BNET Industries
Market Cap:$343.6M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$834.3M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Overstock.com, Inc. is an online "closeout" retailer offering discount, brand-name merchandise for sale over the Internet. The company offers its customers an opportunity to shop for bargains conveniently, while offering its suppliers an alternative inventory liquidation distribution channel. Overstock.com, headquartered in Salt Lake City, is a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ Global Market System. In July 2005, it acquired 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Utah-based Ski West, Inc. for $25 million in cash.
Chief Executive Officer
Patrick M. ByrneNumber of Employees 1,036
Peer Companies
NAICS Code All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores): 453998
Recent Events
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WinBuyer and Overstock Enter Strategic Partnership Agreement
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WinBuyer and Overstock Enter Strategic Partnership Agreement
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In rare move, Overstock fires auditor & files 10-Q
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Overstock.com Launches New O.BIZ Website
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Overstock.com Partners With MerchSource for Holiday Donations to the Toys for Tots Program
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Overstock.com Succeeds in Goal of Raising $30,000 for Veterans
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Overstock.com Announces Partnership With Wounded Warrior Project
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What Is Overstock's CEO Afraid Of?
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Overstock.com Selects Syncsort DMExpress for Clickstream Processing On-line retailer giant replaces hand-coding and enhances Teradata...
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Year after financial meltdown a Utah original shoots from the hip
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Overstock.com to launch O.biz Web site
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Overstock.com Reports Q2 2009 Results
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2 more Web retailers cancel R.I. ties
News & Analysis
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Annals of News-Burying, Overstock Edition
Felix Salmon submits: Friday was the Financial Follies — which means that most of New York’s financial journalists descended on the Marriott Marquis for the evening. The joke going around was that Friday afternoon would be a great day to bury bad news, a la Jo Moore, on the...
Overstock Fires Auditor Over Accounting Dispute; Files 10-Q Anyway [Voices]
Seriously, Overstock.com OSTK has to provide more entertainment value per dollar of market cap than any company in America. Consider yesterday's developments at the online retailer. The company disclosed in both a press release and an 8-K filing with the SEC that it has fired Grant Thornton as its auditor....
Will SEC Bust Overstock.com Like SafeNet?
Sam E. Antar submits: The Securities and Exchange Commission settled charges against SafeNet Inc. SFNT for backdating of stock options and violations of Regulation G which governs non-GAAP financial measures such as EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization). The various defendants agreed to injunctive relief and civil...
Eureka! The SEC Enforced Regulation G!
Gary Weiss submits: Will wonders never cease? This isn't likely to get much notice, but it's pretty big news: the SEC actually enforced one of the most crucial regulations preventing public companies from cooking the books, known as Regulation G. The agency reached a settlement yesterday with SafeNet Inc. and...
Overstock.com Misses SEC Deadline: Investors Beware
Sam E. Antar submits: On Monday, Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) announced that it missed the Securities and Exchange Commission deadline for the filing its Q3 2009 financial report on time. The company disclosed: The registrant has been unable to complete its financial statements for the quarter ended September...
What Is Overstock's CEO Afraid Of?
Sam E. Antar submits: Patrick Byrne is afraid to answer questions about Overstock.com's (NASDAQ: OSTK) continuous violations of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and SEC disclosure rules. Because of those violations, Overstock.com's current financial reports cannot be accurately compared to reports in corresponding prior periods. In its latest Q3...
Overstock.com Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Conference Call
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. We'll pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A roster. Your first question comes from [Brent Ryerson] of inaudible & Company. Unidentified Analyst Couple of quick questions for you. Any thoughts that you want to offer us on the book pricing war...
The Dilemma Facing Overstock.com's New Auditors
Sam E. Antar submits: Apparently, Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) is going to stubbornly tough it out and force the Securities and Exchange Commission to take enforcement action to make its financial reports comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The SEC re-opened its investigation of Overstock.com in response to a...
The SEC Finally Reopens Overstock.com Inquiry
Sam E. Antar submits: Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Division took the unusual step of re-opening an investigation of financial reporting irregularities at Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) after dropping a previous investigation just fifteen months earlier in June 2008. The SEC re-opened its probe of Overstock.com in...
Byrne: SEC Enforcement Division Takes Orders From Short-Sellers
Gary Weiss submits: The White House isn't the only building in Washington with a hotline Patrick Byrne has a new conspiracy theory to explain why his corporate crime petri dish Overstock.com OSTK is under investigation by the SEC. Seems that short sellers, in addition to having a...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Patrick M. Byrne | Chief Executive Officer |
| Jason C. Lindsey | President & COO |
| Dan Greening | Chief Scientist |
| David K. Chidester | Senior Vice President, Finance |
| Holly MacDonald-Korth | Senior Vice President, Auctions |
| Jacob Hawkins | Senior Vice President, Online Marketing |
| Jonathan E. Johnson | Senior Vice President |
| Kamille Twomey | Senior Vice President, Marketing |
| Sam Peterson | Senior Vice President, Technology |
| Stephen Tryon | Senior Vice President |
| Stormy Simon | Senior Vice President, Branding and Customer Care |
| Tad Martin | Senior Vice President, Mdsg & Operations |
| Mark Neisler | |
| Mike Robertson | |
| Nicole Hagerman | |
| Allison H. Abraham | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Jack Byrne | Chairman |
| Gordon S. Macklin | Board of Directors |
| John A. Fisher | Board of Directors |
| John J. Byrne | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Issues & Opinions | Chairman and CEO | Current |
| Aggregate Knowledge | Chairman and CEO | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Centricut, LLC | Chairman, President and CEO | Former |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | President | Former |
| Fechheimer Brothers Co. | Former | |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Stanford University | Doctorate In Philosophy | Former |
| Cambridge University | Master's Degree | Former |
| Dartmouth College | Bachelor's Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Overstock.com, Inc. | President & COO | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Dan Greening is a computer scientist currently focusing on adaptive location services. He is CEO of BigTribe Corporation, an internet software company focusing on location services and personalization. BigTribe has developed a unique adaptive personalization algorithm that recommends locations (restaurants, stores, parks, etc.) you'll enjoy visiting and services (taxis, movie tickets, restaurant reservations, prescription refills, etc.) you'll use. It works with connected devices, such as web browsers and cell phones, and disconnected devices, such as PDAs. In 2002, Dr. Greening was chair of the Location Interoperability Forum's Standards Group (now part of Open Mobile Alliance), which wrote the widely-adopted Mobile Location Protocol. The Mobile Location Protocol allows middleware systems to transmit location information in a technology-neutral way. It can preserve privacy and permissions while roaming. It can represent location information in local coordinate reference systems, making it easier to use local maps and directories. These factors are key for deploying location services in mobile telephone systems. Dr. Greening was formerly Vice President of Engineering for Macromedia, directing software architecture, engineering, documentation and quality assurance for LikeMinds and Aria, marketing tools that improve revenues and quantify traffic on web sites. LikeMinds is an adaptive personalization system providing click-stream and preference-based collaborative filtering and market basket analysis in real-time, also on highly-trafficked sites. LikeMinds helps maximize the revenue potential for each visitor, and strengthens one-to-one relationships with customers, increasing retention and reactivation rates. Greening designed the parallel-processing architecture for LikeMinds, making it more scalable and accurate than competitors. LikeMinds is now bundled with IBM's WebSphere Commerce Server, where it displaced a well-entrenched competitor previously bundled with WebSphere.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bigtribe | CEO | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Chief Scientist | Current |
| Macromedia, Inc. | Vice President Engineering | Current |
| Bigtribe | President | Former |
| Bigtribe | Principal Investigator | Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Ph.D. | Former |
| University of Michigan | Bse | Former |
As the Senior Vice President, Internal Reporting and Information, Dave’s duties include supervision of the company’s internal data and information, including internal reporting and cost accounting functions. Dave joined Overstock.com in 1999 as the corporate controller, was named acting CFO in August 2003, and promoted to the CFO position (Vice President of Finance) in January 2004 and was subsequently promoted to Senior Vice President, Finance. Prior to Overstock.com, Chidester served four years as a senior auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Chidester earned a bachelor's degree in accounting, and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Utah.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Finance | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Auctions | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Issues & Opinions | Senior Vice President, Change Management | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Online Marketing | Current |
| Aggregate Knowledge | Senior Vice President, Online Marketing | Current |
| University of Utah | Masters | Former |
| University of Utah | Business Administration With An Emphasis In Information Systems | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Issues & Opinions | President | Current |
| Aggregate Knowledge | President | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| TenFold Corporation | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Utah Court of Appeals | Clerk | Former |
| Utah Supreme Court | Clerk | Former |
| TenFold Corporation | General Counsel | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Marketing | Current |
Sam Peterson, Senior Vice President, Technology, is responsible for IT infrastructure, development and website design at Overstock. Sam served as the Vice President, Software Development from early 2005, and was appointed as Director, Network and Systems Engineering in 2003, where he managed several development teams. During that time, he directed the technology team that built the Overstock.com Auctions website. Prior to joining Overstock in 1999, Sam was involved in creating several start-up internet ventures, including Fitnesoft, Inc.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aggregate Knowledge | Senior Vice President, Technology | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Technology | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Aggregate Knowledge | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Issues & Opinions | Senior Vice President, Logistics | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Aggregate Knowledge | Senior Vice President of Overstock.Com | Current |
| United States Military Academy | Assistant Professor | Former |
| Stanford University | M.A. In Philosophy | Former |
| Stanford University | B.S. In Applied Sciences | Former |
| United States Military Academy | B.S. In Applied Sciences | Former |
Since joining Overstock.com in 2001 Stormy Simon has held various marketing and management positions including Director of B2B, and originator of the Co-op Advertising program. Stormy currently serves as the Senior Vice President, Branding and Customer Care. She also oversees all offline marketing efforts, writing and producing all television, radio and print advertising, and does their media buying also. Prior to joining Overstock.com, Stormy was a media buyer and Director of Co-op Advertising for a major video distributor.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aggregate Knowledge | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Branding and Customer Care | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Mdsg & Operations | Current |
Mark's background includes positions as software engineer and applications developer for the following companies: Emware Incorporated, US Robotics, State of Utah, Ysource, PowerPix and most recently Overstock.com. Mark's past experience with problem solving has made him resourceful in managing multiple, shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| I T Outsource | Director of Development | Current |
| Emware Inc. | Applications Developer | Current |
| US Robotics Corporation | Applications Developer | Current |
| Power Pix LLC | Current | |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ocean Media Inc. | Chairman & Co-CEO | Current |
| Ocean Media Inc. | Founder | Current |
| Ocean Media Inc. | Owner | Current |
| Best Buy Co., Inc. | Current | |
| Free Credit Report | Current | |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Current | |
| Pitney Bowes Inc. | Current | |
| KB Home | Current | |
| Ocean Media Inc. | President | Former |
| Pacific Media | President | Former |
Nicole Hagerman serves as Project Manager for the Montana World Trade Center. Nicole comes to MWTC from Overstock.com where she served as Director of International Sourcing. When Nicole started at Overstock.com, the company didn't have an international sourcing department; she developed the department from scratch into a formidable part of the business. She built a team of domestic and international based individuals supporting over $35 million in international purchasing. The purchasing was further supported when she established a Representative office in Shanghai, China. Nicole was also able to combine business with humanitarianism when she was appointed the Director of Worldstock.com. Worldstock's mission is to help artisans in developing countries establish sustainable businesses by selling their products at fair wages. She has worked with universities including Harvard and Westminster to set up programs and classes to support, encourage and teach social entrepreneurship. Nicole was also a part of eLocal.com for 2 years focusing on international development. She holds a bachelor's in Business from the University of Montana. She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Digital IQ magazine and received the Utah Business "Forty under 40" Award for her work at Overstock.com and Worldstock.com.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mwtc | Project Manager | Current |
| Global Development Services Inc. | Account Manager | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Current | |
| Harvard Corporation | Former | |
| Mwtc | Bachelor's In Business | Former |
| University of Montana | Bachelor's In Business | Former |
Jack Byrne has been a director of the Company since 1985. Mr. Byrne formerly served as Chairman of the Company from 1985 to 2003, as CEO of the Company from February 2002 to December 2002, as Chairman of OneBeacon from June 2001 to December 2001, as CEO of the Company from January 2000 to June 2001, as President and CEO of the Company from 1990 to 1997 and as CEO of the Company from 1985 to 1990. Mr. Byrne serves as Chairman of Overstock.com Inc. See Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. | Director of the Company | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. | President and CEO | Former |
| White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. | Chairman | Former |
| Onebeacon | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Issues & Opinions | Director | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Aggregate Knowledge | Director | Current |
| Ameritech Corporation | Former | |
| Darden Graduate School of Business Administration | MBA Degree | Former |
| University of Virginia | Mba Degree | Former |
| Tufts University | Bachelor of Arts In Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Overstock.com, Inc. | Deputy Chairman | Former |
Executive News
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Patrick Byrne Teaches a Lesson in Issuer Retaliation
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Overstock.com Finds a New Way to Waste Money
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Wielding the Technology Sword: Q&A With Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne
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Overstock.com, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
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Overstock.com Reports Q2 2009 Results
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Overstock Drops Affiliates to Avoid Taxes
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The Latest Overstock Shenanigans
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California, Hawaii Governors Veto Online Sales Tax
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Overstock.com Makes Good on Promise to Reinstate Hawaii-Based Affiliate Advertisers...
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Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules
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Overstock.com Makes Good on Promise to Reinstate Hawaii-Based Affiliate Advertisers Following Governor's Wise Veto.
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UPDATE:Overstock Reverses Plan To Drop Calif,Hawaii Affiliates
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Overstock Reverses Decision To Drop California Affiliates
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Overstock Won't Cut California Affiliates
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Overstock.com Reinstates California-based Internet Affiliate Advertisers Based on...
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Overstock.com Reinstates California-based Internet Affiliate Advertisers Based on Governor's Veto
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Overstock.com cuts ties with Hawaii affiliates
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Overstock Ends Affiliate Ties In 4 States Over Sales Tax
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Overstock.com Drops Internet Affiliate Advertisers in California, Hawaii, North Carolina...
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Overstock.com Drops Internet Affiliate Advertisers in California, Hawaii, North Carolina and Rhode Island.
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