August 27, 2008

Allurent is moving and mannequin suggestions

On Monday Allurent will be in a new larger office. We are moving to 222 Third Street,
Cambridge, MA 02142, which is in the American Twine Building. Our phone number is changing to 617-374-8800.

[Update: I've posted some pictures of our new digs.]

A different office decor is being designed, so there was a raffle for those interested to pick up any of the old Allurent office decorations. Since most of our initial clients were apparel focused, we had mannequins in the office to give it a retail theme. I won the female mannequin and after an adventurous ride bringing it home on my bicycle (pictures coming soon) I'm trying to figure out what to do with it. It's a reclined model mannequin which makes it a little harder so all suggestions are welcome. A picture of the mannequin is below.

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November 30, 2007

Allurent News

Allurent the company I'm working for has been doing well lately and as such we are starting another major hiring push. We've recently signed a strategic deal with GSI Commerce to provide our full product suite to their customers and have closed a $7.5M Series B.

Our details, inline cart, and checkout are live at Anthropologie. To see details you need to visit a product category page and then click on the hotspot marked by a magnifying glass icon below any product image. To see inline cart, just hover over the "shopping bag" link at the top right of the page.

All of our products are build using Adobe Flex. We are also looking into Adobe AIR and other technologies. Some of you may remember our desktop shopping application from Adobe MAX, which is one such product. Colleagues of mine include Joe Berkovitz, Tim Walling, and James Echmalian who you may have heard speaking at recent conferences in additional to myself.

Allurent's careers page has been updated with the UI, PM, QA, and Dev positions we are looking to hire for. If you know anyone that might be interested have them drop me a line. I'm happy to answer any questions.

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