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by agenthumble 4017 days ago
$700M YTD from VCs. Someone still cares.
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this_user 4017 days ago
Pets.com collected $300 million before imploding.
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yc1010 4017 days ago
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/would-you-like-some...

> Wag.com, introduced Wednesday, sells 10,000 pet items like food, litter, toys, clothing and grooming supplies. Quidsi, which was acquired by Amazon.com for $500 million last year, also runs Diapers.com for baby supplies, Soap.com for drugstore items and BeautyBar.com for cosmetics.

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itsnotlupus 4017 days ago
Incidentally, I've been buying all my dog food online for a few years. Giant bags of dog food with free shipping. And nowadays my little USPS lady has to carry them up the stairs on Sundays.

I think she might hate me, but I don't think Amazon is going out of business.

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