Blinds.com

Blinds.com is an e-commerce retailer of window blinds and window coverings in the world.[1] In addition, the company sells curtains, shades, window shutters, and awnings.

Blinds.com
HeadquartersHouston, Texas,
United States
Area servedUnited States and Canada
OwnerThe Home Depot
Founder(s)Jay Steinfeld
IndustryE-Commerce
URLwww.blinds.com

Blinds.com was founded by Jay Steinfeld in 2004 from a previous online window coverings venture. By 2006, the company was named #186 on the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide as well as the 10th fastest-growing e-commerce company on the list.[2]

In 2009, Blinds.com was given the Marketer of the Year Award by the American Marketing Association, in recognition of its innovative marketing strategy.[3]

In January 2014, Blinds.com was acquired by The Home Depot.[4]

Caution to Customers

On September 25, 2020, Blinds.com's accreditation in the BBB was revoked by the BBB's Board of Directors due to failure by the business to adhere to the BBB requirement that Accredited Businesses meet and abide by the following standards:

  • Establish and maintain a positive track record in the marketplace
  • Address disputes forwarded by BBB quickly and in good faith.
  • Approach all business dealings, marketplace transactions and commitments with integrity, good faith and intent to do what is reasonably expected.

Innovation

To enhance and personalize the window covering shopping experience, Blinds.com developed and released "The Window Shopper", an augmented reality mobile shopping app for iOS (2011) and Android (2012).[5]

In response to demand for window coverings that could be installed quickly and easily, CMO Daniel Cotlar led a partnership with a manufacturing vendor to design a window shade that could be installed without tools or adhesive. This led to the company's patent-pending Instafit shade product.[6]

Recent Awards

2014

2013

  • Stevie Award - Senior Sales Executive of the Year Gold Award (Stephen Riddell) [10]
  • Houston's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For - Best of the Best Medium Business Overall category [11]
  • Houston Chronicle "Houston's Top Workplaces" [12]
  • Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide - #219
  • Internet Retailer Hot 100 E-Retailer [13]

2012

  • Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces [14]
  • Houston Chronicle 100 List - #89 [15]

References
  1. http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2014/01/31/deal-of-the-weekhouston-online-blinds-retailer.html Ryan, Molly, “Deal of the Week: Houston online blinds retailer scooped up by national powerhouse”. Houston Business Journal. 2014-01-31.
  2. http://www.chron.com/business/article/Houston-s-Blinds-com-prospers-on-Web-1514945.php Kaplan, David, "Houston's Blinds.com prospers on Web". Houston Chronicle. 2006-07-08.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-07-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Subramanian, Shanthi, "Blinds.com Named 2009 Marketer of the Year". AMA Houston website. 2010-03-18.
  4. https://www.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20140123-712620.html Kell, John, “Home Depot Acquires Blinds.com”. Wall Street Journal. 2014-01-23.
  5. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/10/prweb9981764.htm "Blinds.com’s Stephanie Pertuit to Present on Augmented Reality Shopping App at 2012 Internet Retailer Mobile Marketing & Commerce Forum". PRWeb. 2012-10-05.
  7. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Blinds.com wins a Gold Stevie Award at the 2014 SASACS for Telesales Team of the Year. YouTube.
  8. http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/sales/awards/426_2940_24830.cfm
  9. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Stephen M Riddell of Blinds.com wins a Gold Stevie Award at the 2014 SASACS. YouTube.
  10. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Stephen M. Riddell of Blinds.com wins a Gold Stevie Award. YouTube.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. http://www.topworkplaces.com/frontend.php/regional-list/company/chron/blinds-com
  13. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/12/prweb11415422.htm
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-07-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/7/prweb9663305.htm
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