Webvan

  • "The Day the Brands Died" and "CueCatastrophe"

    Readers respond to two stories on the failure of dot-com businesses such as Webvan, CueCat and Kozmo.
    July 12, 2001

  • The day the brands died

    You may have thought Webvan and Kozmo were just dot-com delivery boys. But their demise has left their customers deeply scarred and cast adrift in a suddenly meaningless universe.
    By Ruth Shalit and Robin Danielson Hafitz July 11, 2001

  • Desperately seeking a hipper shipper

    You'd be happy to buy online, but you know you'll never make contact with the delivery guy.
    By Damien Cave January 19, 2000

  • Market makers

    Andrew and Thomas Parkinson opened the first online grocery store a decade ago. Now they're reveling in a flood of Peapod competitors.
    By Andy Dehnart January 10, 2000

  • Memo to an insta-millionaire

    Congratulations! As Webvan's new CEO you're a winner at stock-option Monopoly: Just pass "Go" and collect millions!
    By Mark Gimein September 27, 1999

  • The $4 billion warehouse

    Silicon Valley investment titans finance dreams of grandeur, knowing they get rich even if the new business isn't a huge success.
    By Mark Gimein August 2, 1999
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