Home shopping trial flops
2 April 2012
Home shopping, the “next thing” in retailing, has disappointed supermarket chain Sainsbury’s, which is abandoning trials outside the M25 area, citing the lack of economies of scale.
Home shopping, the “next thing” in retailing, has disappointed supermarket chain Sainsbury’s, which is abandoning trials outside the M25 area, citing the lack of economies of scale. In London, by contrast, demand is sufficient to justify the company spending between £7 million and £10 million to open a home-shopping delivery centre stocking 15,000 items....