Tractor Supply Co. Goes Electronic

Tractor Supply Co., Nashville, TN, claims it has become the first national farm supply retailer to jump into the electronic commerce arena with the debut of a virtual mall on the World Wide Web.

The mall (http://www.tractorsupplyco.com) will expand over the next several months to include as many as a dozen vendors. “We expect to be able to offer our customers more than 500,000 unique items,” said marketing and advertising vice president Blake A. Fohl, in a statement.