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The Boston Globe Scott Kirsner Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2000 by Kirsner, Scott
May 1--Note the time and put the body on ice. The "Sell-a-Dollar's-Worth-of-Merchandise-for-Fifty-Cents-and-Make-It-Up-On-Volume.com" business model is dead.
Which makes this a pretty unfortunate time for Kozmo.com, the New York-based urban delivery service, to be going public.
You've probably heard the raves about Kozmo, which operates in six cities, including Boston. Place your order on its Web site for a pint of Ben & Jerry's, a copy of People magazine, or a home pregnancy test, and a Kozmo courier will bring it to your door within an hour - no delivery charge.
It's truly wonderful. A Kozmo cyclist brought me two DVDs (no rental charge, thanks to a Kozmo marketing postcard I was handed on a street corner) just an hour before I had to head...
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