Poundland announces future for online shopping as it hopes to launch website

Poundland has announced huge changes are coming soon.

The retailer will be bringing in a website for online shopping for the first time after the firm snapped up a digital rival.

It bought Poundshop.com as part of its plans to boost its online shopping plans.

The company said the deal means customers will be able to shop online in the "near future".

Now we know what you're thinking, this would have been handy in the first lockdown but still this is a huge step forward!

The only thing is that Poundland is yet to confirm when the digital store will be opening.

It has been trialling an e-commerce option in the Midlands and South Yorkshire.

Poundland said following the online deal, it will be able to extend its offering to include clothing and homeware.

Also it will be able to expand beyond the UK to offer a home delivery service in the Republic of Ireland.

Poundshop.com was founded in 2014 which has around 400,000 customers and 65 distribution centre staff.

The deal includes Poundshops.com's intellectual property, online platform, warehouse and customer database.

All workers are being kept on and customer orders are being processed as normal.

Barry Williams, Poundland managing director, said: "This acquisition puts power and pace behind our aspirations to make our amazing products and value available to customers across the UK and Ireland, however they choose to shop."

Last year, Poundland revealed it was closing 44 high street retailers due to the pandemic.

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