The Day Ahead: Can Pets.com's Sock Puppet Save Its Stock?
News Pets.com should send Miller and its sock puppet to Wall Street. If you're Pets.com, you make use of your best asset -- the sock puppet mascot. Yes, the famous Pets.com sock puppet, who has appeared in ads during the Super Bowl and the Macy's...
[June 6, 2000, 11:23]
Pets.com Gets Put Down
News The company said it planned to sell the majority of its assets, including its inventory, distribution centre equipment, content, and its sock-puppet brand icon. Pets.com finally surrendered to the inevitable Tuesday when it announced that it was...
[November 8, 2000, 9:49]
Open-source Fight Staged On 'wrong Battleground'
Talkback Whenever an analyst talks about "religion" or "disciples.encircling Microsoft", he/she is probably doing the Redmond sock-puppet thing (again). I agree with other commentators, it is obviously in Microsoft's interest to encourage FLOSS Developers...
[November 13, 2003, 23:04]
The Day Ahead: Silver Lining Amid Dot-com Demise
News Although it's a shame Pets.com's sock puppet is homeless, few folks seeing the big picture would call the demise of the e-tailer -- or any other questionable dot-com company -- a bad thing. Commentary: In the most depressing time for dot-coms, for...
[November 10, 2000, 12:09]
The Day Ahead: First Half Picks And Pans
News Pets.com hopes its sock puppet can boost sales, Value America was bailed out by its big investors, and Buy.com became Sell.com. Aside from the usual hits and misses, we definitely had our favorite stocks this quarter.
[July 7, 2000, 13:11]
