{"id":659924,"date":"2013-05-23T16:54:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T20:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=648936"},"modified":"2013-05-23T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T20:54:07","slug":"superman-wears-warby-parker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/659924","title":{"rendered":"Superman wears Warby Parker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You all know that we\u2019re fans of what the folks at Warby Parker are doing. In particular, we\u2019re quite intrigued by their effort <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/04\/12\/why-a-warby-parker-flagship-retail-store-is-a-big-moment-for-online-brands-co-founder-on-video\/\">to take their online brand offline<\/a>. The New York-based company, which recently raised a ton of money, is now taking the next step in terms of branding and is going to be working with the makers of the movie, <em>Man of Steel<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.warbyparker.com\/man-of-steel\/men\">on two special frames\u00a0<\/a>with a hint of Superman Blue or Red near the temples.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"warby\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/warby.jpg?w=708&#038;h=377\" width=\"708\" height=\"377\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-648937\"><\/p>\n<p>Clark Kent \u2014 you know, the nerd journalist who is also Superman \u2014 and Warby Parker, the brand that was made by nerds, is one movie merchandising deal that makes a lot of sense. Of course, we talked about Warby Parker\u2019s future with its co-founder<a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2012\/11\/05\/the-future-of-e-commerce-is-both-online-and-offline\/\"> at our RoadMap 2012 conference<\/a>. (You can find out more about <a href=\"http:\/\/event.gigaom.com\/gigaomroadmap\/?utm_source=tech&#38;utm_medium=editorial&#038;%2338;utm_campaign=intext&#038;%2338;utm_term=648936+superman-wears-warby-parker&#038;%2338;utm_content=om\">our RoadMap 2013 conference later this year<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/event.gigaom.com\/gigaomroadmap\/?utm_source=tech&#38;utm_medium=editorial&#038;%2338;utm_campaign=intext&#038;%2338;utm_term=648936+superman-wears-warby-parker&#038;%2338;utm_content=om\">\u00a0by clicking here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video\">\n<div id=\"ooyala-video_52511da1177ce0a8effeef149f108172\" class=\"video-player ooyala-video\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\">\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/05\/23\/superman-wears-warby-parker\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ak.c.ooyala.com\/l0MXNpYTqzJvosM9teOzDFs19-vIvx3a\/feAgcbrvkPN5ynqH4xMDoxOm9pOxdxOC\" alt=\"Ooyala Video Thumbnail\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/05\/23\/superman-wears-warby-parker\/\">Watch this video for free<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/\">GigaOM<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;%23038;post=648936&#038;%23038;subd=gigaom2&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&#038;%23038;c=9189\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&#038;%23038;c=9189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img width='1' height='1' src='http:\/\/gigaom.feedsportal.com\/c\/34996\/f\/646446\/s\/2c537e8c\/mf.gif' border='0'\/><\/p>\n<div class='mf-viral'>\n<table border='0'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='middle'><a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/share\/twitter\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fsuperman-wears-warby-parker%2F&#038;t=Superman+wears+Warby+Parker\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/social\/twitter.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/share\/facebook\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fsuperman-wears-warby-parker%2F&#038;t=Superman+wears+Warby+Parker\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/social\/facebook.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/share\/linkedin\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fsuperman-wears-warby-parker%2F&#038;t=Superman+wears+Warby+Parker\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/social\/linkedin.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/share\/gplus\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fsuperman-wears-warby-parker%2F&#038;t=Superman+wears+Warby+Parker\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/social\/googleplus.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/share\/email\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fsuperman-wears-warby-parker%2F&#038;t=Superman+wears+Warby+Parker\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/social\/email.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign='middle'><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/165664272956\/u\/49\/f\/646446\/c\/34996\/s\/2c537e8c\/a2.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/165664272956\/u\/49\/f\/646446\/c\/34996\/s\/2c537e8c\/a2.img\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/pi.feedsportal.com\/r\/165664272956\/u\/49\/f\/646446\/c\/34996\/s\/2c537e8c\/a2t.img\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=P-sk48ZoVQY:sGSXtFsy2To:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/P-sk48ZoVQY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You all know that we\u2019re fans of what the folks at Warby Parker are doing. In particular, we\u2019re quite intrigued by their effort to take their online brand offline. The New York-based company, which recently raised a ton of money, is now taking the next step in terms of branding and is going to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}