Asda is the second supermarket to announce that it is cutting back on sales of electricals.

The UK’s second biggest grocer said that while it will be scaling back its digital operations, it will expand its click-and-collect offering. To this end,ERT understands that it will increase the number of click-and-collect points from 400 to 600.

It blamed fierce price competition on products such as TVs for its decision to reduce its electricals portfolio, although chief executive Andy Clarke is reported as saying that some larger superstores would continue to sell such products.

Tesco announced in June last year that it was drastically reducing its presence in consumer electronics and refocusing on other areas.