Solestruck

Infobox_Company
company_name = Solestruck.com
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 2004
location = Portland, Oregon
industry = Retail
products = Shoes and handbags
homepage = [http://www.solestruck.com/ www.solestruck.com]

Solestruck is an American e-commerce company based in Portland, Oregon, selling women's shoes direct to consumer via an ecommerce website. Similar to Zappos.com shoe website but smaller in scale, Solestruck sells a variety of women's shoes from over 40 brands, including Steve Madden, Kenneth Cole, New Balance athletic shoes, and other name brands. The Solestruck site is popular with a mainly female, youthful audience [ [http://www.quantcast.com/solestruck.com Solestruck Summary] at Quantcast.com] .

In addition to women's shoes, Solestruck also sells a selection of handbags. On their site, Solestruck states a goal to make online shoe shopping as comfortable and convenient as possible [ [http://www.solestruck.com/assistance.do?page=AboutUs About Us] , Solestruck.com] . To achieve this, Solestruck offers free standard shipping, a 365-day return policy, and 24-hour customer service. [ [http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/shipping.html?ie=UTF8&asin=B000XP8DA6&seller=A1J4G8MIDXCHH8 Shipping Rates] , Amazon.com] . The company also offers a pre-paid UPS label for download to ease the return process [ [http://sfbaystyle.typepad.com/blog/melissa/index.html Alternatives to Zappos.com for Spring Shoe Lust] , SFBayStyle] .

Charitable donations

Starting in December 2007, Solestruck launched a campaign to encourage customers to "give the gift of shoes". Including donation forms with each order and also offering them online, the company offered customers a 5% discount for each pair of shoes donated, up to 15% total [ [http://www.sneakerobsession.com/1467/solestruck-save-your-soles-program/ Solestruck “Save Your Soles” Program] , Sneaker Obsession ] . Benefiting charities included the National Relief Charities and Soles4Souls.

In the news

* Solestruck was featured in Portland Picks, a weekly online newsletter offering opinions and recommendations of Oregon businesses, on 16 June 2006 [ [http://www.portlandpicks.com/newsletter/124.php Find Your Sole Mate] , PortlandPicks.com] .

* Solestruck was featured as one of Lucky Magazine's "Web Shopping Picks of the Week" for the week of October 9-15 [ [http://www.luckymag.com/webguide Web Guide] , Luckymag.com] .

References

External links

* [http://www.solestruck.com/ Solestruck.com]
* [http://www.solevoice.com/ Solevoice.com] - Solestruck's blog
* [http://www.filly.ca/taste_and_style/the_goods/fashion_advice/shoe-shopping-in-cyberspace.asp Shoe Shopping in Cyberspace]
* [http://www.yelp.com/biz/solestruck-com-portland Solestruck.com Reviews on Yelp]