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Blinds.com is the largest e-commerce retailer of window blinds and window coverings in the world.〔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.〕 In addition, the company sells curtains, shades, window shutters, and awnings. 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.〔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.〕 In 2009, Blinds.com was given the Marketer of the Year Award by the American Marketing Association, in recognition of its innovative marketing strategy.〔http://amahouston.net/blinds-com-named-2009-marketer-of-the-year/ Subramanian, Shanthi, "Blinds.com Named 2009 Marketer of the Year". AMA Houston website. 2010-03-18.〕 In January 2014, Blinds.com was acquired by The Home Depot.〔http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20140123-712620.html Kell, John, “Home Depot Acquires Blinds.com”. Wall Street Journal. 2014-01-23.〕 == 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).〔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.〕 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.〔http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=20140086676&OS=20140086676&RS=20140086676〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blinds.com」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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