Tesco Direct was a shopping catalogue and

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. It was supplying non-food goods such as homeware and consumer products with delivery or in-store collection through collection points in Tesco stores. It was run in competition with

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. Its final catalogue was published and printed in 2012. Tesco Direct opened in 2006 and ceased trading on 9 July 2018. When it closed it employed around 500 people. Tesco described the loss-making service as having “no route to profitability” when announcing the closure. Citing high costs of marketing and fulfillment for the service as responsible for the failure.

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