Amazon köper Zappos |
| skrivet av Christer 22/07/09 22:30 i kategorin Allt möjligt skräp |
This just in. Amazon köper Zappos för svindlande 880 miljoner dollar (som aktier i Amazon).
Tony säger bland annat följande i sitt massmail till alla anställda (som föredömligt ska sätta av 20 minuter för att läsa igenom mailet ordentligt).
Over the next few days, you will probably read headlines that say “Amazon acquires Zappos” or “Zappos sells to Amazon”. While those headlines are technically correct, they don’t really properly convey the spirit of the transaction. (I personally would prefer the headline “Zappos and Amazon sitting in a tree…”)
We plan to continue to run Zappos the way we have always run Zappos — continuing to do what we believe is best for our brand, our culture, and our business. From a practical point of view, it will be as if we are switching out our current shareholders and board of directors for a new one, even though the technical legal structure may be different.
We think that now is the right time to join forces with Amazon because there is a huge opportunity to leverage each other’s strengths and move even faster towards our long term vision. For Zappos, our vision remains the same: delivering happiness to customers, employees, and vendors. We just want to get there faster.
We are excited about doing this for 3 main reasons:
1) We think that there is a huge opportunity for us to really accelerate the growth of the Zappos brand and culture, and we believe that Amazon is the best partner to help us get there faster.
2) Amazon supports us in continuing to grow our vision as an independent entity, under the Zappos brand and with our unique culture.
3) We want to align ourselves with a shareholder and partner that thinks really long term (like we do at Zappos), as well as do what’s in the best interest of our existing shareholders and investors.
Inc.com är såklar på direkt och skriver om köpet här och hänvisar även till andra artiklar om Tony Hsieh här och här.
Jag och Anders planerar som vi sagt tidigare att åka till Zappos huvudkontor under nästa år och träffa Tony som lovar att stanna kvar i bolaget minst tills vi kommer!
Läs även lite mer om Zappos på Crunchbase.
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