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Have you tried Click & Collect Newport

Author | 01 December 2013

All About Newport Ltd and local independent retailers have launched a Click & Collect online shopping experience, for Newport and surrounding towns and villages.

The internet retail revolution has taken a surprising turn – in which independent store owners could tap into a nationally proven internet buying model. Click & Collect may hold the secret to the future of the high street. Among Click & Collect’s attractions is the certainty that your item will actually be there, waiting for you.

The concept of Click & Collect is very simple. You, the customer, buy something online. Then, rather than wait for the postman to ring the doorbell three days or more later or have to rearrange you day to wait to sign for a delivery, you go to the shop and collect it yourself when convenient for you.

Internet shopping was meant to completely transform how we bought things. Our sitting room would become the new retail park, our kitchen the new checkout till. Cars would be used less the world would become more time efficient and a happier place. But it didn’t work out like that. Mostly because postal/delivery services were not up to scratch. Customers were frustrated by the dreaded “Sorry, you were out” cards, missed deliveries and crashed websites. A report has suggested that during December, at least 225,000 parcels each day failed to arrive when promised. A further report from Which? found that 60 per cent of people shopping online last year had problems with delivery.

This is where Click & Collect comes in. Most of the Major brands now provide a Click & Collect service – John Lewis, Asda, Tesco, Argos, Next and many others. The question to ask is: “If all these major brands are hailing Click & Collect a success and a reason for increased profit, then why can’t the Independent High Street shop have a slice of this action and compete on a level playing field?” No reason!

All About Newport Ltd are offering retailers, home workers and market traders the opportunity to have their own online shop using the ecommerce expertise, product search, plus all the benefit of collective marketing, Google ranking and secure payments, all provided by a local and accessible company. Let’s get our town selling online!

Online Shopping and Click & Collect is here in Newport Shropshire in association with your local Newport website www.allaboutnewport.co.uk. To find out more information on how to get your products promoted through your own online shop, with no product listing fees, get in touch and ask how Click & Collect could work for you.

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