Vendor Stories

2011

  • Jan (0)
  • Feb (0)
  • Mar (0)
  • Apr (0)
  • May (0)
  • Jun (0)
  • Jul (0)
  • Aug (0)
  • Sep (1)
  • Oct (0)
  • Nov (0)
  • Dec (0)

2012

  • Jan (0)
  • Feb (0)
  • Mar (0)
  • Apr (0)
  • May (1)
  • Jun (0)
  • Jul (0)
  • Aug (0)
  • Sep (0)
  • Oct (0)
  • Nov (0)
  • Dec (0)

2013

2014

  • Jan (0)
  • Feb (0)
  • Mar (0)
  • Apr (0)
  • May (2)
  • Jun (0)
  • Jul (1)
  • Aug (0)
  • Sep (0)
  • Oct (0)
  • Nov (0)
  • Dec (0)

2015

  • Jan (1)
  • Feb (0)
  • Mar (0)
  • Apr (0)
  • May (0)
  • Jun (0)
  • Jul (0)
  • Aug (0)
  • Sep (0)
  • Oct (0)
  • Nov (0)
  • Dec (1)

2016

2018

2019

2021

  • Jan (1)
  • Feb (0)
  • Mar (1)
  • Apr (0)
  • May (0)
  • Jun (0)
  • Jul (0)
  • Aug (0)
  • Sep (0)
  • Oct (0)
  • Nov (0)
  • Dec (0)
 

  • Why Go With elfa?

    Life Changing! Personalized. Space-Saving! Logical. Organized. Brilliant. Exclusive to The Container Store. Simple. Did we say Life Changing??!! Just a few of the answers we heard when we asked our customers and employees to describe elfa. The best part? It’s 30% off through February 28, 2018. Sounds great, right? But we know what some of you may be thinking… “What is elfa? And why should I go with it?” We’re so glad you asked! J For the uninitiated, elfa is an ingenious, customizable shelving

  • What is elfa?

    Life Changing! Personalized. Space-Saving! Logical. Organized. Brilliant. Exclusive to The Container Store. Simple. Did we say Life Changing??!! Just a few of the answers we heard when we asked our customers and employees to describe elfa. The best part? It’s 30% off through February 28, 2017. This month, during Our Annual elfa Sale, we’ll feature stories all about elfa to give you the real scoop as to why this custom organization system can truly transform your life. We know many of you may not

  • Make a Difference Every Day

    Anita Nadelson, Co-Owner & Co-Founder of one of The Container Store’s incredible vendors— Three by Three Seattle, recently participated in the Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit for the first time. Here she shares the insights she gained talking with leaders of companies committed to doing business in a conscious way. I was honored to be invited to the Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit. Meeting so many wonderful people who are working to make the world a better place through capitalism was a

  • Feeling the Love in Surprise, Arizona

    In early May, IRIS USA celebrated an historic event for our company, the opening of our third manufacturing and distribution facility in Surprise, AZ. The need for this expansion in large part, is due to the continued growth from the business we enjoy with The Container Store, which is served from our Mesquite, TX facility. This new facility will free up much needed production and warehouse capacity in Mesquite to support the continued growth of TCS. In addition, the facility will also

  • A Revolutionizing Relationship

    Theatro is a technology start-up that worked hand-in-hand alongside The Container Store for the past few years to create voice-controlled wearable devices for our store employees. These unique devices allow employees to better communicate with each other on the sales floor, while serving our customers. We recently sat down with Theatro CEO and Co-Founder, Chris Todd and asked him about the special nature of his company’s relationship with The Container Store. In the BeginningTheatro founders,

  • Simplehuman: The Spirit of Innovation

    The Container Store has never had any written rules about how we decide which products to carry, because our President and Chief Merchandising Officer Sharon Tindell believes that rules would limit the imagination, creativity, and intuition her team brings to the job. But it’s safe to say that we place a high premium on clever, well-designed items that are, most of all, extremely functional. “Form should follow function,” Sharon likes to say, and “Aesthetics are important, but secondary to

  • My Experience as a Vendor & Customer

    I love reminiscing with former co-workers. It makes for great laughs to recall the good ole’ days. It’s even fun, in hindsight, to recall the bad days – the bad bosses, and the irrational clients who screamed and hissed their way through a problem. I’ve never met a professional who wasn’t waiting with bated breath to top your ‘worst client ever’ story. There are exponentially more ‘good clients’ than bad, of course. It’s just that so few are good enough to be memorable. For me, The

  • Reflections from Our Chief Merchant

    We’re well on our way into 2015 and the exciting things it will hold, but we couldn’t pass up sharing Sharon’s reflections on 2014 and what’s ahead for our special company. Read her recent interview with FORTUNE Magazine to hear her thoughts behind our merchandising strategy, how we hire and of course, what it’s like to work alongside her husband Kip every day!

  • Bringing our Vendors and Community Partners Together

    We were excited to bring together two of our stakeholders as part of our vendor Kronos’ annual conference that was held this year in our hometown of Dallas. Recognizing our passion for and commitment to our communities, Kronos asked us to help them incorporate a community project into their first day’s team building activities, which included a bike build! The larger conference group was broken up into smaller teams for a little friendly competition of which team could build two bikes the

  • Working Together to Help the Environment

    We talk a lot about creating mutually-beneficial relationships with our vendors. It’s the idea that business isn’t a zero-sum game – no one has to lose for someone else to win. Instead, we want to work with every single one of our vendors to create a partnership that benefits us both in ways we couldn’t have even imagined! One example is our vendor Pratt Industries – the company that we purchase our beautiful white corrugated shipping boxes from (including the thousands and thousands we use in

  • The Gift of Organized Travel

    I love the feeling of preparing for a trip, whether it’s for business or pleasure. There’s nothing like the wonder and thrill of exploring new places or reacquainting myself with old favorites, meeting new people, enjoying great food and wine, experiencing the hospitality of locals and discovering new beauty in life and the world. It all makes my heart race with sheer delight! And the first thing I do when I arrive at my destination is – you guessed it – unpack and get organized in my “home away

  • Common History Common Goals

    The 70s gave us much more than platform shoes and Generation X! In 1978, The Container Store was established in Dallas and just one year later, Umbra came onto the design scene in Toronto!The spark that began our 30-year relationship happened in the early 80s. Our Chairman and CEO, Kip, and I were walking a tradeshow in Chicago, when we discovered Umbra’s collection of beautifully designed, everyday items (much like the bulletin board and trashcan shown here). The collection instantly captured