Posts Tagged “shoes”
I’ve been running barefoot about once a week for the past few months. It feels great but I max out at 3 miles because the sidewalks get a little abrasive. I heard about the Vibram FiveFingers “shoes” and wanted to try them out and finally got a pair for my birthday. Thanks mom! They’re pretty [...]
About 6 weeks ago, I signed up to receive a free copy of Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh’s new book Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose. Didn’t really expect them to really send it (what’s the margin in that?), but they did, and the unexpected delivery did in fact make me happy. Delivering [...]
I very rarely send anything out to the Shoes ‘R Us email list, partly because I’m busy, partly because I don’t want to bother people, and partly because I feel like I should have a really good offer when I do. Such an offer came along Wednesday morning so I put together my email and [...]
It’s Cyber Monday, the unofficial holiday of online retail. The term Cyber Monday was first used in 2005, after e-tailers reported a big spike in website traffic the Monday after Thanksgiving 2004. The reasoning was that shoppers would browse the brick-and-mortar stores over the weekend, and then use the high-speed connection at their offices when [...]
I knew I’d made the big time when Shoeline.com offered to send me a pair of any shoes on their site for free. They are a relatively new partner on Shoes ‘R Us but the early results have been great. And since this is the first pair of free shoes I’ve gotten in my 5 [...]
For a little bit of background, I run ShoesRUs.net, a comparison shopping site for shoes. We carry no inventory, process no orders, and ship nothing. Instead, we refer customers to our retail partners in exchange for a portion of the proceeds. These are actual customer service emails I’ve received over the past few years. They [...]
