Styloko
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Social E-commerce |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | London (2010)[1] |
| No. of locations | Offices in London; Sofia; Moscow |
| Key people | Shannon Edwards, CEO Ivailo Jordanov, Director/Co-founder Yury Tereshchenko, Director/Co-founder |
| Industry | Fashion |
| URL | www |
| Advertising | Affiliate marketing |
| Current status | Not Active |
Styloko was a fashion discovery engine based in London.[2]
Background
[edit]The site was launched in 2010 by founding entrepreneurs Ivailo Jordanov and Yury Tereshchenko, who also founded 23Snaps. Jordanov was formerly an executive at search engine marketing company Espotting.[3] The CEO as of 2014 is Shannon Edwards.[4][5][6]
Monty Munford wrote on Forbes.com about the site: "With each visit, a customer’s shopping experience becomes more personal, thanks to the data being collected in the background."[7] He also commented in Huffington Post: "Enter Styloko, the social shopping site that gives women access to an online store built especially for them."[8]
Based on the concept of social and discovery commerce, users can follow brands, other style-setters, and curate their own shopping space.[9] The site offers price and product tracking capabilities to enable users to receive sale alerts when items go on sale or back in stock. Styloko has an app for iOS which includes GPS technology,[10] with plans to launch on Android in 2015. The company launched their US-focused site in 2014.[11]
The Styloko Board Advisors include Miriam Lahage, Bay Garnett,[12] and Brett Putter.
WantList
[edit]In 2015, Styloko launched an iOS application, The WantList.[13] The app allows shoppers to pick up where they last left off while shopping and uses the popular app gestures of swiping right for items of interest and swiping left for items the shopper isn't interested in purchasing.[14] WantList also learns user preferences and enables them to find less expensive alternatives to popular items via the "Luxe or Less" feature.[15]
Reception
[edit]In 2012, Styloko appointed Emily O’Brien as Editor-in-Chief, and was named one of the best fashion and beauty websites by The Independent later that year.[16]
In 2013, it was voted 8/10 in a road test of the best fashion apps and websites by Metro.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Styloko launches in the US ahead of Black Friday" Drapers. Retrieved 2014-1-9.
- ^ "The Big Interview – Shannon Edwards, CEO, Styloko". www.retailgazette.co.uk. RETAIL GAZETTE. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Ivailo Jordanov profile at Business Week". Business Week. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014.
- ^ "Black Friday has become global!" CNBC. Retrieved 2014-1-9.
- ^ "Retailers Hope Black Friday Feeling Will Last" Sky News. Retrieved 2014-1-9.
- ^ "UK fashion industry boosted by Kate effect" BBC. Retrieved 2014-1-9.
- ^ Munford, Monty. "Styloko Confronts The Paradox Of Choice In Clothes Shopping Online". Forbes. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "The Problem With Fashion and Online Shopping…" Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-1-9.
- ^ Laverne, Lauren. "Lauren Laverne on style: fashion experiments". Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "New Mobile Shopping App Features GPS Technology". Fashinvest.com.
- ^ "Styloko to Launch U.S. Site" Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved 2014-1-9.
- ^ "Styloko appoints Bay Garnett as Board Advisor" Fashion|Beauty Insight. Retrieved 2014-1-9.
- ^ "London’s Styloko unveils The Wantlist fashion discovery app" Tech City News. Retrieved 2015-6-15.
- ^ "Styloko's WantList is Tinder for fashion" Wired. Retrieved 2015-6-15.
- ^ "WantList, A Tinder For Shopping, Arrives On iOS And Apple Watch" Tech Crunch. Retrieved 2015-6-15.
- ^ Akbareian, Emma. "The 50 Best fashion & beauty websites". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ Lynch, Alison. "We road-test the top fashion apps and websites, from Styloko to I Style Myself". Metro. Retrieved 23 October 2014.