Overstock.com

Overstock.com is an Internet retailer based in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, near Salt Lake City.

It was started in 1997 by Robert Brazell and originally called D2: Discounts Direct.^[1]^[2] It was an online seller of surplus merchandise which, upon its failure in 1999, was taken over by Patrick M. Byrne, who changed its name to Overstock.com.^[3] The company went public in 2002, achieved profits in 2009^[4] and reported its first billion-dollar year in 2010.

References

↑ "Management Team" Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, Instore Broadcasting Network, retrieved February 21, 2009
↑ Overstock.com, Inc., Registration Statement on Form S1, p. 64, citing Robert Brazell as former President and CEO, Filed with the SEC on April 17, 2002
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↑ "Overstock's brash CEO delivers 1st annual profit". Deseret News. April 5, 2010. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2023.

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[1] "Management Team" Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, Instore Broadcasting Network, retrieved February 21, 2009

[2] Overstock.com, Inc., Registration Statement on Form S1, p. 64, citing Robert Brazell as former President and CEO, Filed with the SEC on April 17, 2002

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[deseret02-4] "Overstock's brash CEO delivers 1st annual profit". Deseret News. April 5, 2010. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2023.

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