Other sites such as Polyvore.com and Kaboodle.com, also are attempting to make shopping and browsing for apparel more fun.

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He ended up doing a deal with online shopping site Kaboodle and had to pull it off with no engineers.

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While there are sites like eBay where such sales are popular, Poshmark simplifies the process, says Chandra, who previously was founder and CEO of Kaboodle, which was acquired by Hearst Corp in 2007.

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