Internet postage sounded like a natural. You would download an electronic “stamp” from the Web onto your computer and print it on an envelope using any printer. Bye-bye, long lines at the post office. Hello, Stamps.com.
Read MoreZendor, our fulfilment and consultancy division, has moved into profit in the
second half, reversing its earlier first half losses, and will show a small full
year profit. One of Zendor’s recently acquired clients, Toys R Us, have reported
higher than expected sales volumes being fulfilled in the run up to Christmas.
Zendor has also been working with a number of other companies in a consultancy
capacity, including Safeway and Arcadia and continues to provide fulfilment
services for a number of high street retailers.
Eunite, the interactive part of the fulfilment division has more than halved the
level of first half losses by alignment of its business to current levels of
market activity.
TESCO FORMALLY launches its internet home shopping service in the United States today as part of a deal with Safeway, the American supermarket group.
The service will be run under the Safeway name and be operated from five Safeway stores in Portland, Oregon. The US group is completely separate from the UK company of the same name.
The launch of the service represents a coup for Tesco, which will be exporting British know-how to a market that was supposed to be the world leader in internet grocery deliveries.
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Read MoreHome Shopping Europe (HSE), home shopping televsion channel, has awarded a three-year, multi-million pound contract to TDG to handle its c-fulfilment operations. The contract will create 45 new jobs dedicated to HSE logistics operations at TDG’s specialised c-fulfilment centre in Wrexham. Staff will be responsible for picking, inspection, packaging and despatch of goods for home delivery by a network of UK parcel carriers.
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