Consumers warm to cybergroceries
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Selling food through the Internet is increasingly becoming a trend in Canada. For instance, Toronto-based online food retailer PeachTree Network reported that its sales jumped by 250% when snowy weather hit the city in Jan 1999. Together with Grocery Gateway of Toronto and Sobeys Quebec, the three companies are the only ones selling groceries via the Internet. Operating under the IGA store banner, their total annual average sales amount to $2.5 million. For now, that pales in comparison with traditional grocers, who earn $40 to $50 billion annually.
Publication Name: Marketing Magazine
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 1196-4650
Year: 1999
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Online retailers deliver Xmas goods
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Online retailers in Canada managed to fulfill delivery orders during the Christmas holiday season in 1999, inspite of the substantial demand. Several online retailers were caught unprepared with their human and logistical resources amid the substantial email and phone-in order requests, according to retail consultant Michael Szego of J.C. Williams Group. Inspite of that, a survey conducted by research firm Pollara indicates that 82% respondents considered online retailers' service to be excellent or good.
Publication Name: Marketing Magazine
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 1196-4650
Year: 2000
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The Web for couch potatoes
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WebTV Networks' eight-month-old WebTV Plus Network service appeals to a demographic market, the traditional couch potatoes who generally do not own computers and are not necessarily technology-savvy. Allowing an easy set up into a phone line, WebTV Plus integrates TV programming with Internet content and services. WebTV's promotional menu also comprise of 'Surf spots,' 'Topical spots,' 'Video spots' and 'click-to-video ads.'
Publication Name: Marketing Magazine
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 1196-4650
Year: 1999
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