Ngokombiko weBloomberg ngoLwesithathu, le nkampani eneminyaka engu-11 ubudala yaqala ukudayisa nge-elekthronikhi kwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi yavula izitolo ezingaba ngu-130 e-United States.Icubungula umnikelo womphakathi wokuqala ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka. .
Inkampani ezinze eNew York iqongelele inani elikhulu lamakhasimende ngokunikeza izibuko ezishibhile ezinikezwa ngudokotela.Ngokwemibiko, uWarby Parker unyuse ama-US$120 million emzuliswaneni wakamuva woxhaso lwezimali, olinganiselwa ku-US$3 billion.
"Besilokhu sibheka amathuba ahlukene okuthola imali ezikweletini nasezimakethe zamasheya," kusho inkampani esitatimendeni.“Kuze kube manje, sesiqoqe izimali ngempumelelo nangenhloso ngokwemibandela ekhethwayo emakethe yangasese, futhi sinesamba esikhulu semali eshidini lethu lebhalansi.Sizoqhubeka nokuthatha izinqumo zamasu ezisekelwe ekuzibophezeleni kwethu ekukhuleni okusimeme.”
Le nkampani yasungulwa nguDave Gilboa noNeil Blumenthal, abalingani babo baseyunivesithi abahlangana eWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, kanye noJeff Raider no-Andy Hunt.
I-Warby Parker isaqhutshwa nsuku zonke yi-CEOs u-Giboa no-Blumenthal, eheha abatshalizimali abathile abakhulu, okuhlanganisa nenkampani yesikhwama sokubambisana i-T. Rowe Price.
Amakhasimende angathola imiyalelo ngohlelo lokusebenza kuma-smartphone awo futhi asebenzise ikhamera ukuze akhethe ozimele.Le nkampani futhi inelabhorethri yokubona e-Slotsburg, eNew York, lapho kukhiqizwa khona amalensi.
Nakuba i-Warby Parker ingeyona inketho eshibhile, ekuqhathaniseni kwakamuva ne-Costco, yehlula i-Costco.Ipheya lezibuko ezinikezwa ngudokotela libiza u-$126 kuphela, kuyilapho ipheya yezibuko eshibhe kunazo zonke zika-Warby Parker ingu-$95.
“Uma abathengi bengena kwa-LensCrafters noma ku-Sunglass Hut, bazobona izinhlobo zezibuko ezihlukene ezingu-50, kodwa ababoni ukuthi zonke lezi zinkampani zingaphansi kwenkampani eyodwa ephethe isitolo sabo, okungenzeka ukuthi inomshwalense wemibono.Isetshenziselwa ukukhokhela lezi zibuko, ”kusho uGilboa engxoxweni yakamuva ye-CNBC.
“Ngakho akumangazi ukuthi eziningi zalezi zibuko zibiza izikhathi eziphindwe ka-10 kuya kwezingu-20 kunezindleko zokukhiqiza,” esho.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Oct-19-2021