The pure play model of Webvan was due to fail, like most of the other ones who tried. Capital costs of the warehouses and of learning the trade weigh too much. Brick and click will work. Either in-house (like Tesco) or through a partnership of a brick and mortar grocer with an asp, like where I shop here in Vancouver: it's a tiny grocer (Stong's) that gives awesome service thanks to software from Peachtree Network. I know the same asp powers Wakefern in NY State, IGA in Quebec, and a few others in North America and Europe.
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very interesting: any references accessible to non-biologists on this? What you say would mean that the problem is not really there. Thanks.
The pure play model of Webvan was due to fail, like most of the other ones who tried. Capital costs of the warehouses and of learning the trade weigh too much. Brick and click will work. Either in-house (like Tesco) or through a partnership of a brick and mortar grocer with an asp, like where I shop here in Vancouver: it's a tiny grocer (Stong's) that gives awesome service thanks to software from Peachtree Network. I know the same asp powers Wakefern in NY State, IGA in Quebec, and a few others in North America and Europe.