Cyberian Outpost information

Cyberian Outpost, Inc.
Industry	E-commerce
Founded	1995; 29 years ago
Founder	Darryl Peck
Defunct	2001; 23 years ago
Fate	Acquired
Successor	Fry's Electronics
Headquarters	Kent, Connecticut
Products	Computer hardware & software
Revenue	$355 million (2001)
Number of employees	300

Cyberian Outpost was an online vendor of discount computer hardware and software that operated the website outpost.com. After its IPO in 1998, it reached a peak market capitalization of $1 billion, but, after the bursting of the dot-com bubble, its stock price fell rapidly and the company was acquired by Fry's Electronics in 2001 for $21 million.^[3]

The company received publicity for its controversial advertisements including one in which gerbils were shot out of a cannon, one where wolves attack a high school marching band, and one where children in daycare are being tattooed with "outpost.com" on their foreheads.

^ ^a ^b "CYBERIAN OUTPOST INC FORM 8-K" (PDF). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
^ Boughton, Kathryn (March 19, 2013). "Kent School alum purchases former 'Outpost.com' building for school use". New Haven Register.
^ FLYNN, LAURIE J. (July 24, 2001). "As Cyberian Outpost plunges toward the abyss, two suitors wait patiently to pick up the pieces". The New York Times.

[8K-1] "CYBERIAN OUTPOST INC FORM 8-K" (PDF). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

[kentschool-2] Boughton, Kathryn (March 19, 2013). "Kent School alum purchases former 'Outpost.com' building for school use". New Haven Register.

[3] FLYNN, LAURIE J. (July 24, 2001). "As Cyberian Outpost plunges toward the abyss, two suitors wait patiently to pick up the pieces". The New York Times.

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