Kozmo.com to Deliver USA Today

Posted on October 6, 2000

Kozmo has added the delivery of the USA Today newspaper to its list of available products. Kozmo.com's online service claims to provide delivery of items listed on their website to their customers in under an hour. These items include videos, DVDs, CDs, books, magazines, meals, snacks, drinks, electronics, home essentials and health and beauty aids.

USA Today is the first newspaper to be offered for sale in Kozmo.com's ``Newsstand'' category. USA Today newspapers will be delivered each day to Kozmo offices in the 11 cities they serve. Kozmo now serves 11 cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and their hometown of New York.

``We are very happy with the initial customer response,'' said Larry Lindquist, senior vice president, circulation of USA Today. ``Kozmo's quick and efficient delivery effort serves the needs of our time-pressed readers.''