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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon English

Primark to trial “click and collect” on children’s clothes in first online venture

AB Foods owns Primark and Twinings, among other companies (Jacob King/PA)

(Picture: PA Wire)

INTERNET refusenik Primark is dipping its toe into the online world with the trial of a click and collect service on children’s clothes and toys.

The budget chain has thus far refused to dabble in internet sales, insisting it is cheaper to sell via stores where customers bare the transport costs. City analysts have long argued that Primark would have to embrace internet sales in the end, but have been wrong until today.

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