...about what Amazon could have done differently. Founded in 1994 Amazon.com has become the world’s largest e-retailer with nearly three-times more sales than its closest competitor. Initially beginning as an on-line bookstore, in no time at all the company soon diversified into sales of DVDs, CDs, MP3 down loads, computers software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food and toys. Amazon’s dedication to innovation can certainly be a testament to the company’s continued growth and diversification. Along with the Kindle reading device other innovations that have kept the company highly competitive include: a booming internet hosting business, an Apple I Phone App for comparison shopping, video streaming for Amazon Prime members and a Google Android App store. Last March Amazon.com launched Cloud Drive which allows users to store music and other multimedia files that are easily accessible from their desktop or smart phone (Amazon.com website2011). Another significant advantage is the infrastructure which Amazon built in terms of its facilities along with its internet platform. The customer experience on the web-site is a simple and pleasant one, shipments are very fast which not only results in a higher product turnover ratio but increases the company’s bottom line or cash flow. Amazon.com also developed an affiliates program that expanded the company’s business. Affiliates can easily incorporate the Amazon website into their store or blog. By...
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...COMPANY NAME/WEBSITE/INDUSTRY FreshDirect / http://www.freshdirect.com/site_access/site_access.jsp / grocery industry BACKGROUND/HISTORY FreshDirect was created in July 2001 by cofounder and former chief executive officer Joseph Fedele, who was able to bring plenty of experience in New York City’s food industry to the company. Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer Jason Ackerman was an investment banker with Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, where he specialized in supermarket mergers and acquisitions and gained him exposure into the grocery industry. Fedele and Ackerman had decided to open their own chain of fresh-food stores, but decided to pursue an option that allowed them to use online shopping and central distribution to deliver their products to consumers. The idea behind the company was to take products that you typically get from a grocery store and deliver them to the doors of their customers. After several changes to CEO, Jason Ackerman is currently holding the position. (Dess, c125) SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths * Financial backing from several private sources, with a small contribution coming from the State of New York. * Outstanding customer service. * Door to door delivery. * Warehouses have multiple temperature zones to ensure freshness of different types of food. * Refrigerated trucks. Weaknesses * Only located within a certain mile radius of Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau County, Riverdale, Westchester, select areas of Staten Island...
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...Technology a gallaugher.com chapter provided free to faculty & students for non-commercial use © Copyright 1997-2008, John M. Gallaugher, Ph.D. – for more info see: http://www.gallaugher.com/chapters.html Last modified: Sept. 13, 2008 Note: this is an earlier version of the chapter. All chapters updated after July 2009 are now hosted (and still free) at http://www.flatworldknowledge.com. For details see the ‘Courseware’ section of http://gallaugher.com INTRODUCTION Managers are confused, and for good reason. Management theorists, consultants, and practitioners often vehemently disagree on how firms should craft tech-enabled strategy, and many widely read articles contradict one another. Headlines such as "Move First or Die" compete with "The First Mover Disadvantage." A leading former CEO advises "destroy your business,” while others suggest firms focus on their "core competency" and "return to basics." The pages of the Harvard Business Review declared “IT Doesn’t Matter”, while a New York Times’ bestseller hails technology as the "steroids" of modern business. Theorists claiming to have mastered the secrets of strategic management are contentious and confusing. But as a manager, the ability to size up a firm's strategic position and understand its likelihood of sustainability is one of the most valuable, yet difficult skills to master. Layer on thinking about technology – a key enabler to nearly every modern business strategy, but also a function often thought...
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...Background of two companies Duracell: Duracell was started by a scientist named Samuel Ruben and tungsten filament manufacturer named Philip Rogers Mallory in 1920. In 1950, Kodak introduced a new flash light camera requires a new cell size, which was fulfilled by Samuel Ruben and resulted in the birth of AAA battery. He came up with highly reliable, compact, long lasting and never produced before alkaline manganese batteries. The term “Duracell” was introduced in the year of 1964 giving a simple but very distinctive message to their consumers about their durability as a firm in a battery business. In 1996, Gillette acquired Duracell and has been the second most valuable product after razors and blades. P&G acquired Gillette in 2005 to add up in their consumer product line. Duracell believes that there is a limitless potential of portable power and, as a company they always endeavor to develop the most innovative product in the section of portable power which could result in the powerhouse of someone’s life. They have the long history to provide disposable and rechargeable cells with the latest technology for different kind of appliances needed for day to day basis. They have the series of product such as AAAbatteries, AA batteries, Rechargeable Batteries, Specialty batteries and Chargers. Having the headquarter in Bethel Connecticut,USA;this “Trusted Anywhere” brand has been powering the people for more than 40 years. Duracell is currently the world’s leading producer...
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...to receive as a consumer.?? (JCP.net) J.C. Penny grew from a small town store to multiple stores in the region by providing consistently high quality apparel that the whole family could depend on which attracted loyal customers. After expanding their stores throughout its existence, corporate headquarters has moved to Utah, to New York City, closer to the suppliers and consumers to decrease costs, then the latest moved to Texas because of the current lower cost of business compared to NYC. As Ron Johnson talks about a trouble company in JCPenny’s, he seems to be the most excited and in his element, seeing the opportunity for JCP to flourish (possibly add to this). He compares JCP to Apple when first joining the company, with the same market share, but with JCP having higher market cap, revenue, profit, and six times more customers, showing JCP is not as bad as what Apple was. Johnson started off in clothing retail, because he wanted to have a job he loved to do and that has shown to provide very positive results looking at the success of the last two companies he has left, with the businesses running very successfully. The new CEO explains that J.C. Penny’s image has been tarnished from the idea of offering quality products at very competitive prices to the new perception of another discount store focused almost solely on providing the lowest price. To combat this issue along with the non-appealing store layouts and constant confusing sales and discounts, Ron Johnson has decided...
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...Case 19: FreshDirect Is It Really Fresh?* With a bold promise on its website entry page, FreshDirect claimed, “Our food is fresh, our customers are spoiled…. Order on the web today and get next-day delivery of the best food at the best price, exactly the way you want it, with 100 percent satisfaction guaranteed.”1 However, recently many consumers have questioned the freshness of the food delivered by FreshDirect. Since online shopping does not give the chance for customers to feel and choose the products themselves, they must rely completely on FreshDirect to select the food for them. This notion has not appealed to some customers. Operating out of its production center in Long Island City, Queens, FreshDirect offers online grocery shopping and delivery service to more than 300 zip codes in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau County, Riverdale, Westchester, select areas of Staten Island, New Jersey, and parts of Connecticut. FreshDirect also offers pickup service at its Long Island City facility, as well as corporate service to selected delivery zones in Manhattan and summer delivery service to the Hamptons on Long Island. When it was launched in July 2001 by Joseph Fedele and Jason Ackerman, FreshDirect pronounced to the New York area that it was “the new way to shop for food.” This was a bold statement given that the previous decade had witnessed the demise of numerous other online grocery ventures. However, the creators of FreshDirect were confident in the success...
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...RESEARCH PROJECT Submitted by, Tiju Sam Thomas Acknowledgement This research project is based on Generation Y and their characteristics. I would like to express my gratitude to Mathieu Brepoels for his guidance and support in my research. Contents What is a Brand | 4 | What is Branding | 4 | Generation Y/The Millennial Generation | 5 | Why Generation Y is important | 5 | How to reach Millennials | 6 | Different Mediums to reach Millennials | 7 | Characteristics | 8-19 | Reference | 20 | What is a Brand Simply putting, a Brand is a promise to the consumers. It tells them what they can expect from your products and services, and it differentiates your offering from that of your competitors, For example, if we take the case of Nike which represents athleticism, fun, good health, performance, strength etc. So it promises the consumers certain things like athleticism, fun, good health, performance, strength etc. The American Marketing Association defines a brand as: a name, term, sign, symbol, or design, or a combination of them, intended to identify the goods or services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate from those of competitors. What is Branding Branding is the process involved in creating a unique name and image for a product in the consumers mind, mainly through advertising campaigns with a consistent theme. Branding aims to establish a significant and differentiated presence in the market that attracts and...
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...Global E-Commerce Advanced Multichannel Expectations in Highly Developed Markets Joanne Bethlahmy, Paul Schottmiller Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group December 2011 Cisco IBSG © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Internet Business Solutions Group 1 Executive Summary Many retailers are ―going global‖ to capture a larger share of the $1.4 trillion e-commerce market Leading-edge multichannel experiences are becoming the norm in highly developed markets around the globe To compete, retailers will need to understand customers’ needs and expectations in each market, and deliver highly advanced multichannel experiences Source: Cisco IBSG, 2011 Cisco IBSG © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Internet Business Solutions Group 2 1 Global E-Commerce Background and Challenges Cisco IBSG © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Internet Business Solutions Group 3 E-Commerce 2015: $1.4T, Still High Percentage in Developed, Non-U.S. Markets E-Commerce Spending (US$B) $1,600 Global e-commerce, including travel, will reach $1.36T by 2015—13.5% CAGR over six years This study focuses primarily on highly developed e-commerce and technology markets in Europe and Asia – Generally, high penetration of broadband and mobile, sophisticated delivery infrastructure – Example: U.K., Japan, France, and S. Korea will still represent almost...
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...2.www.peapod.com 2.1 Introduction- Peapod is wholly owned subsidiary of international food provider Royal Ahold, and works in partnership with Ahold USA supermarket companies Stop & Shop, Giant Food Stores (Giant-Carlisle) and Giant Food (Giant-Landover). Founded in 1989 by Brothers Andrew and Thomas Parkinson, Peapod has grown from a small, family-run shopping and delivery service in Illinois to America's leading Internet grocer, delivering more than 23 million orders across 24 U.S. markets. As in other pure-play online and clicks-and-bricks alliances, what Peapod brings to the partnership is e-commerce and home shopping expertise, web-based software and ordering systems, web marketing and additional information technology (IT) skills. Ahold’s contributions lie in its considerable buying power, real estate, strong store brand recognition, extensive customer base and category management expertise Products Peapod features over 8,000 products in a range of categories: produce; meat and seafood; deli items; prepared foods; natural and organic foods; Kosher foods; office and school supplies; seasonal items; video products; pet items; health and beauty aids; wine, beer and spirits (in specific markets); and private labels from Stop & Shop and Giant. Markets Served * Illinois - Greater Chicago land * Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Kenosha, Racine, Madison * Indiana - Portions of Lake County in Northwest Indiana * Maryland * District of Columbia * Virginia...
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...Consumer Behavior Key Terms: learning, classical conditioning, instrumental conditioning, reinforcement, stimulus generalization, stimulus discrimination, brand loyalty, motives, unconscious motives, buyer decision process, information search, perception, subliminal perception, self image, perceived risk, attitude, cognitive dissonance, post-purchase (cognitive) dissonance, buyer's remorse, purchase decision process, problem recognition, information search, evaluative criteria, alternative evaluation, consideration set, reference group, beliefs, attitude change, opinion leader, word-of-mouth advertising, buzz marketing, Bzz Agent, family, social class, culture, subculture, innovators, compatibility, complexity, divisibility, communicability, relative advantage, and adoption process. Consumer Behavior- The relatively young discipline of marketing has a great deal to learn from other fields such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, etc. -- especially when it comes to consumer motivation and behavior. One thing scholars are noticing is the convergence of disciplines. A. Contributions of Psychology to Consumer Behavior Learning—Two important learning theories are classical conditioning (Pavlov) and instrumental conditioning (Skinner). Classical conditioning focuses on contiguity (association) and repetition. Pavlov taught dogs to associate the meat and the bell by pairing the two through numerous trials. Eventually, the dog salivated to the bell without the...
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...INTERNET VS STORE-BASED SHOPPING: THE GLOBAL MOVE TOWARDS OMNICHANNEL RETAILING Euromonitor International August 2014 INTERNET VS STORE -BASED SHOPPING: THE GLOBAL MOVE TOW ARDS OMNICHANNEL RETAILING Passport I LIST OF CONTENTS AND TABLES Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... 1 Growth Drivers .......................................................................................................................... 1 Internet Retailing Trends .......................................................................................................... 2 Chart 1 Global Internet Sales by Category 2013....................................................... 2 Behaviour and Characteristics of Online Shoppers .................................................................. 3 Retailer Strategies .................................................................................................................... 4 Outlook ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Summary 1 Opportunities and Threats to Retailers ......................................................... 6 Introduction................................................................................................................................... 7 A New Way of Shopping ...................................................
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...INTERNET VS STORE-BASED SHOPPING: THE GLOBAL MOVE TOWARDS OMNICHANNEL RETAILING Euromonitor International August 2014 INTERNET VS STORE -BASED SHOPPING: THE GLOBAL MOVE TOW ARDS OMNICHANNEL RETAILING Passport I LIST OF CONTENTS AND TABLES Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... 1 Growth Drivers .......................................................................................................................... 1 Internet Retailing Trends .......................................................................................................... 2 Chart 1 Global Internet Sales by Category 2013....................................................... 2 Behaviour and Characteristics of Online Shoppers .................................................................. 3 Retailer Strategies .................................................................................................................... 4 Outlook ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Summary 1 Opportunities and Threats to Retailers ......................................................... 6 Introduction................................................................................................................................... 7 A New Way of Shopping ...................................................
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...ISM EXTERNAL PROGRAMS ISEG BUSINESS SCHOOL - 5th year ISM - 431 E-BUSINESS FINAL ASSIGNMENT Student : FLORENTIN THEVENET Professor : S Subject : The Impact of the Online Publication on the Print Media Words : 3 733 strategic shift with the influx of new means of dematerialization of information. A study conducted in 2010 by Bain & Company1 reports that in 2015, 15 to 20% of the population should be equipped with a digital book, an electronic reader (called an Ereader) or multifunction tablet (not including Smartphones). These last may even represent the majority of the market, reaching a wider audience, if prices, still exceeding € 300, were to fall. Also according to this study, the digital book and digital media in general should know a better situation and favorable growth in the coming years, most users remaining faithful to the paper (including books), seeing the new devices with only additional functions. In addition, unlike the music industry or the audiovisual industry, there are very few parallel market, where users can illegally download works. If this phenomenon were to grow, then it may be as difficult for the publishing industry as the entertainment industry. Currently, there are three main schools of thought on the so-called traditional print media and its evolution towards digital media. Some see through this trend the death of newspapers and even the journalists (the professional ones). We cannot give them completely wrong, when you look...
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...NEWSLETTER 12 Pages Join us on Facebook… … a weekly news bulletin www.xedintellect.com 20th Sep 2012 – 26th Sep 2012 IN BRIEF COVER STORY REFORMS AT LAST !!! ECONOMIC INDICATORS Brent Crude $110/barrel BSE 18,694.41 points (as on Tuesday, September 25) PERSONALITIES OF THE WEEK Christine Lagarde Sachin Bansal CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE BIG THREE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCIES NEWS DIGEST… BUSINESS NEWS GLOBAL NEWS MISCELLANEOUS NEWS Wal-Mart plans to open its first outlet in India within 12-18 months More than two-thirds in USA live pay check to pay check Foxconn unit in China closes after workers clash ECONOMIC INDICATORS 2 COVER STORY 3 PERSONALITIES OF THE WEEK 4 CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE 5 NEWS ANALYSIS 6 JOB PROFILE 11 PART TWO KNOW YOUR BASICS: DATA ANALYTICS KNOW YOUR BASICS: DATA ANALYTICS D ata analytics (DA) refers to examination of raw data for drawing meaningful conclusions usually with the help of the latest IT tools. DA is categorised into exploratory data analysis (EDA) and confirmatory data analysis (CDA). EDA refers to finding new features in the data (similar to data mining) while CDA is used to examine the validity of existing hypotheses. There‟s another category known as Qualitative data analysis (QDA) which is generally used in the social sciences to draw conclusions from non-numerical data like words, photographs or video. The term "analytics" has been used by many business intelligence (BI) software firms...
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...April 9, 2013 Live UP Marketing Campaign Client: Jawbone Product: UP Health Wristband Industry Background The Jawbone UP is a band and smartphone app that allows its’ users to be able to track their movements, sleep, and food consumption (Jawbone). The wristband makes it easier for users to live a healthier lifestyle in an organized manner. The Jawbone UP would be considered in the industry of fitness and wellness. Its competition includes companies like Basis Band, Fitbit, DirectLife, Adidas miCoach Pacer, Nike+, Valencell, and many other devices. The industry size for this product can be seen as large for that there are many competitors with the Jawbone UP and living healthier lifestyles is trending. Many companies such as Nike+ and Fitbit have been in the industry for quite some time creating most of the industry’s market share, but with many new companies creating tracking devices of their own as well as smartphone apps have made the industry larger and more competitive. Current trends involved in the fitness and wellness industry are being developed from individuals as well as corporations. Today, individuals are looking for new ways to lose weight, reduce the amount of stress in their lives, and live healthier lifestyle trends. Individuals will start to become more proactive in trying to keep up with these healthier lifestyles that will lead companies to involve themselves in this new market to combat the higher healthcare costs. Another major trend in the fitness...
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