Guernsey Press

Chamber welcomes launch of Guernsey's 'mini Amazon'

A DRIVE to help local retailers compete in the face of off-island internet shopping has been welcomed by the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce.

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Retail sub-group head Jo Porritt said the web-based Guernsey Loves Shopping (GLS) portal combined with its preferential postal rates greatly assisted local ecommerce.

As a trustee of the Town Centre Partnership, Ms Porritt has also been helping to try to position St Peter Port as a digitally aware destination.

'Loves Shopping is a significant part of that process,' she said. 'Providing local retailers with cost effective access to a fully transactional website plus the postal and VAT support provided by Guernsey Post really does help them compete with off-island "e-tailers".'

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