| Year |
Milestones |
Employees |
Categories Launched |
Revenue |
Customers Since 2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
- Started in Steve Conine’s nursery
- Launched first store Racks and Stands.com at end of August
|
2
|
Furniture
Audio/Video
|
$450K
|
1,667
|
|
2003
|
- Moved to a 1,000 sq.ft. office on Newbury Street in Boston
|
15
|
Patio & Garden
|
$8.5M
|
28,000
|
|
2004
|
- Moved to a 6,000 sq.ft. office in Copley Square
|
29
|
Décor
Office
Institutional
|
$30M
|
110,000
|
|
2005
|
- Moved into new offices in Boston’s iconic Prudential Center
|
172
|
Home Improvement
Lighting
|
$64M
|
277,000
|
|
2006
|
- Broke $100M in annual sales
|
248
|
Kitchen & Dining
Luggage
Baby & Kids
|
$110M
|
584,000
|
|
2007
|
- Internet Retailer: #107
- Inc 500: #147 overall, Top 10 online retailers for home goods
|
451
|
Bed & Bath
Pet
Toys
Building Materials
|
$202M
|
1.1M
|
|
2008
|
- Started shipping to Canada
- Started selling in the UK
- Internet Retailer: #69
- Boston Business Journal: #1 fastest growing private ecommerce company in Massachusetts. Among Top 60 BBJ Pacesetters
- Inc 500: #24 for retail companies
- Inc 500: Top 500 fastest growing US companies
- Inc 5000: #78 Top 100 companies by gross dollars of growth
- Boston Business Journal: #4 fastest-growing private company
- Internet Retailers: Top 3 online retailers of home goods, #69 overall
|
435
|
Fitness
|
$249M
|
1.9M
|
|
2009
|
- Started selling in Australia & Germany
- Opened operations in Ireland
- Internet Retailer: #63 overall
- Boston Business Journal: Steve Conine, Top 40 under 40
|
484
|
Shoes
Home Health & Mobility
|
$251M
|
3.0M
|
|
2010
|
- Moved into 10 floors at our new Boston headquarters at 177 Huntington Avenue
- Internet Retailer: #61
- Ernst & Young: Niraj Shah, Entrepreneur of The Year in the Consumer Retail Category for New England
- Boston Business Journal: Niraj Shah, Top 40 under 40 business people
- Home Furnishing Business Newsmaker: CSN Stores, Home Furnishings Business of the Year
|
626
|
Pool & Spa
|
$380M
|
4.8M
|
|
2011
|
- Internet Retailer: #51
- CSN Stores rebrands as Wayfair
- Opened warehouses in Utah and Kentucky
|
770
|
Jewelry
|
$500M
|
5.2M
|
|
2012
|
- Launch of TV advertising campaign
- Internet Retailer: #50
- Business Insider: 25 Best Tech Companies To Work For
- Glassdoor: 50 Best Places to Work (#19)
- Glassdoor: Top 25 Companies for Work-Life Balance (#18)
|
1200
|
Watercraft
Large Appliances
|
$600M
|
6.4M
|
