Disruptor List: Retailers Shaking Up the Status Quo

Retail Disruptors

Communities making and selling. Social sharing as shopping. Retail is invoking the rhetoric of democratization. Introducing CNBC's Retail Disruptors.

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By: Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC.com
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Communities making and selling. Social sharing as shopping. Retail is invoking the rhetoric of democratization. Introducing CNBC's Retail Disruptors.
2013 Disruptor 50: Etsy
2:39 PM ET Wed, 11 June 2014
Etsy is a platform for independent businesses to sell their goods. More than 14 million shoppers have made a purchase and more than 100 million items have been sold since 2005.
2013 Disruptor 50: Pinterest
2:49 PM ET Wed, 11 June 2014
Social networking site where users collect photos and link to products they love, creating their own pinboards and following the pinboards of others.
2013 Disruptor 50: Rent the Runway
2:50 PM ET Wed, 11 June 2014
Rent the Runway is the premier online destination for dress and accessory rentals with a revolving roster of more than 170 top designers.
2013 Disruptor 50: Shopify
2:52 PM ET Wed, 11 June 2014
Shopify is an ecommerce platform that allows individuals and businesses to create online stores. Founded by two snowboarding enthusiasts to sell their snowboards.
2013 Disruptor 50: Warby Parker
1:59 PM ET Wed, 11 June 2014
Warby Parker is disrupting the overpriced eyewear market controlled by a few large companies that reap huge profits due to lack of customer choice.

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