Tesco.com - A Rare Profitable Dotcom
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Case Details:
Case Code : ITSY025
Case Length : 14 Pages
Period : 1990-2003
Pub Date : 2003
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : Tesco plc
Retail ing
Countries : UK
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Website Maintenance
Tesco employed several web design agencies to
develop and maintain the grocery selling websites for its stores
(customers logging onto Tesco websites from different areas were
directed to the website of the store that delivered to their
respective areas)...
A Unique Business Model - The Outcome
Justifying Tesco's faith in the online grocery business and
its unique strategies, sales increased from $19.2 million in 1998 to $264
million in 1999.
Buoyed by this, the company increased the number of stores
under the online model to 100 by September 1999.
The fact that the online
operations had Tesco's backing, financial support and brand equity to leverage,
seemed to be working to its advantage... |
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The Safeway Alliance
Besides the improving financials, perhaps the alliance with the US-based
retailing chain Safeway (number three in the industry) was the biggest
testimony to the corporate world's belief in Tesco.com's business model...
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A Few Reasons to Worry?
In 2002, Tesco.com began offering its services in
South Korea, where it already operated its retail store network.
The
company's decision was prompted by the fact that Korea was one of the
few countries that had a large number of households with broadband
Internet connectivity.
For 2001-02, Tesco.com recorded sales of £356
million and a net profit of £400,000. The following year, while sales
increased to £447 million, the net profit was £12.2 million... |
Exhibits
Exhibit I: Tesco - After the Mid-1990s
Exhibit II: A Note on Tesco's Loyalty Card Scheme
Exhibit III: The Online Grocery Retailing Business - A Brief Note
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