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- Webvan’s mission was to replace traditional offline grocery stores by providing an internet grocery shopping delivery service. Their e-commerce model offered a variety of 50,000 products for customers to create an online grocery list that can be delivered to them from a distribution factory.
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Nov 17, 2016 · 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.
Mar 13, 2015 · Roughly 7 years later at the height of the dot-com bubble, an internet startup emerged with a business model idea many investors were certain would transform the $450 Billion grocery industry. The idea was simple: order your groceries online, using that new-fangled thing called the “internet,” and they’ll be delivered to your door later ...
A business model targeting price-sensitive mass-market consumers rather than upmarket consumers who would be more profitable; Building its own warehouses and fulfillment infrastructure from scratch, in contrast to services such as Peapod which survived the dot-com bust and used the infrastructure of existing supermarkets (as did the later ...
Sep 27, 2013 · Business schools study Webvan’s overly ambitious rush to the biggest IPO to date in Silicon Valley, as a prime example of what to avoid doing while scaling.
Jan 3, 2002 · 4 min read. Webvan's showdown with skeptics is taking place in San Francisco, the de facto proving ground for the online grocer's business model. Webvan woes. The Internet's biggest...
This case details the conception, business model, and launch of Webvan’s online grocery delivery service. This material is available for download by current Stanford GSB students, faculty, and staff only. For inquires, contact the Case Writing Office .
Recounts Webvan's history from founding through early 2001 and concentrates on the unique approaches to warehousing, delivery, scheduling, and to a lesser extent, marketing and information technology. Also examines the rest of the Webvan business model and how it was formulated.
