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Subject: RE: UKNM: Internet Shopping goes Mobile
From: David Simpson
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 14:40:11 GMT

> David Simpson wrote:
> >
> > Bad news for John Lewis & other high street price matchers - stop price
> > matching or slash overheads if you wanna stay afloat.
> >
> > Good news for consumers - best of both worlds on a plate, go into the
> > *real* store of your choice, choose an appliance based on how
> it looks and
> > *expert* advice as well as features / size etc. , then whip
> out the phone
> > and Mr. Dept Store will give you a nifty discount based on a
> low overheads
> > e-retailer - BINGO
>
> I'm not aware of any of the high street retailers that will price match
> a web based retailer's price. They would be selling the item at a loss.
> Having done the research around where I am based

cracking research ;-)

I know this for fact.
> Obviously this may vary around the country... anyone know of any
> retailer stupid enough to do this?

from personal experience - John Lewis (Freezer & Dish Washer) & Miller
Brothers (Fridge & Washing Machine)

> > Good news for you, Scott ??? Good publicity for sure but.......
>
> Well since we launched the service on Friday we've already received more
> than three hundred requests and a resonable percentage of these have
> turned into sales. I'm not going to disclose what this percentage is,
> but let's just say it's significantly more than we get out of banner
> advertising.

nice one

David

>
> Scott


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