Gilt Groupe co-founders on company, new memoir

April 13, 2012 6:21 AM

Five years ago, Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson started the company Gilt Groupe, a company that now does more e-business than anyone but Amazon. Wilkis Wilson and Maybank speak to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about their success.

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