Thanks for that MJ. I'm in the UK so I haven't come across FreshDirect before, and those links are great. Thanks to everyone else too for their replies.
Here in the UK Ocado seems to be the leader in this space - they're my client - but it's interesting to see what other companies are doing elsewhere in the world. There's always something new to learn from competitors, even the ones that don't look that good! Lee ----- Original Message ---- From: MJ Broadbent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 7 October, 2008 19:19:00 Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Online grocery shopping I can definitely vouch for FreshDirect, as a customer since its inception and as an area IxD practitioner. I believe one of the main reasons for its amazing success is that interaction design was and is an integral part of its development. It's another great example of what can be accomplished when top management integrate design from the ground up. One of their lead IAs, Andrew Purcell, gave a great talk in 2005 about the development back story. Details (including slides) are here: http://www.nycupa.org/pastevent_05_0621.html Also, in locating that info, I turned up a tech case study, which might prove useful to your team: http://www.splunk.com/article/2017 Cheers! MJ P.S. I had one occasion to use a brick-and-mortar grocer's online site (D'Agostino) and it was SO terrible, particularly in comparison with Fresh Direct, that I filed a complaint and bailed out completely. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=33981 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
