Billings. The e-commerce startup Warby Parker,which raised $100 million at a $1.2 billion valuation, is expanding further into physical stores with its…
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Warby Parker Joins Billion-Dollar Valuation Club After Latest $100 Million Funding Round
By: Geoff Weiss. Warby Parker is seeing dollar signs. The five-year-old startup just closed a $100 million funding round — its Series D —…
Warby Parker Beats Out Tech Giants On ‘Most Innovative’ List
By: Alexander C. Kaufman. Warby Parker beat out Apple, Google and Samsung to be named Fast Company’s most innovative company of 2015. The online eyewear…
Richard Lambertson, John Truex Unveil Shinola Line
By: Aria Hughes. Source: WWD. Richard Lambertson and John Truex are back and getting primed for their Shinola debut. The accessories designers joined the…
Ringly Weds Fashion and Hardware
By: Vikram Alexie Kansara. NEW YORK, United States — “Is it useful? Does it solve problems? And would you still wear it if the…
The Mistake That Turned Warby Parker Into an Overnight Legend
By: Graham Winfrey. Five years ago, a misstep landed the Warby Parker team a 20,000-person waitlist. Since then, all they’ve done is remake the…
Warby Parker’s co-CEOs say these are the 2 most important lessons they’ve learned as entrepreneurs
By: Richard Feloni. Hip eyeglasses company Warby Parker is experiencing explosive growth. Last June, Warby Parker sold its millionth pair of glasses, and Bloomberg…
Olio Creates A Homebrew Smartwatch With Some Amazing Features
By: John Biggs. It’s not every day I’m impressed by a smartwatch. Plenty of Android Wear and Pebble devices have come and gone and…
How a fashion maven found her perfect retail vehicle
By: Jessica Kramer. Joey Wolffer comes from a long line of tastemakers. Her maternal great-great-grandfather co-founded Britain’s Marks & Spencer; her mother was a…