RE: UKNM: Re: Re: Re: Waitrose man in The Guardian

[Amanda Quinn]

Tim thats a little unfair, was the unnamed person not talking about how to

optimise pick & pack with the current delivery options available rather than

the one hour delivery service where stores would be so useful? A central

warehouse would considerably reduce the pick & pack time, reduce congextion

in the stores, and reduce previously referred to substitutions.


-----Original Message-----

From: Tim Ireland [

timdesignercity [dot] com (mailto:timdesignercity [dot] com)

]

Sent: 22 November 2000 09:17

To:

uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

Subject: UKNM: Re: Re: Re: Waitrose man in The Guardian



"Andy" <

andyshonky [dot] net

> said:

<snip>

> Anyway,  Jon Browett (Tesco.Com CEO) was asked, at a seminar last week if

> they (tesco.com) planned to do a  one hour delivery service. Sadly he

didn't

> answer it but he did talk about tesco's strategy and that I think gave the

> reason why Urbanfetch failed. Rather than delivering from a central

> warehouse they should have done it the tesco way, from local stores.


Unlike the Sainsburys way (ahem). I seem to recall arguing the point over

this with someone at the last Chinwag do. The unnamed party was convinced

that tesco should invest in a series of central warehouses.


<grin>


> Sadly

> urbanfetch didn't have any. Tesco do so I think they should offer a 1 hour

> service and sell the kind of FMCG that Urbanfetch were selling and that

made

> them so successful, even if they couldn't sustain it.  I just wish Tesco

> thought it too.


<deep intake of breath>


Tim Ireland

Director of Marketing

www.designercity.com



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Spending too long reading these emails and not enough time working?

Could be time for a new job. For all the best jobs in IT, New media,

        and E-Commerce, come to RevolutionVisit

           at London Olympia 2 24/25 November.


     See http://www.revolutionvisit.com/1 to find out more.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

http://www.chinwag.com/uk-netmarketing or

helpchinwag [dot] com