Petopia.com Inc., an online pet products retailer whose major backers include Petco Animal Supplies Inc. (PETC.O) and the NBC television network, withdrew on Friday its plans to go public, saying it has sold nearly all of its assets and no longer conducts business.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/busin...opia-ipo-.html

AND: "The shakeout of logistics dotcoms has altered the marketing landscape in our industry,'' according to Fahrenwald. ``Companies flooded the industry with new, yet similar sounding, names, products, and services and created a huge amount of marketing clutter. Now a lot of them have folded or merged, but the logistics marketer is still confused and asking questions: `Who is still in business? Who is not? How can I make myself heard in the wake of all the confusion that was created?'"
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010202/il_lothair.html


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