Store Adore is born! On October 23, founder Meredith Barnett unveiled our site on The Oprah Winfrey Show. During a tribute to her mentor, President of Hearst magazines Cathie Black, Meredith answered some of Oprah’s pressing questions about Store Adore. The Oprah team visited our Manhattan offices, and even came along on a market research excursion (okay, a shopping trip!). Though we’d originally planned a holiday launch, with Oprah’s blessing we’ve hit the ground running. We’ll have more for you to enjoy every day―so sign up and check back often. Happy shopping!

<pinktext>From the Oprah Show</pinktext>
To be successful at work and at home, Cathie says it helps to have a mentor you can lean on, confide in and learn from. For Meredith Barnett, there was no better mentor than Cathie herself!

Meredith worked with Cathie as an intern in the new digital media group at Hearst while in business school. “Cathie is both a personal mentor, but also a role model for me,” Meredith says. “I absolutely look up to her.” In fact, she says she was so inspired by Cathie that she felt confident enough to start her own Internet business.

“There’s a million reasons not to do any sort of business or any kind of dream that you have. There’s always going to be people who say no. There are always going to be people who don’t like your idea,” Meredith says. “Like Cathie says, just push it forward, push it forward, and don’t let anyone say no. I hear Cathie’s voice in my head [saying], ‘Just be passionate about it.’ I do believe that the passion is contagious.”

Click on the link below to see an the posting on the Oprah website the day of the show.