In the UK, we have teamed up with Halfords, the UK’s leading retailer of automotive and leisure products to offer our award winning range of chargers and accessories. Using www.halfords.com customers can order and pay on line and the charger will be delivered free to their local store for them to pick up at their convenience.

Halfords web based sales figures make for interesting reading indeed 87% of their online orders are collected in store and these figures aren’t just unique to Halfords, other retailers such as John Lewis and Next are also seeing a big increase in store collection.

Web enabled shopping within the automotive sector is growing, with customers selecting and purchasing goods outside stores, or making informed decisions about what stores to visit based on their research. It’s good to see that consumers still value the benefit of face to face information and advice that they can get from the retailer when they collect the product from the store.

So, as the weather improves and consumers think about getting cherished vehicles ready for the season, we are expecting to see lots of CTEK chargers being collected from Halfords stores!

You may remember that we recently announced that we have become the main corporate sponsor of Kajsa Richardson, a young and extremely gifted skier, currently making her mark in ski orienteering. We also promised to keep you updated on Kajsa’s progress so we are delighted to confirm that Swedish national team member has just won an individual bronze medal in the European Championship – congratulations Kajsa!

You can follow Kajsa’s progress by visiting her blog http://kajsarichardson.se/