Re:Groupon Is Laying Off 1,100, Shutters Operations in 7 Cou...
by ghaff on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @02:23PM
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Kozmo also had no delivery fees as I recall. The services you mention have either delivery fees, substantially larger purchase lots, or some combination thereof.
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Re:Groupon Is Laying Off 1,100, Shutters Operations in 7 Cou...
by nate on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @10:30PM
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That's exactly my point. Kozmo as a whole didn't work. But some bit of Kozmo worked. It wasn't all garbage. Local delivery + fees + free delivery using monthly club payments + better smartphone logistics can turned it into a great business. But so many people have missed it though throwing out the entire business idea of "local delivery" until some smart folks behind instacart/postmates/etc. realized the gems in here. This is happening here again with Groupon. "Group coupons are a terrible idea" I hear. Yeah, for a lot of people, but not all. I bet there's some really great ideas buried here for those folks who can dig into what's working and what's not.