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Krrb (pronounced 'curb') is a hyperlocal classified advertising website that allows individuals and businesses to sell vintage, antique, secondhand, handmade or locally sourced items including artisanal foods, art, design and collectables. Members of the website can also list real estate, housing, events, services, jobs and community notices.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Buying and Selling on Krrb.com )〕 The website follows in the tradition of a neighborhood garage sale or flea market,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Krrb is Like a Local Flea Market, Online )〕 prioritizing proximity over categorization〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Krrb: Paris and Brooklyn-designed fleas for fashion )〕 so that users can see listings nearest to them.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Krrb Finds Who's Selling What Near You )〕 Each seller gets a personal storefronts (A.K.A. 'corners') where all their listings display. As of October 2014, the company has 31,332 listings from 92,341 members in 3,211 cities and 118 countries.〔 == History == Disenchanted with the state of online classifieds, "Craigslist felt like selling goods in a seedy back alley",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Krrb: Paris and Brooklyn-designed fleas for fashion )〕 founder George Eid decided to create an "online flea market () works the way craigslist should".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Online flea market Krrb works the way Craigslist should )〕 Krrb.com launched in November 2010 and incorporated as Krrb, Inc. in January 2011. The company is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York City and is privately owned by AREA 17, an interactive agency based in New York City and Paris, France.〔 AREA 17 founder George Eid founded Krrb.com as part of an incubator program started by the company, which also launched Slash Paris. Luis Lavena, core developer of Ruby (programming language),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Ruby Core Team )〕 designed and developed the software and continues to lead the engineering team. Interactive art director Arnaud Mercier〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Arnaud Mercier Retrospective )〕 (now deceased) designed the logo and user interface. Andrew Wagner, former editor of ReadyMade, American Craft and Dwell Magazine〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Kick it to the Krrb )〕 and current columnist for the New York Times, joined the company in 2011 as Director and Editor in Chief. In 2014, Phil Jeffs, Director of Product at AREA 17, joined the team to lead product development. 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「Krrb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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