Webvan Goes To The Dogs
from the take-two-bad-ideas-and...? dept
If you're struggling Webvan and you're looking to make money, what should you do? Apparently, you should look at the most overhyped business concept that came about last year, and jump right in. That's right, Webvan is adding a pet store to their offerings. They're working with Petsmart (one of the few remaining online pet stores) to offer home delivery of the products that no one seemed to want to order online in the first place.
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Funny, at first
Don't most people buy their pet food at the grocery store? The pet sections often take up entire aisles. It makes sense for your "grocery-store-on-wheels" to have the same functionality.
My only question is--why hadn't they thought of this before?
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Re: Funny, at first
I'm probably giving them too much credit, but, maybe they did think of it, then they realized how much competition they'd have, and so they decided not to do it... Now that there's no more dot-com-petition, they're in a better position..? :P
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