Furniture.com: Failed Online Retail Site Revived as Web Portal

[mandy]

In its original incarnation, Furniture.com sold merchandise online and operated a chain of warehouses that handled deliveries to customers. Its workforce peaked at about 250 people. The new company, which was launched in 2002, chucked the sales and delivery strategy and instead functions as a shopping portal and intermediary for brick-and-mortar retailers. It has about 20 employees who primarily focus on Web design and marketing.

full article: http://www.computerworld.com/development...14,00.html