Webvan - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/webvan/?source=rss&aim=webvan en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:07:00 PDT "The Day the Brands Died" and "CueCatastrophe" Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/letters/2001/07/12/cuecat_branding/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/letters/2001/07/12/cuecat_branding/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to two stories on the failure of dot-com businesses such as Webvan, CueCat and Kozmo. The day the brands died By Ruth Shalit and Robin Danielson Hafitz Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/11/brands/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/11/brands/index.html?source=rss 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. Desperately seeking a hipper shipper By Damien Cave Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/01/19/shipping/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/01/19/shipping/index.html?source=rss You'd be happy to buy online, but you know you'll never make contact with the delivery guy. Market makers By Andy Dehnart Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/01/10/peapod/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/01/10/peapod/index.html?source=rss Andrew and Thomas Parkinson opened the first online grocery store a decade ago. Now they're reveling in a flood of Peapod competitors. Memo to an insta-millionaire By Mark Gimein Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/09/27/shaheen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/09/27/shaheen/index.html?source=rss Congratulations! As Webvan's new CEO you're a winner at stock-option Monopoly: Just pass "Go" and collect millions! The $4 billion warehouse By Mark Gimein Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/08/02/webvan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/08/02/webvan/index.html?source=rss Silicon Valley investment titans finance dreams of grandeur, knowing they get rich even if the new business isn't a huge success.