About Webvan
Webvan was an online “credit and delivery’ grocery business that was founded by Louis Borders, the same man that established Borders book store .It delivered product to customers’ homes within a 30-minute window of their choosing.Webvan began its operation on 2 June, 1999, went bankrupt and closed down by 2001. In June 2008, CNET hailed Webvan as one of the greatest dotcom disasters in history.
Webvan was an online “credit and delivery’ grocery business that was founded by Louis Borders, the same man that established Borders book store .It delivered product to customers’ homes within a 30-minute window of their choosing.Webvan began its operation on 2 June, 1999, went bankrupt and closed down by 2001. In June 2008, CNET hailed Webvan as one of the greatest dotcom disasters in history.
Factors that cause Webvan failure
Types of product
Most of the product sell in Webvan are F&B product like food.Shopper may also price sensitive on the product where Webvan had to include extra labor cost and shipping cost on the product. So discount of the grocery product, the expire dates and the price of the product are the factor that effect consumer decision whether buy online or buy through retail shop.
Logistic
It is not easy to convenience all customer at the same time. Scheduling the time to delivery is not easy job for a logistic department of Webvan. If the company want to schedule all the delivery process well where the company able to send to product in time and able to save company cost it take days to complete. So it is a challenge for logistic department to do well. If the company unable to send the product to their customer on time, this will effect the consumer loyalty to the company.
Delivery on the time that the customer needed it
The advantage of Webvan is that they will deliver to your home after you place the order. But the problem is that Webvan unable to completely send to you when you need it now and the delivery cost might be more expensive then the product. Product like fresh vegetable and fruit may no fulfill the consumer need where the customers unable get the goods on time where they need it.
This is on of our group example of a failure E-Commerce business. If you felt you have any opinion or suggestion. Don’t hesitate to post comment.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webvan
http://www.webvan.com/
1 comments:
I think companies like http://www.i-booze.com have learned from companies like Webvan and only sell products that people really want right away.
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