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The food retail market has been dominated by the 'big four' supermarkets – Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons – who made up over three quarters of sector market share in 2010. Tesco is the largest retailer in Great Britain, with a market share of 27.5% at the end of 2022. [a] [1] However, discounters Lidl and Aldi have grown rapidly. [1]
Tesco acquired a 50% stake in the Hymall chain, from Ting Hsin in September 2004. In December 2006 it raised its stake to 90% in a £180 million deal. [127] Most of Tesco China's stores were based around Shanghai. Tesco had a large store in Weifang, Shandong province, and a further two-floor store in Taizhou, Jiangsu province.
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Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By James Davey and Kate Holton Britain's biggest retailer, Tesco, wrote down the value of its global operations by $3.5 billion and announced plans to exit the United ...
Tesco has operated on the Internet since 1994 and started an online shopping service named 'Tesco Direct' in 1997. Concerned with poor web response times (in 1996, broadband was virtually unknown in the United Kingdom), Tesco offered a CDROM-based off-line ordering program which would connect only to download stock lists and send orders.
It provides insurance products, and operates price comparison websites. It was founded in 1991 as a division of the Brockbank Group. In 1999 Henry Engelhardt led a management buyout of Admiral Group from the Brockbank Group. In 2022, its revenue was £1.4 billion, with a net income of £371 million.