- Tesco.com
Infobox Website
name = Tesco.com
caption = Frontpage,20 February 2007 .
url = [http://www.tesco.com/ www.tesco.com]
commercial = Yes
type =Online retailer
language = English
registration =
owner =Tesco
author =Tesco
launch date = 2000
current status = Active
revenue =Tesco.com is an
electronic commerce website operated byTesco . As well as being the world's largest online grocery retailer, it offers a wide range of other products, including electronic goods, books, broadband and financial services.Tesco has operated on the Internet since 1994 and started an online shopping service named 'Tesco Direct' in 1997. Tesco.com was formally launched in 2000. It also has online operations in the Republic of Ireland and South Korea. In 2003, tesco.com's CEO at the time,
John Browett , received theWharton Infosys Business Transformation Award for the innovative processes he used to support this online grocery service.In 2001 Tesco.com invested in GroceryWorks, a joint venture with the American
Safeway Inc. (who had long since sold-off their UK subsidiary and Tesco's former rival, Safeway plc), operating in the United States and Canada. GroceryWorks has stepped into the void left by the collapse ofWebvan , but did not expand as fast as initially expected and Tesco sold its stake to Safeway Inc in 2006. [ [http://www.tescocorporate.com/images/pr_interims06final_0.pdf Tesco Interim Results 2006/07, page 4] ]Concerned with poor web response times (in 1996, broadband was virtually unknown in the UK), Tesco offered a CDROM-based off-line ordering program which would connect only to download stock lists and send orders. This was in addition to, rather than instead of, ordering via web forms, but was withdrawn in 2000.
Tesco claimed in its 2005 annual report to be able to serve 98% of the UK population from its 300 participating stores. In the financial year ended
24 February 2007 it recorded online sales up 29.2% to £1.2 billion and profit up 48.5% to £83 million, with over 250,000 orders per week. [ [http://www.tescocorporate.com/images/Prelim%20Slides%202007%20-%20FINAL.pdf Tesco full year financial results 2006/7] ]Tesco launched its first home shopping catalogue in autumn 2006, as another channel for sales of its non-food ranges. This is integrated with the internet operation, with both channels being branded as "Tesco Direct". [ [http://www.retail-week.com/nav?page=retailweek.news.detail&resource=5211352 Tesco gears up for catalogue drive in autumn] , "retail-week.com",
21 July 2006.]Tesco launched an advertising campaign for its internet phone, marketing the service to customers by offering free calls to all other Tesco internet phone customers.
On 1 October 2006, Tesco announced that it will be selling six own-brand budget software packages for under £20 each, including office and security suites, in a partnership with software firm
Formjet [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5396488.stm Tesco moves into software market] , "BBC News", 1 October 2006] . As Formjet is exclusive distributor forPanda Software andAbility Plus Software , packages from these companies are likely to feature.In June 2007, Tesco.com became the first home delivery company in UK to provide customers the option of delivering shopping in green boxes without carrier bags in a bid to reduce the amount of carrier bags used as part of Tesco's green commitment, in return for customers going bag free they will receive green clubcard points. [cite web |publisher= Tesco |url= http://www.tescocorporate.com/page.aspx?pointerid=70D33479C1D844AE9CE464AB7938F921 |title= FIRST UK HOME DELIVERY SERVICE TO GO CARRIER BAG FREE | accessdate=2007-06-14 | date = 2007-06-09]
References
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Bricks and clicks External links
* [http://www.tesco.com Tesco UK website]
* [http://www.tesco.ie Tesco Ireland website]
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