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Tesco first operated in the Irish grocery market in the early 1980s, selling its operations there in March 1986. Tesco re-entered the Irish market in 1997 after the purchase of Power Supermarkets Ltd. It now operates from 101 stores across Ireland. Like Tesco stores in the UK, these offer a home delivery shopping service available to 80% of the Irish population as well as petrol, mobile telephone, personal finance, flower delivery service and a weight-loss programme. Tesco's loyalty programme, Clubcard, is offered in the country.

As Ireland is in close proximity to the United Kingdom, it could've made it easier for Tesco to expand into Ireland due to similar cultures.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/tesco-records-strongest-sales-growth-in-6-years-in-ireland-1.3455528

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Tesco opened its first store in the Czech Republic in 1996 and now has over 300 stores, with further planned. Tesco opened its first stores in the Czech Republic by buying US corporation Kmart's operations in the country and converting them into Tesco stores. Tesco is also keen to expand non-food items and has already opened petrol stations and offers personal finance services in the Czech Republic.

By 2012 the company had 322 stores in the Czech Republic. It is a market leader in the country

https://www.marketingweek.com/tesco-beefs-up-central-europe-presence-with-new-czech-stores/

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Tesco launched its South Korean operations as "Homeplus" in 1999 and partnered with Samsng. It operated both hypermarkets and its express format as well as a home delivery shopping service. It was the second largest retailer in South Korea, just behind Shinsegae Group.

However, changes in the operating environment in South Korea due to new laws that were enforced beginning 2010 to protect small retailers and merchants started to impact Tesco and other large retailers. These laws placed restrictions on the locations where supermarkets could be opened.

As most Koreans shopped during the weekends, these restrictions started to impact Tesco, which made losses in 2015. Under the impact of the global recession, the private spending in South Korea fell. Another factor that impacted Tesco in South Korea was its UK business, which was not doing well.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-34171937

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thTesco entered Thailand in 1998 and operates through 380 stores as part of a joint venture with Charoen Pokphand and named the operation "Tesco Lotus". This partnership was dissolved in 2003 when Charoen Pokphand sold its shares to Tesco. Tesco Lotus sells a diverse range of products from value food products to electronics to personal finance services. Tesco Lotus claims to serve 20 million customers every month

Tesco entered the Thai Market was growing rapidly and more people were working in secondary and tertiary sectors instead of the primary sector. This made people transition from regular markets to convenience stores and supermarkets such as Tesco

https://www.ft.com/content/c28c5814-f66c-11df-846a-00144feab49a

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Tesco entered the United States grocery market in 2007 through the opening of a new chain of convenience stores, named Fresh and Easy, on the West Coast.

The company established its U.S. headquarters in California, and the first store opened in Hemet, California in November 2007, with 100 more planned in the first year; a store opening every two-and-a-half days. Although the planned rate of expansion was not maintained, largely because of the recession, as of August 2011 Fresh & Easy operated 182 stores across Arizona, California and Nevada. In April 2013, Tesco put the Fresh & Easy chain on sale, booking losses of £1.2bn. It announced the sale of 150 of the stores in the 200 total stores.

In 2014, Tesco shut down all of their stores in the United States

The reason behind this was likely due to Tesco entering the American market by thinking that the market strategy in the UK would work in the USA as well. In addition to this, Tesco opened their stores shortly after the recession of 2008 which made it even worse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIVy1iFePro

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Tesco was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen and opened the first Tesco grocery store in 1931 near London, England.

As of 2017, Tesco has 3,433 stores all over the nation and is one of the most well-known supermarkets in the United Kingdom