Ngokwengxelo yeBloomberg ngoLwesithathu, inkampani eneminyaka eli-11 ubudala yaqala njengomthengisi we-elektroniki kwaye kamva yavula malunga neevenkile ze-130 eUnited States.Ithathela ingqalelo umnikelo wokuqala woluntu kwangoko kulo nyaka. .
Inkampani yaseNew York iqokelele inani elikhulu labathengi ngokunika iiglasi ezibhalwe ngexabiso eliphantsi.Ngokweengxelo, uWarby Parker unyuse i-120 yezigidi zeedola kumjikelo wamva nje wenkxaso-mali, oxabisa i-3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
"Besijonga amathuba ahlukeneyo enkxaso-mali kumatyala kunye neemarike zesitokhwe," yatsho inkampani kwingxelo.“Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, siphumelele kwaye sinyuse imali ngabom ngokwemigaqo ekhethwayo kwimarike yabucala, kwaye sinemali eninzi kwiphepha lethu lomncono.Siza kuqhubeka ukwenza izigqibo ezicwangcisiweyo ezisekelwe ekuzibopheleleni kwethu kuhlumo oluzinzileyo.”
Inkampani yasungulwa nguDave Gilboa kunye noNeil Blumenthal, amaqabane abo eyunivesiti abadibana neWharton School yeYunivesithi yasePennsylvania, kunye noJeff Raider noAndy Hunt.
I-Warby Parker isaqhutywa yonke imihla yi-CEOs ye-Giboa kunye ne-Blumenthal, itsala abanye abatyali-mali abakhulu, kuquka inkampani ye-mutual fund i-T. Rowe Price.
Abathengi banokufumana imiyalelo nge-app kwii-smartphones zabo kwaye basebenzise ikhamera ukukhetha izakhelo.Inkampani ikwanayo ilabhoratri yamehlo eSlotsburg, eNew York, apho iilensi ziveliswa khona.
Nangona iWarby Parker ingeyiyo inketho ephantsi, kuthelekiso lwakutsha nje ne-Costco, iyayibetha i-Costco.Iperi yeglasi emiselweyo yi-$126 kuphela, ngelixa iiglasi zeWarby Parker zixabisa i-$95.
“Xa abathengi bengena kwi-LensCrafters okanye kwi-Sunglass Hut, baya kubona iindidi zeeglasi eziziintlobo ezingama-50, kodwa abaqondi ukuba zonke ezi mpawu zezenkampani enye ephethe ivenkile yabo, enokuba nesicwangciso sombono we-inshorensi.Isetyenziselwa ukuhlawula ezi glasi, ”utshilo uGilboa kudliwanondlebe lwamva nje lwe-CNBC.
“Ke ngoko akumangalisi ukuba uninzi lwezi glasi zibiza i-10 ukuya kuma-20 iindleko zokwenziwa,” utshilo.
Ixesha lokuposa: Oct-19-2021