The same-day delivery model gets new life

Ensenda Inc. launched this month in San Francisco but with national ambitions. Its model: fulfill orders from retailers’ stock and deliver it using local courier services in as little as 60 minutes.

Posted 10/09/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Technology

Kozmo.com assets will go on the block next week

Equipment from Kozmo.com as well as 20 other dot-coms will be auctioned off live and on the web June 26 and 27.

Posted 06/20/2001Internet RetailerPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

WebVan CEO George Shaheen resigns

After WebVan’s poor results, released in its annual report released earlier this month, George T. Shaheen has resigned, saying “a different kind of executive is needed to lead the company.

Posted 04/16/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Kozmo ceases operations

Kozmo shut down its web site today and laid off 1,100. Pressures for profitability brought about the end.

Posted 04/12/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Kozmo recruits a new CFO from BMG

Former BMG executive with 30 years senior management experience joins Kozmo

Posted 03/23/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

Improving E-Retailing Profits With E-mmediate Delivery

To hear Joe Park tell it, the highly publicized profit problems of some dot-com retailers can be solved by going ãthe last mileä for convenience-first web shoppers: delivering merchandise on the same day itâs purchased on the web, even within the hour. That was the message Park, the youthful founder of Kozmo.com, delivered to 600 attendees at E-Tail 2000 who gathered in New York Monday to hear presentations from some of the most prominent players...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

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Amazon's Plans E-mmediate Delivery

Amazon.com has invested $60 million in Internet-to-door delivery service (www.kozmo.com) Kozmo.com and plans to offer a one-hour delivery to customers in select markets. Under the three-year alliance, Amazon customers will get one-hour deliveries of certain book, music and toy orders. The companies did not offer a timetable for launching the new service, and the pact does not hold Amazon to an exclusive with Kozmo. "We're always looking for new...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

Starbucks Brews Up Online Delivery Deal

Specialty coffee retailer Starbucks Coffee Co., Seattle, has forged a multimillion dollar marketing deal with Kozmo.com, which bills itself as "the world's first on-demand Internet-to-door delivery service." Under the terms of the five-year agreement, Starbucks will receive $150 million from Kozmo.com for in-store exposure and co-marketing opportunities. Kozmo.com allows users to order convenience and personal care products over the Web for...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment