Legacy archive
PlanetRx press archive
Known press releases, public filings, and historical coverage connected to the original PlanetRx.com. This archive restores useful context for old links without pretending the original dot-com business is the current product.
1999-10-14 · press release
PlanetRx.com and Express Scripts completed e-commerce pharmacy acquisition
PlanetRx.com and Express Scripts announced that PlanetRx completed the acquisition of Express Scripts' e-commerce pharmacy, making PlanetRx the exclusive online pharmacy for Express Scripts' 36 million members. The release described co-promotion, online prescription benefit access, order fulfillment, and PlanetRx's then-current VIPPS status.
2000-06-21 · news coverage
Online drugstore PlanetRx.com warned of lower second-quarter revenue
Computerworld reported that PlanetRx warned second-quarter revenue would be lower than analysts expected and that revenue for the remainder of 2000 would also come in below prior expectations. The article also described a restructured Express Scripts agreement and recent layoffs.
2000-12-21 · financial archive
PlanetRx delisting and late-2000 financial archive
Legacy backlinks reference a PlanetRx presskit page from December 2000 around the company's financial distress and delisting period. Contemporary coverage later noted that PlanetRx was delisted after its stock traded below Nasdaq's minimum price threshold.
2001-03-29 · news coverage
PlanetRx board approved liquidation plan
Computerworld reported that PlanetRx.com's board approved a plan to liquidate the company's assets, including its Memphis distribution center, after attempts to pivot from general online retail pharmacy to specialty drugs.
2000-02-21 · financial archive
PlanetRx reported fourth-quarter 1999 loss amid growing sales
Trade-press coverage reported that PlanetRx posted significant losses for Q4 and full-year 1999 while also reporting growing sales and a positive gross profit for the quarter.
1999-11-15 · financial archive
PlanetRx reported Q3 1999 loss and iVillage investment context
Trade-press coverage reported a Q3 1999 loss and noted the iVillage equity investment, additional distribution capacity, and partnerships around the original PlanetRx.com retail-pharmacy model.
2000-06-05 · company history
PlanetRx.com added Vision Care Center with Lens Express
Historical trade coverage noted a PlanetRx.com arrangement with Lens Express to provide products and services for a Vision Care Center, part of the original company's broader health-and-beauty retail expansion.