"Most men would rather die, than think. Many do."
Bertrand Russell1
28 1999 drugstore.com - - . , , , $ 65. $ 69, $ 3,5 . , , 500 , ( ) , .2
? , - . , - . ! , , , , , - .
, . , - . , -, , Presto! - , , ( ). , , ! ! ?
, . 2000 , -, . The Industry Standard, - , 1,1 $7 $9 , , , , , .3 ? , .
drugstore.com Walgreens. Walgreens - (dot-coms) 40% , drugstore.com. Forbes 1999: , , , , - , drugstore.com, 398 1, Walgreens 1,4.4 Walgreens, , $ 15 .1
Walgreens ?
|
|
- , , , Forbes , , . , , , Walgreens . . 1
() Walgreens , , , . ? - ? , , , , ? Walgreens -: , , , . Walgreens . Walgreens:A-a, Walgreens. . . Walgreens , , . : , , , .
() Walgreens on-line, Walgreens - ( ) , , - , . , . , , - , .
, (!), Walgreens , , . 2000 Walgreens, Walgreens.com. , Amazon.com ( ). Forbes Walgreens , , . ( ) , , . , Walgreens , .
drugstore.com? , . ( ) 26 , . .6 Walgreens , drugstore.com , .
|
|
, drugstore.com , , . , . , , , .
, , : - , . ? , , . ?
: . . - . . . . . .
, . , : Wall-Mart Walgreens, Procter & Gamble Kimberly-Clark, Merck Abbott - , , . . .
, , - . , , , , , .
, Walgreens, , . , , , . 1980- Intercom. : Walgreens , . , [56]. , , Walgreens .
, . 1970 Walgreens , . , Walgreens $ 400 Intercom, $ 100 .7 - Intercom, Walgreens, , , - .8 Walgreens .9 . Walgreens , , . - .
Walgreens . , - . , , 1990-, Walgreens , -. Walgreens : , .10
Walgreens . , , . , , . - , (. 7.1.).
|
|
Kroger, , -, & . , ( - ). : , , , . . - - . , .
, Kroger -. , $ 9 - , - . , Kroger , ." , , - $ 5,5 $ 40 $ 8 , 1988, Kroger 1980- 1990-.12 Kroger , , . - , Kroger : , , .
Gillette . , Gillette , . , , , , . Gillette, , , . , Sensor, Gillette $ 200 , , 29 .13 , , .14 Gillette - , , Gillette , Coke - : .15
7.1: - ,
-, | |
Abbott | , - . , Merck, Pfizer , . |
Circuit City | , , , McDonald's, , . |
Fannie Mae | , - . , , . |
Gillette | , . , |
Kimberly-Clark | , , . ; , . |
Kroger | , . , . |
Nucor | -. . ( 50 % ) , , . |
Philip Morris | . , . . , . |
Pitney Bowes | . . , , . , 1980-. |
Walgreens | , , . , , , . . . |
Wells Fargo | , - . , 24 , ATM, ATM, - . . |
|
|