DialMart to enter e-commerce era<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Grocery delivery service company DialMart,
\nproviding customers with a limited selection of items via
\ntelephone and facsimile, plans to connect their service to e-
\ncommerce business, an executive said on Monday.<\/p>\n
\"We want to expand our markets (via on-line medium) besides
\nthe conventional way of using telephones.\"<\/p>\n
\"But, we are not in a rush since internet subscribers in
\nIndonesia number only 200,000 to 300,000 people compared to
\nbetween 1.2 million and 1.3 million telephone lines in Greater
\nJakarta,\" the firm's chief operating officer, Tatat Setyawan,
\ntold a press conference.<\/p>\n
DialMart has launched its website (www.dialmart.co.id) as the
\ninitial stage of the company's plan to woo more customers and
\nexpand its business via the cyber world he added.<\/p>\n
He said the firm would establish its on-line Internet shopping
\nin the near future.<\/p>\n
\"By entering the cyberspace era customers can see the products
\nwe're offering,\" Tatat said.<\/p>\n
More than that, we believe DialMart already has \"the logistic,
\ndelivery and payment systems\" that can further help the firm to
\ncompete in the shopping on-line industry, he added.<\/p>\n
\"Virtual shopping has the same system of delivery, logistics
\nand payment. The only difference between Internet shopping and
\nthe current system is the device,\" he said.<\/p>\n
At the present time the website cannot provide any form of
\ntransaction. It only offers names and prices (without pictures)
\nof some 1,000 items it offers for sale. The products are mostly
\nbasic daily needs such as rice, canned food\/drinks, instant
\nnoodles, soap, tissue, shampoo, etc. in several brands and sizes.<\/p>\n
The website does provide a form for those who want to became
\nmembers of DialMart.<\/p>\n
The company, set up in August 1998, offers free delivery to
\ncustomers living in the Greater Jakarta Area with a purchase
\nworth at least Rp 200,000 per order.<\/p>\n
Anastasia Mia, another executive of the company, said DialMart
\ncurrently has some 6,500 members. \"We expect to reach a total of
\n30,000 members in September this year,\" she said.<\/p>\n
The firm has carried out a series of promotions through radio,
\nnewspapers and street banners to help realize the ambitious plan,
\nshe added.<\/p>\n
Mia said the total sales of the company already reach Rp 2
\nbillion per month. (asa\/bsr)<\/p>",
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