Overstock.com

Overstock.com is an Internet retailer based in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, near Salt Lake City. 

It was started in 1997 by Robert Brazell and originally called D2: Discounts Direct."Management Team" , Instore Broadcasting Network, retrieved February 21, 2009Overstock.com, Inc., Registration Statement on Form S1, p. 64, citing Robert Brazell as former President and CEO, Filed with the SEC on April 17, 2002 It was an online seller of surplus merchandise which, upon its failure in 1999, was taken over by Patrick M. Byrne, who changed its name to Overstock.com. The company went public in 2002, achieved profits in 2009 and reported its first billion-dollar year in 2010.

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Category:Companies based in Utah
Category:American websites
Category:E-commerce
Category:1997 establishments in the United States