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| | Strong growth for ‘virtual’ Spanish supermarket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | The company, which is part of the Caprabo food retail group, reported a 79 per cent increase in sales in 2002 to 20.5 million, making the online arm of the supermarket group one of the most profitable in Spain. |
 | | The success of Caprabo's home shopping service is in marked contrast to those operated by some of Spain's other leading retailers. |
 | | Auchan, for example, last year ended its Spanish online service, Alcampodirect, saying that Spanish customers had simply not taken to Internet shopping in the same way as customers in the UK (where Tesco, Sainsbury and others have well-established online services) or even in France, Auchan's home market, had done. |
| www.beveragedaily.com /news/ng.asp?id=17156 (455 words) |
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