Cr00004000eative Management Practices for Making Work Work Aug 29, 2009
At 1-800 CONTACTS, a direct-to-consumer retail contact lens business in Salt Lake City with 850 employees, the company's Associate Outreach Fund offers emergency one-time financial assistance to employees in a financial crisis. More than $14,000 in emergency relief was distributed in 2008, enabling a number of employees to keep their homes. (BusinessWeek)
More BYU students opt to become business entrepreneurs Jun 16, 2009
Today the Draper-based company is known as 1-800 CONTACTS and has sold products to more than 5 million customers with $249 million in sales, according to their Web site. While this years winners Xeromax and KT Tape got to compete internationally for investors pocketbooks, Price said the Entrepreneurship Centers main emphasis is on guiding the students to appropriate mentors. (The Daily Universe, UT)
Three teams win big at Business Plan Competition on Friday Apr 6, 2009
Before the teams presented their business plans, Jonathan Coon of 1-800 Contacts, one of BPCs sponsors, related his experience as an entrepreneur. Coon won the BPC in 1995 and has since expanded his company to become the worlds largest contact lens store since that time. (The Daily Universe, UT)
2nd Circuit: Google Must Face Trademark Suit Involving Keyword Ads Apr 4, 2009
In dismissing the case, the lower court had relied on 2nd Circuit precedent in the watershed case of 1-800 Contacts v. WhenU.com. which found that 1-800-Contacts didn't have its trademark infringed by keyword advertising sales. (Law.com)
