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As cool as the Coolest Cooler is, we have learned that retailers are hesitant to deal with a company that only has one product. We are working within our supply chain to develop some great new ...

Thousands of Coolest Cooler backers are still waiting for the music-playing, USB-enabled, accessory-holding cooler with an inboard blender. (Coolest Cooler) Life has undoubtedly been an emotional ...

The Oregon Department of Justice is investigating Coolest Cooler, the Portland company that raised $13 million on Kickstarter and then struggled to deliver coolers to thousands of backers. Department ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Two years after completing the most-successful Kickstarter campaign of all time, the folks behind the Coolest Cooler are being investigated by the Oregon Department of Justice.

One of the most successful Kickstarters of all time is running afoul of funders after failing to deliver thousands of coolers. Back in 2014, the Coolest Cooler—a high-tech, relatively lightweight ...

Ashlee spent time as a newspaper reporter, AmeriCorps VISTA and an employee at a healthcare company before she landed at CNET. She loves to eat, write and watch "Golden Girls" (preferably all three at ...

If you’ve been following the clusterfuck of a Kickstarter that is Coolest Cooler, you know it’s gone from boom to bust while leaving backers in the lurch. Now, it’s asking those backers for even more ...

Coolest Cooler is the latest proof that there are a lot of interesting ideas on Kickstarter from companies that lack a plan to execute them. The company set a funding record in 2014 with $13 million ...

We’ve seen a number of Kickstarter projects go off the rails, but the latest debacle from the viral crowd-funding hit Coolest Cooler is an interesting tale of crowd-funding woe. Nearly two years ago, ...