1. Analyze each of these companies using the value chain and competitive forces models
The companies had applied changes in their value chains by using the had made their Porter’s Model most commonly in the field of the superiority and performance model and such thing had been done by creating and maintaining their relevant superior performance. They mainly considered the inbound activities like receiving goods from other vendors and shifting them to their customers and apply them in their operations by making their role restricted to manufacturing and assembling the product and when it comes to marketing and sales they tend to involve customer needs first and apply the after sale service. Their competitive advantage is mainly linked to the a single platform with multi technical innovation and here we can state that the same is followed by Amazon’s main competitor Ebay where the only difference is that ebay considers differentiation in its products and this made it is distinguished in some areas more than amazon.com and that had made a remarkable difference in making payment easier and both amazon and ebay work 24 hours which is something not applicable before for Wal-mart which has came online recently. When it comes to Wal-mart their expertise is in direct retailing through their stores is …show more content…
Which company is likely to have the strongest retail e-commerce growth in the future? Why?
In the future I believe that Wal-mart is going to be stronger. Though Wal-mart is relatively new in this field unlike Amazon and Ebay but they are backed up with a strong warehousing which will make their items deliverable at higher pace than other items and such thing will appeal to customers. Also in Wal-mart the prices are changing on daily basis and such thing is also very important because customers will visit the website more to trace the change in prices which is something not available at anytime. Also Wal-mart provides a replacement for goods faster than other
The companies had applied changes in their value chains by using the had made their Porter’s Model most commonly in the field of the superiority and performance model and such thing had been done by creating and maintaining their relevant superior performance. They mainly considered the inbound activities like receiving goods from other vendors and shifting them to their customers and apply them in their operations by making their role restricted to manufacturing and assembling the product and when it comes to marketing and sales they tend to involve customer needs first and apply the after sale service. Their competitive advantage is mainly linked to the a single platform with multi technical innovation and here we can state that the same is followed by Amazon’s main competitor Ebay where the only difference is that ebay considers differentiation in its products and this made it is distinguished in some areas more than amazon.com and that had made a remarkable difference in making payment easier and both amazon and ebay work 24 hours which is something not applicable before for Wal-mart which has came online recently. When it comes to Wal-mart their expertise is in direct retailing through their stores is …show more content…
Which company is likely to have the strongest retail e-commerce growth in the future? Why?
In the future I believe that Wal-mart is going to be stronger. Though Wal-mart is relatively new in this field unlike Amazon and Ebay but they are backed up with a strong warehousing which will make their items deliverable at higher pace than other items and such thing will appeal to customers. Also in Wal-mart the prices are changing on daily basis and such thing is also very important because customers will visit the website more to trace the change in prices which is something not available at anytime. Also Wal-mart provides a replacement for goods faster than other