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  2. Webvan - Wikipedia

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    Webvan was a dot-com company and grocery business that filed for bankruptcy in 2001 after 3 years of operation. It was headquartered in Foster City, California , United States. It delivered products to customers' homes within a 30-minute window of their choosing. [2]

  3. Webvan’s Demise or When Technology Fails to Meet Operations

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    Today’s Digital-centric Consumer Is. Webvan, an online grocery, employed technological breakthroughs in its distribution system but blundered through key strategic and operational decisions, which led to a complete collapse of the company in just 5 years. Founded in 1996, Webvan was selling groceries online and delivering them directly to ...

  4. Where Webvan Failed And How Home Delivery 2.0 Could Succeed

    techcrunch.com/2013/09/27/why-webvan-failed-and...

    Webvan is well-known as the poster child of the dot-com "excess" bubble that led to the tech market crash in 2000. Business schools study Webvan’s overly ambitious rush to the biggest IPO to ...

  5. Webvan, headquartered in Foster City, California, announced grand plans of expanding and delivering the service from 26 different cities across the US even before proving the product-market fit...

  6. Webvan Group, Inc | Encyclopedia.com

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    Webvan Group was an online grocery delivery service that operated between mid-1999 and mid-2001, when it ceased operations, shut down its World Wide Web site, and filed bankruptcy. Source for information on Webvan Group, Inc: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce dictionary.

  7. Webvan Founder Is Back Just as Online Grocery Orders Take Off

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    (Bloomberg) -- Louis Borders, whose company Webvan Group Inc. epitomized dot-com era flameouts, is back with a new online grocery startup. Called Home Delivery Service, it plans to open a...

  8. Webvan delivers its last word: Bankruptcy - CNET

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    Webvan delivers its last word: Bankruptcy. The troubled online grocer says it has ceased operations and plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Troubled Webvan on Monday said it has ...