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Asda fancies itself as the new Amazon
News Asda is following the likes of Tesco and Amazon into the world of online home entertainment sales. Asda's decision to use the web to boost its non-food business follows a similar course taken by other supermarket chains. [26 May 2005]
What if... Amazon.com has bumper sales this Christmas?
Comment Walmart buying Asda, for example. These tell us that it currently costs Amazon about $10.50 to extract $10.00 from the average customer. All of this speculation about Amazon's Christmas reminds me of sitting down in the pub a couple of years ago... [04 Dec 2001]
Supermarket shuns Internet selling, for now
News Asda started its home shopping service on Friday, but is holding off on a move to the Web. Asda, which has 4 per cent of the UK entertainment market, will not produce a catalogue relying instead on people to ring up with requests. [06 Dec 1998]
