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Monday, 6 September 2010
99p Shopper Feature On Spanish Talk Radio Europe
Talk Radio Europe Invited 99p Shopper founder Suleman Sacranie to discuss how the company has focussed on branded weekly shopping at affordable prices, Maurice Boland talks with Suleman, with 99p Shopper supplying 4,000 households in Spain their weekly shopping this was a perfect opportunity for the Spanish to hear from the man behind it all
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
This Is Money Feature 99p Shopper
Suleman drops out for online 99p store
With rising food prices, shopping around for a cheaper deal is high on the agenda for consumers, which is good news for entrepreneur Suleman Sacranie.
Suleman, 21, abandoned his chemistry degree at Leicester University, to launch discount food website 99pshopper.com earlier this month.
The site offers brand-name products and everything is priced at 99p or less. Further reductions are available to bulk buyers.
Suleman, from Leicester, says the idea was inspired by his father and grandfather, who have run a string of shops.
'Last summer I knew I didn't want to return to university. I was thinking about the family's shops and the rise of discount stores during the recession and came up with the idea of an online discount store.'
The site registered 12,000 hits in the first two days and Suleman says about 50% of those visiting the site go on to spend money.
About 40% of orders come from expats in Europe and Suleman is considering expanding overseas.
'Most online retailers work on a two per cent ratio of buyers to visitors. For us the ratio is closer to 50%,' says Suleman.
And although 99pshopper.com can't match the huge profit margins of the major supermarkets, with a strategy of careful product selection and volume sales, the business is aiming for a margin of ten to 15%.
Growing interest from expats - about 40% of orders have come from Brits living in Europe - has prompted Suleman to consider franchising the concept and expanding overseas
For Full Article Please Click Here
With rising food prices, shopping around for a cheaper deal is high on the agenda for consumers, which is good news for entrepreneur Suleman Sacranie.
Suleman, 21, abandoned his chemistry degree at Leicester University, to launch discount food website 99pshopper.com earlier this month.
The site offers brand-name products and everything is priced at 99p or less. Further reductions are available to bulk buyers.
Suleman, from Leicester, says the idea was inspired by his father and grandfather, who have run a string of shops.
'Last summer I knew I didn't want to return to university. I was thinking about the family's shops and the rise of discount stores during the recession and came up with the idea of an online discount store.'
The site registered 12,000 hits in the first two days and Suleman says about 50% of those visiting the site go on to spend money.
About 40% of orders come from expats in Europe and Suleman is considering expanding overseas.
'Most online retailers work on a two per cent ratio of buyers to visitors. For us the ratio is closer to 50%,' says Suleman.
And although 99pshopper.com can't match the huge profit margins of the major supermarkets, with a strategy of careful product selection and volume sales, the business is aiming for a margin of ten to 15%.
Growing interest from expats - about 40% of orders have come from Brits living in Europe - has prompted Suleman to consider franchising the concept and expanding overseas
For Full Article Please Click Here
Mail On Sunday - Suleman Drops Out For 99p
Suleman drops out for 99p
WITH rising food prices, shopping around for a cheaper deal is high on the agenda for consumers, which is good news for entrepreneur Suleman Sacranie.
Suleman, 21, abandoned his chemistry degree at Leicester University, to launch discount food website 99pshopper.com earlier this month.
The site offers brand name products, with everything priced at 99p or less. Further reductions are available to bulk buyers.
Suleman, from Leicester, says the idea was inspired by his father and grandfather, who have run a string of shops. ‘Last summer I knew I didn’t want to return to university. I was thinking about the family’s shops and the rise of discount stores during the recession and came up with the idea of an online discount store.’
The site registered 12,000 hits in the first two days and Suleman says about 50 per cent of those visiting the site go on to spend money.
About 40 per cent of orders come from expats in Continental Europe and Suleman is considering expanding overseas.
‘Most online retailers work on a two per cent ratio of buyers to visitors. For us the ratio is closer to 50 per cent,’ says Suleman.
And although 99pshopper.com can’t match the huge profit margins of the major supermarkets, with a strategy of careful product selection and volume sales, the business is aiming for a margin of ten to 15 per cent.
Growing interest from expats – about 40 per cent of orders have come from Brits living in Europe – has prompted Suleman to consider franchising the concept and expanding overseas
WITH rising food prices, shopping around for a cheaper deal is high on the agenda for consumers, which is good news for entrepreneur Suleman Sacranie.
Suleman, 21, abandoned his chemistry degree at Leicester University, to launch discount food website 99pshopper.com earlier this month.
The site offers brand name products, with everything priced at 99p or less. Further reductions are available to bulk buyers.
Suleman, from Leicester, says the idea was inspired by his father and grandfather, who have run a string of shops. ‘Last summer I knew I didn’t want to return to university. I was thinking about the family’s shops and the rise of discount stores during the recession and came up with the idea of an online discount store.’
The site registered 12,000 hits in the first two days and Suleman says about 50 per cent of those visiting the site go on to spend money.
About 40 per cent of orders come from expats in Continental Europe and Suleman is considering expanding overseas.
‘Most online retailers work on a two per cent ratio of buyers to visitors. For us the ratio is closer to 50 per cent,’ says Suleman.
And although 99pshopper.com can’t match the huge profit margins of the major supermarkets, with a strategy of careful product selection and volume sales, the business is aiming for a margin of ten to 15 per cent.
Growing interest from expats – about 40 per cent of orders have come from Brits living in Europe – has prompted Suleman to consider franchising the concept and expanding overseas
For Full Article Please Click Here
Friday, 30 July 2010
12,000 Shoppers Across The EU Use 99p Shopper This Week
This week has been a record breaking week at 99p Shopper, we have had 12,000 Customers shop across the EU. With the Ex-Pat customers based in Spain, France, Italy, Germany. Our low prices have been the key to our success
With the number of British Ex Pat living across the EU weekly shopping can be very difficult, a tin of Heinz Baked Beans in Madrid sells for 4 Euros. Our value for money making sure we deliver customers weekly shopping right to the door give that extra added value with branded British Food & Drink.
With the high demand in Spain, 99p Shopper will be live on Talk Europe on Wednesday. The number of Ex Pat customers now means that we have increases the countries we ship to, please see our Delivery Page to checkout if we now offer a service to your Country.
Our continuous growth has shows with 18% of this weeks orders coming from Czech Republic & Sweden alone. We are now in discussions to open our first franchise outlet in Prague
This week has shown us by giving value for money and putting our customers first is why 99p Shopper has grown to a new level
We have added 500 new lines to the store with a range of Food & Drink items. Our demand on Red Bull is greater than ever with this being this weeks most purchased product
With customers asking the question will we keep our growth exclusively online, we would like to take this time to say that 99p Shopper will always be an online brand, our aim over the next three years is to have a retail outlet across every city in the EU.
This week has been the biggest growth, 99p Shopper went live on 30th June on the 21st Birthday of our Founder Suleman Sacranie. We look forward to serving customers across the EU with their weekly shopping.
If you have any questions about Delivery to your Country please see our Delivery section, our success is based on being different all our products beat the Supermarket Prices and cost less than £1.
We understand today everyone is busy and want a place were they can do their weekly shopping with ease, we spent 12 months asking people what they would like to see with that in mind we had to give the best food and drink website on the internet, we thank our customers for the kind words we have had as 99p Shopper today turns 1 month old our expansion has led us to a new picking centre to serve our customers
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