Were Tesco wise to enter internet retailing, Why, Why not? (500 Words)?
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The quick answer is, "Yes". \n\nMain reason is that they need to ensure that they are represented in all delivery channels. Although internet retailing is only a small proportion of sales at present, it is likely to become much more significant.\n\nUse Porter's 4 forces model, 1st mover and risk of new technology arguments to round out this basic argument.
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of course non-store retailing is going to grow. it is an easier way to shop. besides people these days are growing more and more lazy.
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That really depends on a lot of factors.  You have to take into account your order cycles (both incoming and outgoing) as well as current and future computer capabilities.  It also depends on your intention.  By manage do you mean knowing where it is or knowing how much to keep?  There are literally hundreds, probably thousands of solutions depending on your circumstance.  I would suggest either getting someone on staff who has that experience or find a qualified consultant.
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Tesco not only do groceries but credit cards, insurance, mobile phones etc. and are very powerful with fingers in many pies (including their own label ones). I think it is run by some guy in a volcano stroking a white cat.
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On the rise... the concept of involving the customer appeals to most if done correctly.\n\nI'd be happy to more more information if you let me know the specifics of what you'd like to know.
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I dont think any site is needed.. There are sites for everything, from searching to shopping.. However, a search site giving more relevant results than google (Google is good, but even better) should be a nice idea. Not only more relevant results, also better categorization of results, lesser time to deliver them, etc would do good. I bet such a site would become an instant hit among Internet users.
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Should be B2C.\n\nBusiness-to-consumer.
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All I could find were listings for their products on shopzilla.co.uk and other electronic shopping websites.  Maybe that's the only distribution method they use for their products.  Sorry.
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i think the question should be abt the importance of brands rather than brand names to retailers. it is very common that a good brand can be easily sold. this means the retailers money is not locked up for long time, i.e is ROI is faster and many time more. the second thing is confidence abt the brands quality. so the retailer need not take any risk while choosing to sell a well known brand. third is that with out good brands in the store it is unlikely to find more customers entering the shop.\n\ngood brands manage thier supply chain effectively. thus the retailer is happy when the delivery and payment mode is made simple. it is so ommon that good brands often go fo brand extension. this provides retailer with more choices.
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Start by analysing the market in which you wish to enter (assuming a market already exists for the product) This will let you consider the problems you may encounter and always consider competition, if there is already someone providing your product/service can you deliver it better, more efficently etc...\n    Perhaps start with P.E.S.T analysis - this considers the following factors affecting the Market and your product/service - POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL....consider the implications of these factors on your idea (e.g with selling an product that could be banned by the government in the future you could have a political problem).\n    Consider something called S.W.O.T analysis....Strengths, Weaknesses, Oppourtunities and Threats...this will look at the market in terms of your business and for you to consider your competitors in threats. Also consider you competitors strengths and weakness (can you compete and what oppourtunities does this present)\n    To further your understanding of the market and where a gap may exist why don't you try drawing something known as a perceptual map. It would have to axis and look much like a cross drawn on a page. To take an example of supermarkets the two axis may be labelled "quality of product's" and "cost" (Very basic examples, you can change these to fit your market) - You can then plot at various points on the graph where the various supermarkets sit. For example in my opinion (if the greatest quality is on the vertical axis at the top and lowest at bottom, whilst cost on the horizontal axis is greatest on the right and lowest on the left) Marks and Spencer may lie in the top right hand corner. Once you fill in all your competitors you may see a gap in the diagram (hopefully where your product/service could lye)
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Do this first! My commision is exploding! \nPlease check this out if you are in internet marketing. \n'The Death of Internet Marketing': \nhttp://latest-info.blogspot.com/2006/11/death-of-internet-marketing.html
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I believe that it is a government guideline rather than statute law. Therefore they are not under obligation to follow it but do so as any responsible retailer would. As such they do not need to advertise it.\nAlthough most of the supermarkets I go to do so quite openly.
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E-book market is really profitable. If you look at the number of books released in IT and Business Management . It is very hard to recycle and to keep updated with new versions.  There are companies offering electronic vaults like SAFARI. I find teis very Interesting but cannot afford to pay 500 rupees a month. I am looking at some e-book service at 150 per month.
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yes. but in my opinion i rather have a genuine book in my hand. taking time to read the pages. one day i wanted catalogs from dept store, it was online only. iam bent on tradition-but the future demands more hi-tech solutions instead of traditions.
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It's called protection.  Retail trading is the simplest small and medium enterprise that locals can get into.  If multinationals eat up their markets, then these SMEs will perish.  \n\nBut in some countries they are allowed to enter the retail trade market as long as their investments reach a certain minimum threshold.
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Interesting quiestion.\n\n1) Go Multi-Local: A great way to improve revenue while leveraging their strongest asset (customer focus technology)would be to go multi local expanding into high throughput consumer economies (such as Germany and Japan) If amazon would launch multi-local sites with strong logistics.\n\nEven atypical markets would be good for Amazon they could follow the example of ebay in latin america (check out a case study on ebay´s latin american branch http://www.deremate.com )\n\n2) Go into alternate service markets:\n\nThe back bone of amazon´s success is the strong logistics motor that links customer traking and physical delivery. Amazon could create a new brand umbrella and sell Logistics outsourcing for Distribution centers. (go into a segment dominated today by ryder, and dhl) In a way they have allready started to exploit this strenght offering electronic storefronts for small businesses but it would be great if their distribution center knowelege could be sold to traditional retail giants such as K Mart.\n\n3) Cross brand with competitive size brick and mortar bookstores. Amazon could easily cross brand, merge or even hostily take over a good competitive bookstore chain to build a physical presence in malls and shopping centers arround the country. There is still a suprising amount of consumers who are not internet buyers. If amazon would cross brand with someone like borderbooks or walden books they could probably access the best of both worlds. (Amazon is still positioned as a bookstore more than anything else)\n\nThere are three ideas you could elaborate on.\nCheck profit margins and typical markup values in each of these businesses to support your case in class and you will have a solid project. . . Good Luck
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Yeah, tesco do the school vouchers. I think that asda do something similar? Oh well I'm an idiot! Ha ha ha ha!