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Halloween relaunch for Boo.com

E-commerce casualty boo.com, which was the first big UK startup to call in liquidators... Read more

10 October, 2000 by Wendy McAuliffe

Boo hoo dot com

...last to realise it was happening. The other issue highlighted by the boo.com demise is one that is close to any ZDNet reader's... Read more

19 May, 2000 by Tony Westbrook

Startup Spotlight: boo.com

First there was Niketown, now there's boo.com. The site bills itself as the first truly global e-tailer... Read more

8 December, 1999 by Wendy McAuliffe
<endeca_term>Boo.com</endeca_term> is resurrected

Boo.com is resurrected

...most high-profile failures of the dot-com crash has been relaunched. Boo.com, which was originally an online fashion retailer when it fell into... Read more

2 May, 2007 by Tom Espiner

2000 Roundup: The dot-com bubble pops

...most high-profile UK collapse was the newly-launched luxury sportswear site Boo.com, but the closures accelerated throughout the year. By autumn dot-coms... Read more

1 January, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Boo.com may face DTI probe

Boo.com may face an investigation by the Department of Trade and Industry... Read more

20 June, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Boo.com fires 220, lastminute loses altitude

Dot com startups continued to struggle Tuesday, as Boo.com's liquidators laid off most of the company's staff and... Read more

23 May, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

£74m sportswear startup hits cyberspace

Boo.com, one of the most keenly anticipated UK Net startups, launched Thursday... Read more

4 November, 1999 by Matthew Broersma

E-tailer Boxman seeks liquidation

...highest profile business-to-consumer dot-com casualty since fashion e-tailer boo.com in May. Since then, several dot-com businesses have crashed including... Read more

11 October, 2000 by Wendy McAuliffe

Online food exchange collapses

...under. Recent high profile dotcom collapses have included the B2C sites URwired, boo.com and Clickmango Read more

15 September, 2000 by Wendy McAuliffe

Roundup: Dot-com downturn - where do companies go from here?

...2000 Site goes for a low 3.5 euro public offer price Boo.com's remains help stoke up UK Web search tool Wed, 28th... Read more

31 August, 2000 by ZDNet UK

More UK dot-coms log off

Adabra.com sells assets to another startup, while Clickmango quietly bows out Read more

31 July, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Letsbuyit.com sets debut amid dot-com blues

...continue to thrive, unlike more flashy services such as failed e-tailer Boo.com, because it is spending money wisely and is run by experienced... Read more

4 July, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Exclusive: Another UK startup bites the bullet

...Wall Street Journal's Web site. Recent startup failures include e-tailer boo.com, which became the world's first high-profile dot-com collapse... Read more

13 June, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Don't cry for me new economy

...to shed no tears for the 'Boocrew' -- recently "available" former employees of Boo.com, the failed designer clothes etailer. The word is that they have... Read more

31 May, 2000 by Eugene Lacey

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