Tesco Direct

This article is about the retailer Tesco's former direct service. For the retailer itself, see Tesco.

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

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

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

1. Tran, Mark (30 August 2006). "Tesco to launch non-food delivery service". the Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
2. 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.
3. Wood, Zoe (22 May 2018). "Tesco shuts its non-food website, Tesco Direct". the Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
4. "500 Tesco website jobs under threat". BBC News. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
5. Frank, Knight. "Tesco Direct — Death of E-commerce and Online Retailing?". www.knightfrank.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
6. Narwan, Gurpreet (23 May 2018). "Lossmaking Tesco Direct website to be scrapped". The Times. Retrieved 31 August 2018.