Tesco Invests in Global e-Commerce

Always impressed with Tesco's  retail technology savvy, so this is worth following:

With 6,234 stores in 13 countries and annual sales of 72 billion pounds ($116 billion), U.K. retailer Tesco is well established in the global marketplace. But until recently the supermarket chain operator only sold to consumers on the web in its home market of the U.K. .....Tesco, No. 3 in the Internet Retailer Top 400 Europe, took its first step into selling goods electronically in 1984 with a service that enabled registered members to buy a limited range of products via a television interface, Sam Hill, lead solution architect at Tesco Plc., told attendees at the e-Commerce Expo in London this week.