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[They Call Me MR Wilkes]

Reporting from The Seattle Times.

It was great for a time. Closing out sale underway.  Too bad.

Qurate got out while it could.

The CEO left,  800 hundred laid off last week, Seattle office footprint greatly reduced.  Lawsuits from unpaid vendors. 

[Jk9]

Sad to hear this as I got some neat things on Zulily.  

[Kachina624]

@They Call Me MR Wilkes 

Got out while they could?  Qurate was the entity that destroyed Zulily.  If they hadn't been profitable, they would never have bought it.  The year before Qurate made the acquisition, Zulily's sales increased about 17%, and they'd increased every year.  It's  as though Qurate made the purchase to destroy the competition.  Well, they've apparently done it.

[PansyBoo]

Yes, I also got some absolutely fantastic items from Zulily over the last many years. And there was a time their customer service was the best going! But over the last year or more I've not ordered much. Their prices seemed higher and they didn't have as many unique items. And the very last time I dealt with customer service I got a surly rep and it turned me off. She yelled at me for no reason and I was quite surprised. 

I really do hate to see them go and I especially feel bad for the employees losing their jobs.  

[They Call Me MR Wilkes]

I also bought many fabulous items over the years at terrific prices: towel sets, sheets, flatware,  dinnerware sets, rugs......

Oh well, one more app to delete from my phone.

[Mindy D]

One of the stupidest things about Zulily was that they usually would not let you see what they had until after you logged in. That stopped me from shopping many times. I knew my email but I'd forget my password and didn't feel like looking it up. They stopped that practice a couple of times, but went back to it. I liked getting perfumes from them. I don't know what led to their troubles because they sold so many cute things and their prices were good. 

I just read this online, I was right about their asking for your info before you could see what they had. I thought it was stupid when they did it.  Quoted from a site called Failory dot com.

"Why did Zulily fail?

Zulily's inadequate marketing strategy and front-page email requests discouraged thousands of potential new customers to sign up, while their existing users often"

[San Antonio Gal]

Wow.  Hate to hear it.  

[goldensrbest]

I got some very good buys on there.

[Squirrels Are Trash]

It's pretty standard for these mass sale sites to require an account to see their wares. 

[SaveTheTurtles]

I tried to check it out a couple times but, I think you had to provide your email before you could even look at anything if I am remembering correctly. I didn't like that.