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Gilt Groupe

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Headquartered in New York, Gilt Groupe is a privately held company dedicated to providing its members with access to coveted fashion and luxury lifestyle brands at sample sale prices. Gilt Groupe includes sales for men, women, and home as well as Gilt City (geo-specific), Gilt Taste (food), and Jetsetter (travel).

Gilt Groupe hand selects both established and up and coming brands relevant to its membership base. Each Gilt Groupe Shopping Event is designer-specific and held over a one day period. The Gilt Groupe production team creates a short video reel to introduce each designer and brand to its membership.

There is no fee associated with joining Gilt Groupe; membership is by invitation only.

Gilt Groupe’s most recent speculated valuation was at $1 billion.

Milestones

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  Gilt Groupe added Elizabeth Francis as Chief Marketing Officer.
  Posted 2/3/12 at 7:27pm
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  Gilt Groupe added Yonatan Feldman as VP, Mobile & Global Engineering. (12/17/07)
  Posted 10/25/11 at 9:03pm
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  Gilt Groupe added Brian Kalma as Sr. Director of Customer Experience. (4/19/10)
  Posted 8/26/11 at 12:51pm
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  Gilt Groupe added Brian Kalma as Sr. Director of Customer Experience. (4/19/10)
  Posted 8/26/11 at 12:50pm
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  Gilt Groupe added Michael Bryzek as Founder and CTO.
  Posted 7/21/11 at 3:15pm
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  Gilt Groupe added Melanie Hughes as Chief Human Resources Officer.
  Posted 7/21/11 at 3:15pm
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  Gilt Groupe added Steve Jacobs as Chief Information Officer .
  Posted 7/21/11 at 3:15pm
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  Gilt Groupe added Alexandra Wilkis Wilson as Founder and Chief Merchandising Officer.
  Posted 7/21/11 at 3:08pm
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  Gilt Groupe added Andrew Page as President. (5/5/10)
  Posted 5/15/10 at 7:31pm
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  Gilt Groupe added Alexis Maybank as Founder and Chief Marketing Officer. (6/1/07)
  Posted 5/12/10 at 1:25pm
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  Gilt Groupe added Kevin Ryan as Founder and CEO.
  Posted 10/1/09 at 7:53pm
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  Gilt Groupe added Susan Lyne as Chairman. (9/1/08)
  Posted 9/18/08 at 4:37pm
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  Gilt Groupe received in Unattributed funding. (7/19/11)
  Posted 7/19/11 at 8:03pm via finsmes.com
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  Gilt Groupe received $138M in Series E funding. (5/8/11)
  Posted 5/9/11 at 7:35am via techcrunch.com
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  Gilt Groupe received $15M in Debt funding. (12/15/10)
  Posted 12/20/10 at 7:59pm via observer.com
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  Gilt Groupe received $35M in Series C funding. (5/14/10)
  Posted 5/14/10 at 11:32am via techcrunch.com

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: Gilt Groupe Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 3/14/09

Products

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Gilt Taste

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Traffic Analytics

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Sources

1. Gilt Groupe Acquires Interior Design Community Decorati (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. pheedo.com [edit]
3. “Flash sales” company Gilt Groupe gets $43m growth investment (altassets.net) [edit]
4. Gilt Cash Machine Rolls On, Raises $35 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Gilt Groupe Has Quietly Raised $15 M. In Debt Funding (observer.com) [edit]
6. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Gilt Groupe Receives Investment from GSV Capital (finsmes.com) [edit]
8. Gilt Groupe Launches Expanded Home Category (prnewswire.com) [edit]
9. Flash-Sale Leader Gilt Groupe Raising $80-$100 Million At A ~$1 Billion Valuation (businessinsider.com) [edit]
10. Gilt Groupe Reportedly Acquiring BuyWithMe (techcrunch.com) [edit]