Re: WebVan buys HomeGrocer: walking wounded

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From: Steve Dossick (sdossick@iPal.com)
Date: Tue Jun 27 2000 - 15:12:22 PDT

Yes, everyone knows it's much easier to get up, boot up the computer,
dial up the isp, start browser, type www.kozmo.com, find batteries,
order, and then wait 45 minutes for the delivery.

I always wonder if ANYONE with 1/4 brain cell works at these companies.
Who spends millions of $$ on ads without thinking of a compelling
example to use in them?

-s

Gregory Alan Bolcer wrote:
>
> Kozmo.com is for the ultra-lazy. The example on their commercials?
> The batteries in the remote control go out and you're too lazy to
> drive to the store.
>
> Greg
>
> Rohit Khare wrote:
> >
> > [somehow, last-mile Internet delivery sounds like it ought to be a
> > more open infrastructure, but fundamentally, Americans like to drive
> > :-)]
> >
> > June 27, 2000
> > Webvan to Acquire HomeGrocer in $1.2 Billion Deal
> >
> > By LAWRENCE M. FISHER
> >
> > SAN FRANCISCO, June 26 -- The much-anticipated consolidation of the
> > online grocery market got under way today with the announcement that
> > the Webvan Group Inc. would acquire HomeGrocer.com Inc. in a stock
> > swap valued at approximately $1.2 billion, based on Friday's closing
> > price of $8.72 a share for Webvan stock.
> >
>
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