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I will now look at drop shipping which has been developed as a result of disintermediation. It is defined by (Shopify 2016) as “Drop shipping is a retail fulfillment method where a store doesn 't keep the products it sells in stock. Instead, when a store sells a product, it purchases the item from a third party and has it shipped directly to the customer. As a result, the merchant never sees or handles the product”. With the advancements in technology drop shipping has become a very valuable…

There was a time when my mother used to go to the grocery for her regular household items and I used to go to tailor for my best Christmas attire or carpenter for my cabinet. But since last few years, things have changed drastically for the retail outlets around us. Tons and tons of retail outlets are mushrooming generating hundreds of choice even for a 10-year-old. You will now be surprised to find your kid using your handheld device to track his favorite toy car in the retail. And this credit…

Jeff Bezos started Amazon as an online bookstore, in Seattle, Washington in 1995. From the beginning, however, Bezos claimed that even though Amazon exclusively sold books, it was actually a technology company. Bezos argued that Amazon’s purpose was to simplify e-commerce and not to sell books. In 1997, Amazon became a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ market (Hall, 2017). Amazon became a near instant success with 1,000,000 customers and $148,000,000 in revenues by the end of 1997. By 1999,…

Factors influencing consumer buying behavior: There are four major factors which influence the consumer buying behavior they are: 1. Cultural and social factor. 2. Physical factor. 3. Economic factor. 4. Psychological factor. Cultural and social factor: Culture is a essential part of society and intimates people's wants and needs. Both the cultural and social factors have influences the consumer buying behavior as it varies from country to country and the marketer has to analyse it.…

5. Business operations/practices, challenges that they have faced over time Business operations/practices Naspers is a multinational global platform operator. It has three principal operations namely internet services (which focus on e-commerce), print media and pay-tv. The company is spread globally across Africa, Middle East, Eastern and Central Europe, Russia, South East Asia and China. It has minority interests in two integrated and listed social network platforms i.e. Mail.ru from Russia…

UNIT 3- Strategic Change Management Scenario Suits Me Online is a largest online clothing store in UK. They have more than 20 shops in whole UK with a huge online setup having more than 20 employees in IT department. Currently, they are using a software which gives support to all shops and online setup. The main functions of the softwear is to give order booking support to customer services team and all shop keeper so that can place orders and get all products information with comfort. As…

In the existing market, there are so many retailers that are giving away some loyalty cards. Such schemes depend on the way as it adds value with the customer to be included with the point accrual, combined credit cards, club cards (Godson, 2009). It is also stated by Seybold et.al (2002) that across UK grocery sector, there are loyalty schemes, which has wrinkled over past months that is unavoidable outcome of price war as it helps in destabilising perceptions and behaviours. Magnetic physical…

QUESTION 3: Of the four competing values, Adhocracy, Clan, Hierarchy, and Market, Amazon seems to be strong in three out of the four (Lavine, 2014) . Adhocracy, due to their focus on innovation, Hierarchy, due to their focus on employee control in the company, and Market, due to their strong focus on being competitive in the online market (Lavine, 2014). Though they arguably are strong in all three, the company as a whole seems to most strongly align with the Market value. The main components…

People can feel the differences in their daily lifes, especially when they have shopping demands. When online shopping and traditional shopping were put together, resemblances were difficult to be discovered. Conversly, differences are apparent. Online shopping and traditional shopping have their own merits and demerits, however, online shopping's advantages are more prominent by contrast. Resemblances between shopping online and in store are unconspicuous. Undoubtedly, People could…

undergone several updates. Its product categorization system was studied meticulously. This illustrates how the company continually seeks to improve the consumer experience. This obsession with consumer satisfaction comes from the fact that online shopping is often an impersonal experience (Lightner:…