In 2015, I participated in a Zappos company culture boot camp, one of the most impactful learning experiences in my HR career. The boot camp emphasized how culture is critical to creating an engaged, ...

Before joining Zappos, chief executive officer Tony Hsieh dreaded coming to work at his own company. It wasn't fun to work there anymore because the company culture went completely down the drain, he ...

In my 12 years at Zappos, I've helped set up the recruiting program to scour the planet for people who are fun and a little weird. I helped develop the company's 10 Core Values and the Zappos Core ...

“Vegas is like a small town in a big city,” said Loren Becker, Zappos experience and community team manager. The longtime executive is just one of the 1,500 employees who do their part in supporting ...

One of the most rewarding lessons I learned in graduate school was the importance of culture and values in building a brand or company. I co-authored a case study that was eventually published about ...

Tony Hsieh is the CEO of Zappos.com, Inc. During the past 10 years, the company has grown from almost no sales to more than $1 billion in annual gross merchandise sales, driven primarily by repeat ...

You can’t argue with success, but you can learn from it. And companies everywhere are learning from and emulating Zappos, which started life as an online shoe store in 1999 and by the time of its ...

Specifically, Zappos told the The Wall Street Journal that those 210 employees had accepted buyout packages including three months of severance pay. But if you’ve experienced or studied the indelicate ...

Zappos, the Las Vegas-based footwear and clothing retailer, has been at the forefront of defining the role community plays in a branding strategy. Tyler Williams is the firm’s “head of brand aura.” He ...