...Online sales tax is a current hot button topic. Our government is debating if there should be a sales tax on internet purchases currently. Every person has their own opinion about whether there should be an online sales tax. This doesn’t just effect the person or company doing the selling but also the consumer. There shouldn’t be a sales tax on person to person online purchases due to several factors including a sales tax has already been paid, it will dissuade people from selling their used items they no longer want, and every state has a different sales tax amount. It doesn’t matter whom you are, a sales tax is added to the items when they are purchased. So a sales tax has already been applied. How many times is a sales tax supposed to be applied? And to what extent is everyone supposed to apply a sales tax? Are we really supposed to add a sales tax to items we sell at a yard sale or at a flea market? I think not. So why should someone add a sales tax to their used items they are selling from eBay, Amazon or Craigslist? They shouldn’t have to. There is no need to apply a sales tax for a second or third time on these used items. A person wanting to sell their used items will be less likely to list them if they have to apply a sales tax. Obviously the person selling their used items is not going to become a millionaire so any profit that is brought in from the sale of used items should be kept as just that, profit. If they have to start applying a sales tax...
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...1.0 Introduction The report is aimed to investigate and identify the key element and the information system activities of the online sales system of Dell. In this system, customers are allowed to purchase electronic devices directly through the internet. First of all, let take a look on the some brief description about the company background and the system. 1.1 Company Background Dell Inc. is a world class e-commerce company that manufactures, sells, repairs and supports computers hardware and other related software and services. Dell does not own any direct stores instead the company is selling its products via online and other dealers or retailers like Wal-Mart and Best Buy. [1] Although the main business operation of Dell is in Round Rock, Texas, United State they have expanded to all the other places around the world with sizable manufacturing facilities in Austin, Texas; Limerick, Ireland; and Penang, Malaysia The founder of the company is Michael S. Dell. In 1 February 1984, Michael Dell founded a company called PC Limited with $1000 in his dorm. At that moment, he was a 19 years-old university student. [2] The company was selling IBM PC-compatible computers that equipped with stock components from various suppliers such as the processor from Intel. After he obtained $300,000 expansion capital from his family, he left the university to work full-time for his newly started business. He is the one who come out with the idea that sell directly to the consumer...
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...Online Shopping vs. Traditional Shopping Wezley Singleton COM/155 Lee A. Fenstermaker III. Due Date: 22JUL2012 Online Shopping vs. Traditional Shopping As the years pass, technology seems to leap forward exponentially. The capabilities of the home computer have increased so much over the past few decades. Shopping is a ritual that every household in America practices. With the rise of the Internet, companies know the potential consumer base that awaits them. How did they tap into this consumer gold mine? By providing convenient shopping, where consumers can buy products with the click of a button. Online shopping is becoming a much more popular thing these days. With relatively new faces such as Amazon and eBay, and even old players like Wal-Mart and The Home Depot, online shopping is definitely an alternative to traditional shopping. But the question is, which one is more effective, both cost-wise and time-wise? This article will go over the benefits of online shopping vs. traditional shopping, so that you can make an informed decision when trying to decide where to shop. Online shopping, in most situations, is a much more cost and time effective way to shop for many products. It saves you time, money, and spares you of some stress. By the end of this essay, you will see why online shopping is clearly the best option when it comes to where you shop. Saving time is the point and goal of every piece of technology...
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...| 一、简要流程 | | 1. 凭植入TPO 的托福课程的听课证号、身份证号和真实姓名登陆迅程TPO 网页； | | 2. 系统自动验证成功后即可看到“获得ETS 考试授权号authocode”链接，点击该链接后即可查看到自己的authcode（考试授权号）； | | 3. 拿到authcode 后学生可以在家中任何时间进入ETS 的TPO 页面完成模考； | | 4. 进入ETS 的TPO 页面后的操作流程： | | （1）在主页面右下角‘If your employer or institution provided you with an authorization number, please enter it below’ | |框内输入TPO 授权号（注意：此授权号仅限单次使用，一旦输入进入注册，即视为使用），点击Submit； | | （2）进入注册页面，输入电子邮箱地址。如果之前已注册过TOEFL Practice Online 会员，则输入自己的密码；如果是第一次注册， | |请选取No，I am a new customer 选项。 点击Continue 进入下一页面； | | （3）点击Continue to the Practice Site 进入下一页面填写注册信息； | |...
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...Research Report Online Sales Assessment Code: RWT1 Student Name: S. Ward Date: 09/18/2014 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Research Findings 5 Selling the Ward Socks Online 5 Impact of online sales to the company 6 The requirements for a successful online marketing campaign 6 Recommendations………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………7 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…8 References 9 Executive Summary Sherry Ward appointed to research the possibility of adding online sales to the Ward Sock Company. The purpose of this report is to determine if moving to an online sales department will increase our customer base and ultimately increase our sales. This report will review the advantages and disadvantages of adding online sales to the company, how online sales will influence our company and lastly how best to implement the recommendations. Ward Sock Company methodical and calculated work ethic has proved to be key to the company’s long-term success therefore thorough research and analysis is imperative to the success of the online sales project. The research shows that there are many advantages to progressing to an online sales division, by going out on the world wide web the store will be open 24/7 not only will this our existing customers additional access for easy repeat purchases it has the potential of adding new customers. The company will need to be careful with online transactions...
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...internet sales as online shoppers gain too much an unfair advantage over the retailers. Mazerov opines that the supreme court decision that prevented states from collecting taxes from internet sales made by retailers who have no place of business in those specific states. The effect of taxation on online sales is that shoppers will have to pay taxes to the state as one would in a local retail store. It is the absence of taxes on internet sales that attracts so much notoriety and clientele and some people have argued that introduction of internet sales taxes would greatly reduce the merchandise that is moved online. On the same note, the government by taxing, which may cause downward fall of sales online would eventually reduce the estimated taxes to be collected. The argument that retailers would not benefit is however flawed, as it is the buyers who pay the taxes and not the sellers. Also the retailers have a lot to benefit from the state in services such as police protection, firefighting, healthcare and education. The decision made by the Supreme Court requires the congress to give the States power to tax internet businesses in their jurisdictions. But why tax sales in the internet? Some of the arguments posed are that, firstly, Mazerov argues that a lot of important taxes are lost, which money could be channeled to improving the economy, hospitals, education and infrastructure amongst other things. About $10 billion is lost by states not charging taxes on online sales. Secondly...
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...Rogers currently earned revenues in four major areas retailing chocolate products through company - owned stores, wholesailing chocolate products and sales from Sam's Deli, a well-known eatery in Victoria, which Rogers had purchased in 2004. Retail. Approximately 50 per cent of the company's sales came from Rogers 11 retail stores.The stores featured Rogers many products displayed attractively in glass cases, merchandised to suit the season, with an overall Victorian theme.Rogers flagship store on Government Street had been designated a Heritage Site by parks Canada.Uniformed sales staff offered chocolate samples to customers, and the aromas and images in the store contributed to an excellent retail experience.In 2000, Rogers had won the Retail Council of Canada's innovative Retailer of the year award in the small business category, for demonstrating '' outstanding market leadership and innovative approaches to customer and employee relations.Through creative ideas and strong delivery, the winning retailer has taken their brand to the top of their class.'' Each of Rogers retail stores, other than the factory store itself , was located in a tourist area, such as Whistler, Granville Island and Gastown , or at BC Ferry locations. Each store was wholly owned by Rogers.Most were leased, with a minimum of a 10 year lease.The factory store and downtown Victoria store were owned. The stores were typically about 500 square feet size, with the exception of the ferry terminal locations...
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... Summary of Facts Upon assessment of the FY2004 financial information, Wendy Wiley, Northlake Bookstore’s manager, identified the first ever drop in book sales over the previous quarter. After identifying the drop in sales, Wendy turned to Chuck Irwin, the Vice Chancellor of Finance for Northlake University. He mentioned that Wendy should conduct a benchmarking analysis in order to identify the deficiencies that led to the drop in book sales. In addition, Chuck also asked Wendy to develop a set of short-term performance goals and measurements for future evaluations. Northlake is a private university located in the Midwest U.S. Annual enrollment is estimated at 12,700 students. Northlake is overwhelmingly comprised of undergraduate students. Over 60% of the university’s revenues come from student tuitions, with the majority of the remaining 40% stemming from donations and gifts. Chucks, the Vice Chancellor, is worried that the donations and gifts have decreased dramatically during the current year. He believes this is due to the current uncertain economic conditions and the stock market’s erratic performance. Wendy has been the bookstore’s manager for 7 years now. She previously worked as a Wal-Mart sales manager where she acquired15 years of experience in retail sales. Even though this is her first experience working in an academic environment, she has done an excellent job to date. In order to prepare for the benchmarking analysis report, Wendy...
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...is very successful to the local community and is known to have an amazing collection of rare and exotic books. However, due to the World Wide Web, bookstores have had challenges, as Amazon and Barnes and Noble and other online companies have hurt their business. You have been hired by the owners to help craft an e-marketing strategy to improve their local sales and introduce the ability to sell their books online. You will be asked to write a 5 page (2,500 words minimum) business report outlining your strategies to increase their presence online and improve their online advertising and create the ability to sell books to people throughout the world. Good luck! Your Role/Assignment You are an e-marketing and e-commerce consultant. Mary and Joe Johnson, the owners of Book Bunker, have hired you to help them improve their sales both online and in their store. The Johnsons do not currently have a website, and are unaware of social media. They have asked you to develop an online strategy to create advertising to improve the number of walk-ins into their store as well as the ability for anyone that has access to their site and purchase books. You will need to write a 5 page (2,500 words minimum) business report outlining your ideas and strategies to improve their online business and increase their advertising via the World Wide Web. Activity Submit a 5 page (2,500 words minimum) business report, complete with a title page, executive summary and reference page as necessary. The business...
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...is proud to start offering its expanded product line online through e-commerce. Customers have to personally enter the business in order to facilitate purchases at this time for home and small office computer solutions. Currently N & F Computers is engaged in the local market with a Website but it does not allow online purchases. Through offering products for purchase via a modified Website within and outside conventional hours, the organization can reach new customers regionally and expand globally. Profits are expected through offering medium to large businesses affordable, mid-level, customized personal computers (PC’s), and enter the booming market of Chromebooks. Windows XP is an operating system in use that will have its last update released in April of this year. According to Bott (2013), “20.5 percent to 31.42 percent” (para. 3) of computers are still running this operating system. Potential customers will seek contemporary computers that have the hardware capability to support newer operating systems. Businesses will purchase computers in bulk allowing N & F Computers to purchase parts, operating systems, and common application suites from suppliers at a lower price. Passing this savings on to the customer will differentiate the organization from the competition by not sacrificing price for performance. Chromebook products are in the growth stage of the product life cycle. According to Mick (2013), the sales have increased by “4721.1%” (para. 6) during the last...
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...CIS 511 Assignment # 1 Integrated Case Study: Bandon Group, Inc. Prof : STEPHEN HUBER Student : Karmon Jeneka Date : July 17, 2014 The Purpose and Scope Of Study: To determine the major initiative that evaluate organization and business management accomplish over time to move the company from the current situation to the development of an integrated information management strategy that will enable the organization to achieve it business objectives. This require investigation within the business and its needs, a good word about the use of SAP along with supported foundation and a comprehensible working model of SAP, configured and with master data. According to Sumner the overall scope or benefit of the study was to assure that IT plans support business plans, to provide a basis for linking IT spending to the business direction, offer context for functional managers and MIS professionals can make determinations, conveys the overall direction of data use and management throughout the business, present closer integration of like systems and networks while decentralizing at the same time technology and operational activities. The offer of guidance in choosing vendors for workstation-based solutions along with network and web-based solutions to problems as well as offering framework for using IT to gain a strategic improvement. Document high-level business direction: The high-level business direction as defined by executive management interviews discovered that...
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...attention recently than electronic retailing. As far as I'm concerned, although it continues to grow much faster than retail sales through stores and catalogs and continues its trend of becoming a larger part of total retail sales, e- retailing would not replace traditional retail sales. Some crucial flaws of e-retailing make it impossible to replace the traditional sales. Normally when we shop from a regular store, we can see the item and at least visually inspect that it looks fine. We can select a color, size and can even speak to a sales person to clarify doubts regarding the item. E-retailing cannot offer this benefit. We cannot see the item till it is delivered to our doors. Misinterpretation or misunderstanding of items bought online is a common problem. It is very common that the photo of items you see online are much better than once you have the item in front of you. Second, you cannot get what you want immediately after you pay. After you place an order online, you have to wait for a few days for the item to arrive which can be quite frustrating. So you cannot buy items that you need right now. Third, some items cannot be sold online. For example, if some low priced items like pencils, notebooks, etc. are sold online, shipping them will likely double the cost. Besides, some perishable items like milk, fruits and vegetables cannot ordered online. Last but not least, the risk of fraud. Your credit card number and personal information may be sent over the Internet...
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...Expansion into Online Marketing/E-Commerce Table of Contents Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………… 3 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………..4 Research Findings………………………………………………………………………5 Finding Number 1………………………………………………………………5 Finding Number 2………………………………………………………………6 Finding Number 3……………………………………………………………6, 7 Recommendations………………………………………………………………………8 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………9 References………………………………………………………………………10 Executive Summary Monte Carlo Magic, LLC is a medium level competitor in the casino gaming supplies industry within the United States. Monte Carlo Magic, LLC. has eight retail locations across the United States servicing the main casino centers within the United States. Monte Carlo Magic, LLC. desires to become a larger player within the casino gaming supplies industry not only in the Unites States, but expand their reach globally. Currently, the cost for opening retail locations in casino centers around the globe is an expensive venture. The large investment costs would include retail outlet leasing, manpower costs, warehouse distribution supporting the individual retail outlets and political climate of the different countries we expect to expand into. It is our position that we can accomplish the same market penetration by providing...
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...MARKETING GROUP ASSIGNMENT Terms of Reference The request was made to write a report to analyse the marketing philosophy of three diverse companies making specific reference to customer satisfaction, marketing methods and philosophies, customer behaviour and market segmentation. Procedure To specify all of the above the research will be conducted through the internet, books, newspaper articles and other related material. Introduction Slaters Colwyn Bay Slaters of Colwyn Bay are a local Vauxhall and Saab main dealer. They specialise in the sales and servicing of new and used Vauxhall and Saab motor vehicles. Slaters offer an extensive range of second hand cars ranging through various manufacturers; depending on cars they have taken in part exchange. Slaters also provide an on site parts department, stocking mostly Vauxhall and Saab parts, but also offering a range of products from other leading manufacturers. Slaters also have a bodywork shop based at their compound in Mochdre, where they offer services like body repairs, paint work and alloy wheel refurbishment. Ryan Air Ryan Air operate over 1400 flights per day from 44 bases, and over 1100 low fare routes across 27 countries, connecting 160 destinations. They employ a team of more than 8000 people and carried approximately 73.5 million passengers within the last year. Vodafone Vodafone Group plc provides mobile communications in Europe, Africa, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and the...
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...selling him the items as advertised, they are still not liable for anything that was unforeseeable on their end in terms of the other party's losses. Because they had no agreement in which the store expressely agreed to underwrite his losses, the receiving party cannot claim that the shipping party is responsible for lost profits. When an online consumer enters a website and uses the site most of the time, unless the notice is hidden from a consumer, the terms and conditions applicable to that website will be deemed to apply to the consumer. Under Grocery's terms and conditions of sale it informs consumers that "advertised" sale prices outside of the website do NOT apply to sales on the web and that orders are limited to the inventory on hand at the "nearest" store. Because the advertisement George saw will not apply to the online purchase he attempted to make, under the terms and conditions, which form a contract with the consumer, George could not require the nearest store to obtain inventory from anyone as the terms and conditions limit sales to only from the inventory on hand at the nearest store and, moreover, he had no right to the sales price as the terms and conditions also indicate that...
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