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'''Shopbop''' is a US online fashion apparel and accessories shop founded by Bob Lamey,<ref name="ft">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/867dbb18-a795-11da-85bc-0000779e2340|title=Amazon buys online fashion retailer Shopbop|last=Birchall|first=Jonathan|date=February 27, 2006|publisher=[[Financial Times]]|accessdate=April 18, 2018}}</ref> Martha Graettinger<ref name="ft" /> and venture investor Ray Zemon<ref name="inside">{{cite web|url=https://isthmus.com/arts/emphasis/fashion-conscious-in-madison-shopbop/|title=Fashion Conscious in Madison: Shopbop|last=Nabilcy|first=Kyle|date=March 8, 2012|publisher=[[Isthmus (newspaper)|Isthmus]]|accessdate= April 18, 2018}}</ref> in November 1999<ref name="madison1">{{cite web|url=http://host.madison.com/business/shopbop-gets-help-retailing-on-web/article_4358cd11-5354-5c90-ae14-48fff8bf7bf3.html|title=Shopbop Gets Help Retailing on Web|last=Fischer|first=Ben|date=February 28, 2006|publisher=madison.com|accessdate= April 18, 2018}}</ref> in [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[Wisconsin]].<ref name="madison2">{{cite web|url=http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/a-fashionable-neighbor-shopbop-transforms-stretch-of-east-wash/article_1f6e8802-29ae-11e1-b2ae-0019bb2963f4.html|title=A fashionable neighbor: Shopbop transforms stretch of East Wash|last=Adams|first=Barry|date=December 20, 2011|publisher=[[Wisconsin State Journal]]|accessdate=April 18, 2018}}</ref> It was originally an internet presence of a [[brick and mortar]] clothing dealer Bop in downtown Madison<ref name="madison1" /> (the shop was closed in 2014).<ref name="madison2015">{{cite web|url=http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/shopbop-to-close-bop-store-while-expanding-local-presence/article_a7ecd19f-ba38-5705-b54e-467b62e36492.html|title=Shopbop to close Bop store while expanding local presence|last=van Enkenvoort|first=Bob|date=December 17, 2014|publisher=Madison.com|accessdate=April 18, 2018}}</ref> Graettinger and Lamey chose Madison because it was a college town with strong fashion-conscious student base.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://badgerherald.com/news/2004/05/04/bops-only-storefront/|title=Bop’s only storefront found in Madison|last=Mosher|first=Lindsay|date=May 4, 2004|publisher=[[The Badger Herald]]|accessdate=April 18, 2018}}</ref> Shopbop was acquired by [[Amazon.com]] on February 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4757210.stm|title=Amazon buys Shopbop fashion site|date=February 28, 2006|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=April 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name="wsj1">{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB114105247442984256|title=Amazon Buys Shopbop.com|date=February 27, 2006|publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|accessdate=April 18, 2018}}</ref>
'''Shopbop''' is a US online fashion apparel and accessories shop founded by Bob Lamey,<ref name="ft">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/867dbb18-a795-11da-85bc-0000779e2340|title=Amazon buys online fashion retailer Shopbop|last=Birchall|first=Jonathan|date=February 27, 2006|publisher=[[Financial Times]]|accessdate=April 18, 2018}}</ref> Martha Graettinger,<ref name="ft" /> and venture investor Ray Zemon<ref name="inside">{{cite web|url=https://isthmus.com/arts/emphasis/fashion-conscious-in-madison-shopbop/|title=Fashion Conscious in Madison: Shopbop|last=Nabilcy|first=Kyle|date=March 8, 2012|publisher=[[Isthmus (newspaper)|Isthmus]]|accessdate= April 18, 2018}}</ref> in November 1999<ref name="madison1">{{cite web|url=http://host.madison.com/business/shopbop-gets-help-retailing-on-web/article_4358cd11-5354-5c90-ae14-48fff8bf7bf3.html|title=Shopbop Gets Help Retailing on Web|last=Fischer|first=Ben|date=February 28, 2006|publisher=madison.com|accessdate= April 18, 2018}}</ref> in [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[Wisconsin]].<ref name="madison2">{{cite web|url=http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/a-fashionable-neighbor-shopbop-transforms-stretch-of-east-wash/article_1f6e8802-29ae-11e1-b2ae-0019bb2963f4.html|title=A fashionable neighbor: Shopbop transforms stretch of East Wash|last=Adams|first=Barry|date=December 20, 2011|publisher=[[Wisconsin State Journal]]|accessdate=April 18, 2018}}</ref> It was originally the internet presence of [[brick and mortar]] clothing dealer Bop in downtown Madison<ref name="madison1" /> (the shop was closed in 2014).<ref name="madison2015">{{cite web|url=http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/shopbop-to-close-bop-store-while-expanding-local-presence/article_a7ecd19f-ba38-5705-b54e-467b62e36492.html|title=Shopbop to close Bop store while expanding local presence|last=van Enkenvoort|first=Bob|date=December 17, 2014|publisher=Madison.com|accessdate=April 18, 2018}}</ref> Graettinger and Lamey chose Madison because it was a college town with strong fashion-conscious student base.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://badgerherald.com/news/2004/05/04/bops-only-storefront/|title=Bop’s only storefront found in Madison|last=Mosher|first=Lindsay|date=May 4, 2004|publisher=[[The Badger Herald]]|accessdate=April 18, 2018}}</ref> Shopbop was acquired by [[Amazon.com]] on February 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4757210.stm|title=Amazon buys Shopbop fashion site|date=February 28, 2006|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=April 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name="wsj1">{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB114105247442984256|title=Amazon Buys Shopbop.com|date=February 27, 2006|publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|accessdate=April 18, 2018}}</ref>




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Shopbop is a US online fashion apparel and accessories shop founded by Bob Lamey,[1] Martha Graettinger,[1] and venture investor Ray Zemon[2] in November 1999[3] in Madison, Wisconsin.[4] It was originally the internet presence of brick and mortar clothing dealer Bop in downtown Madison[3] (the shop was closed in 2014).[5] Graettinger and Lamey chose Madison because it was a college town with strong fashion-conscious student base.[6] Shopbop was acquired by Amazon.com on February 2006.[7][8]


References

  1. ^ a b Birchall, Jonathan (February 27, 2006). "Amazon buys online fashion retailer Shopbop". Financial Times. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  2. ^ Nabilcy, Kyle (March 8, 2012). "Fashion Conscious in Madison: Shopbop". Isthmus. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Fischer, Ben (February 28, 2006). "Shopbop Gets Help Retailing on Web". madison.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  4. ^ Adams, Barry (December 20, 2011). "A fashionable neighbor: Shopbop transforms stretch of East Wash". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  5. ^ van Enkenvoort, Bob (December 17, 2014). "Shopbop to close Bop store while expanding local presence". Madison.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  6. ^ Mosher, Lindsay (May 4, 2004). "Bop's only storefront found in Madison". The Badger Herald. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  7. ^ "Amazon buys Shopbop fashion site". BBC News. February 28, 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  8. ^ "Amazon Buys Shopbop.com". The Wall Street Journal. February 27, 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
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