LightInTheBox Holding Co., Ltd. () is an international

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company that delivers products to consumers in over 200 countries and territories. It attracts the consumer by showing its lifestyle products through LightInTheBox.com, MiniInTheBox.com, and its other websites, which are available in 26 major languages as of October 2013.

History

LightInTheBox was founded in June 2006 by Quji (Alan) Guo, Xin (Kevin) Wen, Liang Zhang, Jun Liu and Chit Jeremy Chau. The company operated as Light In The Box Limited until March 2008, when it was restructured and incorporated as LightInTheBox Holding Co., Ltd., acting as the ultimate holding company. The founders of LightInTheBox took the opportunity to build a company that would take advantage of China's manufacturing and supply chain. On June 6, 2013, LightInTheBox opened for trading on the

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(NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LITB". In the three months leading up to June 30, 2013, LightInTheBox cleared $72.2 million in net revenue with 1.2 million customers served in the second quarter of 2013.

Products and services

As of October 2013, LightInTheBox offers products in three core categories: apparel, small gadgets, and home and garden. As of March 31, 2013, LightInTheBox had more than 220,000 product listings, and added an average of 14,000 products each month in the preceding three months. LightInTheBox uses global online marketing platforms such as

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, and delivers goods via major international couriers, including

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Financial results

Net revenues in the second quarter of 2013 were $72.2 million, an increase of 52.6% from $47.3 million in the same quarter of 2012, primarily driven by an increase of 140.0% in total number of customers served in the second quarter of 2013, which increased to 1.2 million from 0.5 million. Net income for the second quarter of 2013 was $0.6 million, compared to a net loss of $1.4 million in the same quarter of 2012. Net income margin improved to 0.9% from a negative 2.9% in the prior year period. Net revenues in the second quarter of 2013 increased by 52.6% to $72.2 million from $47.3 million in the same quarter of 2012. The increase was primarily driven by growth in the number of customers and total orders.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.lightinthebox.com * https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/www.lightinthebox.com#5022 * https://www.consumeraffairs.com/online/lightinthebox.html Companies based in Beijing Online retailers of China Online companies of China Chinese companies established in 2007 Internet properties established in 2007 2007 establishments in China 2013 initial public offerings