Tesco Direct

Shopping catalogue and website from Tesco

Tesco Direct

Type of site	Online retailer
Available in	English
Owner	Tesco
URL	www.tesco.com/direct
Commercial	Yes
Launched	2006
Current status	Closed

Tesco Direct was a shopping catalogue and website operated by the British supermarket chain and retailer Tesco. It was supplying non-food goods such as homeware and consumer products with delivery or in-store collection through collection points in Tesco stores.^[1] It was run in competition with Argos and Amazon.^[2] Its final catalogue was published and printed in 2012.

Tesco Direct opened in 2006 and ceased trading on 9 July 2018.^[3] When it closed it employed around 500 people.^[4] Tesco described the loss-making service as having “no route to profitability” when announcing the closure.^[5] Citing high costs of marketing and fulfillment for the service as responsible for the failure.^[6]

References

^ Tran, Mark (30 August 2006). "Tesco to launch non-food delivery service". the Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ Christie, Sophie (22 May 2018). "Tesco admits defeat against Amazon as it closes Tesco Direct, putting 500 jobs at risk". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ Wood, Zoe (22 May 2018). "Tesco shuts its non-food website, Tesco Direct". the Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "500 Tesco website jobs under threat". BBC News. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ Frank, Knight. "Tesco Direct — Death of E-commerce and Online Retailing?". www.knightfrank.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ Narwan, Gurpreet (23 May 2018). "Lossmaking Tesco Direct website to be scrapped". The Times. Retrieved 31 August 2018.