July 2012
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vp Employee Spotlight
Yesterday was a special day at vente-privee, as we celebrated the birthday of our VP of Tech, Nic. Everyone knows Nic is a Star Wars fanatic, but nobody knows better than the rest of his tech team. Below, tech team member Gui shares some other fun facts about Nic that not everyone may know. “Every day there’s a swooshing sound when Nic is ready to leave the office. It’s his red...
Antoine Goes to White Castle
Every day in the Financial District, businessmen can be seen carrying briefcases to work. But, last Thursday, vente-privee’s Antoine ventured uptown and returned to the office with a peculiar kind of case: the White Castle “Crave Case.” What occasion warranted this tasty treat? Our weekly all-hands meeting, of course! Every Thursday, a different vp department hosts this company-wide...
vp Employee Spotlight
vente-privee recently celebrated the birthday of Sydney, one of our Customer Experience whizzes. In the toast that follows - albeit slightly “roasty” - fellow CX extraordinaire Kristen shares her insight into Sydney’s colorful character…
“Sydney is a tiny ball of brightness that radiates from the CX section — on the days she wears her gold sandals and armful of gold bangles,...
June 2012
3 posts
vp Office Trend of the Week
The à la mode spirit of the brands featured on venteprivee.com is often embraced by our employees through their personal wardrobe choices. Over the past week, some of our employees took the neoteric neon trend into their own hands… and feet. Kick-starting summer with vibrant hues, these mademoiselles brought bursts of brightness from the outdoors into the office.
Ashlee rocked sky-high,...
vp Team Members Race for Charity
On venteprivee.com, we take the sweat out of shopping online. But offline, our vente-privee team members will gladly work up a sweat to support a great cause. Forty of our employees took to the Financial District streets on May 31 to participate in the 5K American Heart Association Wall Street Run and Heart Walk. The girls traded in their fashionable footwear for equally stylish sneakers, and...
A Tribute to vp Dads
From unfettered fashionistas to down-home dads, vente-privee employees are an eclectic crew. This week, in the spirit of Father’s Day, we want to give a special shout out to the vp Dads! They give us their all at work, and as you’re about to find out, never miss the chance to have fun with their kids. Thanks, fellas, for your hard work both in the office and at home!
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April 2012
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January 2012
1 post
Entrepreneurial Leadership
By Christopher Poulos
Here at vpUSA, we highly value a trait we call Entrepreneurial Leadership. It is one of the hallmarks of our company culture. Chris Poulos, an Ambassador with an impressive entrepreneurial background, sheds some very eloquent light on what entrepreneurial leadership really is, and what it means to vpUSA employees… Thanks Chris!
As a former small business owner who...
November 2011
3 posts
A Culture of Kindness
by Joanna V.
Here at VPUSA, one of our key culture goals is kindness. We believe that a simple act of kindness goes a long way in creating and maintaining a workplace that we can be proud of, a workplace where agreement is not mandatory, but kind disagreement is. No matter what the task, no matter how seemingly onerous, frustrating, or complex a problem, VPUSA employees will always, always,...
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Welcome Orly!
This is the first of what will be a weekly post featuring a new employee at vente-privee USA. This week’s post comes from Orly H. - who shares her experience from her first week. She joined us last Monday as a Sales Event Producer in our Digital Factory. This place is a crazy international hodgepodge of turntable DJ’s, DIY ninjas (of the webmaster breed), secret agent ambassadors...
October 2011
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September 2011
1 post
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