Software Installation and Support Plan

Tesco.com Case Study 9.1

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Tesco.com increases product range and uses triggered communications to support CRM

Context
Tesco, well known as Britain’s leading food retail group with a presence in Europe and Asia has also been a pioneer online. By September 2005 inline sales in the first half of the year were £401 million, a 31% to £21 million. Tesco.com now receives 170,000 orders each week. Soon it should reach an annual turnover of £1 billion online and it is generally recognized as the world’s largest online grocer.

Product Ranges
The Tesco.com site acts as a portal to most of Tesco’s products, including various non-food ranges (for example, books, DVDs and electrical items under the ‘Extra’ banner), Tesco Personal Finance and the telecoms businesses, as well as services offered in partnership with specialist companies, such as dieting clubs, flights and holidays, music downloads, gas, electricity and DVD rentals. It does not currently sell clothing online but in May 2005 it introduced a clothing web site (www.clothingattesco.com), initially to showcase Tesco’s clothing brands and link customers to their nearest store with this range.

Competitors
Tesco currently leads the UK’s other...