Web boosts Tesco?s Christmas performance

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 12 January 2010 at 17:28:00

Retailer reported 20 per cent growth in online sales over six-week period

A strong e-commerce performance was a key highlight in Tesco?s Christmas and
New Year trading statement today.

The retail giant said online sales were ?very strong? in both food and
non-food with total growth of around 20 per cent in the six-week period.

According to Tesco, over 100 million grocery items were delivered to almost
1.5 million web customers during the period, while levels of availability were
?very good?.

The firm?s home shopping channel Tesco Direct also enjoyed growth of over 50
per cent, with strong sales of toys, TVs, games and entertainment, including
digital downloads.

Overall, like-for-like sales at Tesco rose 4.9 per cent during the festive
period, the supermarket's strongest Christmas performance in three years.

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