...Study of Online Retailing Fast Fashion Industry Wei Zhenxiang and Zhou Lijie Abstract—The study investigates into the fast fashion industry worldwide, specifically on Zara, H&M and UNIQLO with respect to efficient supply chain management, scarce value creation, low costs promotions and positioning strategy, supported by comparisons between several typical well-known fast fashion brands. Through the overall analysis of B2C apparel online retailing in China, statistics show an enormous space for online retailing fast fashion industry to explore but a far way to catch up with the leading enterprises in the world in terms of e-commerce scale. The next main part demonstrates a case of a Chinese fast fashion online retailer-Vancl, analyzing its keys to success in aspects of proper product positioning, brand positioning, business mode, marketing strategy, products and services, user experience, logistics and team management. In addition, relevant suggestions for further prosperity are proposed in the end of the paper. Index Terms—fast fashion industry, e-commerce, B2C, online retailing retailers to acknowledge that designs move from catwalk to store in the fastest time to capture current trends in the market. The apparel products are designed and manufactured quickly and cheaply to allow the mainstream consumer to take advantage of current clothing styles at a lower price. Since the primary objective of the fast fashion is to quickly produce a product in a cost efficient manner, most...
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...tried searching for the word "beer" on Yahoo but the search results did not turn up a single Chinese option. In fact, he could hardly find anything about China on the Internet at all. After returning home, he founded a company called China Pages - a directory of various Chinese companies looking for customers abroad. China Pages was a flop. But a few years later, Ma took another stab at an Internet business. With a group of 17 friends and $60,000 of funds, Alibaba was born. [Baidupedia Web] Within only 15 years, Alibaba became the largest e-commerce company in the world, with approximately $300 billion in annual gross merchandise volume ("GMV") - or nearly 1.5 times the combined GMV of Amazon and eBay. In fact, more than three out of every four dollars spent online shopping in China goes through its platform, which should come as no surprise given that Alibaba's user base is nearly equal to the entire population of the U.S. Alibaba's "ecosystem" is made up of three leading Chinese online retailing platforms: (1) Taobao.com, China's largest online C2C shopping site; (2) Tmall.com, China's largest third-party B2C platform for branded goods; and (3) Juhuasuan.com, China's most popular group buying marketplace. These three marketplaces account for over 80% of revenue, with the remainder coming from Alibaba's China wholesale sites, international commerce, cloud computing, and other services. By operating some of the world's largest online marketplaces...
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...firm’s competitive advantage with respect to other firms in the industry both contribute to the performance of a firm. Regarding to E-commerce business in China, Alibaba has become the industry leader without any doubt. This essay will explain the relevant issues in the E-commerce industry as well as analyze the success of Alibaba Group. Alibaba was established in 1999 by Jack Ma (Yun Ma). Back then it was only a B2B E-commerce business. Today Alibaba is the unbeatable leader of B2B industry with more than 50 percent share of Chinese B2B market in 2014 (shown in Exhibit 1). And when people talk about B2C business in China, the first website appears in their mind is T-mall, which belongs to Alibaba Group. In spite of the entrance of new competitors every year, T-mall still reached 50 percent share of Chinese B2C market in 2014 (shown in Exhibit 2). In addition to this, as China’s own eBay-like C2C platform, Taobao, also operated by Alibaba Group, has become the market leader of Chinese C2C business with the help of its annual 1111 shopping event. Alibaba was founded in China but now it’s a publicly listed company. To evaluate its environmental threat, we will conduct Porter’s 5 forces framework. Threat of New Entrants - It’s not difficult to set up a new smaller and more focused e-commerce business like Zappos.com in China right now. However, Alibaba has developed quite the reputation for new innovation and its global influence that others can’t catch up within a short time,...
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...Session 01 Introduction to Business Marketing Girish Ketkar B2B Marketing @ BIMM 2012-14 Semester 1 Session 01 Agenda B2B perspective Differences between consumer and business marketing Types of customers Girish Ketkar B2B Marketing @ BIMM 2012-14 Semester 1 Session 01 1 Reading Business Marketing Management: B2B (Hutt, Speh) – Chapter 1: A Business Marketing Perspective Industrial Marketing (Krishna K Havaldar) – Chapter 1: The Nature of Industrial Marketing – Chapter 2: Understanding Industrial Markets and Environment Girish Ketkar B2B Marketing @ BIMM 2012-14 Semester 1 Session 01 B2B Perspective Girish Ketkar B2B Marketing @ BIMM 2012-14 Semester 1 Session 01 2 B2B Marketing Industrial Marketing Business Marketing Organizational Marketing Girish Ketkar B2B Marketing @ BIMM 2012-14 Semester 1 Session 01 Business Markets Markets for products and services – Bought by • Businesses, Government Bodies and Institutions – For • Incorporation – Raw materials, ingredients, sub-assemblies… • Consumption – Stationery, housekeeping services, security services, fuel… • Use – Machinery, forklift trucks, computers, air-conditioners, furniture, cars… • Resale Girish Ketkar B2B Marketing @ BIMM 2012-14 Semester 1 Session 01 3 Business Marketing (B2B Marketing) Many definitions… – Marketing activities of an organization which has exchange relationships...
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...Course Project Developing B2B and B2C types of e-commerce at Midea Corporation Abstract This project discusses that what e-commerce can do to help Midea gain more profit or reduce the spending. In China, most of the IT technologies that customers use are at the initial stage. The development of the Internet is just at the beginning. Therefore, customers can’t make an order for what they want only by viewing the company’s homepage. As the leader in the area of Chinese household appliances, Midea should play a leading role to run the e-commerce which is good for running the business. This project says that how Midea finds out its problem and deal with it by e-commerce. Brief Company background Midea which produces the home appliance, mainly involved in the field of logistics and other large-scale comprehensive modernized enterprise was established in 1968. What is more, it has four industry groups, therefore it is China's largest home appliance production base and export bases. In 1980, Midea officially entered the home appliance industry. Currently, there are 130,000 employees are hired by Midea. Looking to the future, Midea will continue to adhere to the effective, harmonious, scientific policy of development, in order to form the industrial diversification, the development of large-scale, business specialization, regional operations and management of differentiated of industrial pattern. Moreover, it strives to establish a healthy financial structure and enterprise...
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...Team #2 Jing Dong Corporation Executive Summary JD.com or Jingdong, formerly 360Buy, is a Chinese electronic commerce company headquartered in Beijing. It is one of the largest B2C online retailers in China by transaction volume. Its English website, for worldwide shipping, launched on October 18, 2012. The company was founded by Liu Qiangdong (a.k.a. Richard Liu) in July 1998, and its B2C (Business to Customer) platform went online in 2004. It started as an online magneto-optical store, but soon diversified, selling electronics, mobile phones, computers, etc. Jingdong Mall changed the domain name to 360buy.com in June 2007, and to JD.com in 2013. In May of 2014 JD.com listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange, which marked the largest listing of the year on that exchange. In 2014 JD.com recorded GMV of $41.9 billion (RMB 260.2 billion) and net revenue of $18.5 billion (RMB 115 billion). Jing Dong Mall is the largest professional 3C (computer, communications, and consumer electronics.) online shopping platform in B2C market in China, and the most influential E-commerce Websites in China, which is also the most popular with consumers. Jing Dong Mall has been maintaining a high growth since founded in 2004. Its market share has been the top one for years in the online direct sales market, and the growth rate has been soaring over 300% for four consecutive years until now. Jing Dong Mall always adheres to the pure E-commerce mode operation, to reduce intermediate links, to provide...
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...Business P lan P roposal – F ebruary 6 th, 2 015 Group 5 Achard, David; Chams, Karim; Fiaux, Remy Kocarslan, Yasemin; Polano, Nils Schaufelberger, Tatjana; Tayza, Htet 1 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................................................. 6 INDUSTRY SIZE, GROWTH RATE AND PROJECTIONS ................................................................................................................................... 6 INDUSTRY STRUCTURE & NATURE OF PARTICIPANTS ................................................................................................................................ 6 INDUSTRY TRENDS & KEY SUCCESS FACTORS ............................................................................................................................................. 6 LONG-‐TERM PROSPECTS ..............................................................................................
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... Abstract: Alibaba.com is one of the leading e-Commerce companies in China. It has grown admirably from its initial beginning as an e-Market connecting small suppliers and buyers to a giant emarketplace that has several operational platforms. Currently the heavy reliance on Chinese Economy, the counterfeit goods issues, and the competition from other emarketplace remain Alibaba’s greatest challenges. In this paper I evaluate Alibaba’s business model including its mission, vision, and values, revenue model, and its R&D structure. Alibaba’s strategy led to its competitive advantages in realizing network effect of scale and understanding the Chinese market. 1 yli17@cmc.edu 1. Introduction On November 11th, 2015, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (hereinafter, Alibaba) reported a record-breaking $14.3 billion in sales over just 24 hours during the “Singles Day”2, a shopping holiday. In recent years, Singles Day sales in China have out paced Cyber Monday sales in the US: According to the Reuters.com, on November 11th, 2014, Alibaba reported a $9.3 billion sales from 24 hours, which is $7.26 billion more than sum of US retail ecommerce on Cyber Monday 2014. The statistic shows the Chinese online shopping market’s power, as well as Alibaba’s leading position as the Chinese e-commerce giant. Reaching multiple competitive advantages in the industry in China, Alibaba’s successful business is valuable to study for companies in both e-commerce...
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...1.2 The overall layout of the website of JD.com 3 2- The features and management of the website of JD.com, Inc. 7 2.1 The features of the website 7 2.2 The management of the website 8 3- The marketing of the website of JD.com, Inc. 8 3.1 The outdoor advertising and promotion strategies 8 3.2 The cooperation with brand shops and famous payment systems 9 4- The shortcomings of the website of JD.com 9 5- Conclusions and Recommendations 10 Reference 12 Introduction As one of the important patterns of electronic commerce, B2C e-commerce has a great impact on the development of the macro-economic and the life of the enterprises and consumers (Ayo et al, 2011). JD.com is a big online professional platform for 3C products in China’s B2C market, and it is one of the most popular and influential e-commerce websites in China. In the first quarter of 2012, JD.com ranked first in the independent B2C websites of China with a market share of 50.1%. How does the e-commerce website go so will? And why do consumers like to purchase on the website of JD.com? This report will first describe the distribution and development of the website, and then illustrate the management and the features of the website, next discuss the marketing of JD.com, and last indicate the disadvantages of the website, as well as drawing some conclusions and recommendations from the whole discussion. 1- The layout of the website of JD.com, Inc. 1.1 A brief introduction of JD.com, Inc. The...
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...Ear-Itch Cream * Diaper-Rash Cream * Airway-Performance Spray (help improve airflow through your nose) * Earwax Removal Solution Basic questions: * Which products have the best opportunity? Why? Products for: Women(white collar, pregnant, postnatal for body shaping), children, seniors, maybe some for teenagers(for memory, things that help academic performance) There is a list of popular products in the answer to the third question. * Where are these types of products sold? Both online and in store. Online: Puritan’s Pride (both B2C and C2C) In store and online: Centrum, Amway, GNC (in some beauty stores—qu cheng shi, Pharmacies, supermarket and big shopping buildings), By-health(Tang chen bei jian) * What is the common price for these products in China? For now, I listed the price of the products that are easier to identify. There is big difference between the price in the U.S. and China. Approximately, the price of other products could be calculated by adding the same difference. Bonnie and I would be more than happy to check the price of other products if needed. (In sequence of best selling products) 1CNY=0.1586USD * Protein Powder (nutrition and weight lifting) --15.75 oz --$20.6-$43 * Multi-vitamins--285 servings--$ 26- $73 (American brand is one of the best selling ones on taobao.com) * Fish Oil -- 375 softgels-- $20-$3712 (American brand is one of the best selling ones on taobao.com) * Calcium –180 tablets--$6...
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...countries, also known as emerging markets, are becoming the driver of global growth. It is expected to grow two to three times faster than developed countries like the US according to the International Monetary Fund. And because of the growth many investors are being pulled in to invest to some emerging markets. This growth is very important among investors because it simply enables them to foresee the future of their investment. (Forbes. “What Makes Emerging Markets Great Invesment?”.www.Forbes.com.) China has become a leading foreign investor among all emerging countries, According to the main stream of international business literature on the topic of multinationals from emerging countries, there are generally five motivations for multinationals to invest abroad; they seek resources, technology, markets, diversification, and strategic asset. A careful analysis of the data and the investment by Chinese multinationals indicates the similar motivations provided by China. Chinese government has, to a great extent, played a crucial role in shaping the structure of the country's outward investment; this is consistent that China's FDI has been part of the government's development scenario. Since the 1980s, the government has required the overseas subsidiaries to achieve one of the four goals--introduction of advanced technology, access to raw materials, earnings of foreign exchange, and expansion of exports. Prominent examples can be found in each of the requirements. The Chinese...
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...led by Jack Ma, a teacher from Hangzhou, China. Company’s founders shared a belief that the Internet would level the playing field by enabling small enterprises to leverage innovation and technology to grow and compete more effectively in the domestic and global economies. Currently it operates in leading online and mobile marketplaces in retail and wholesale segment, cloud computing and other services. It provides technology and services to consumers and other participants to conduct commerce in their ecosystem. Mission: To make it easy to do business anywhere. Vision: We aim to build the future infrastructure of commerce. We envision that our customers will meet, work and live at Alibaba, and that we will be a company that lasts at least 102 years. Subsidiaries and its ecosystem: 1. Alibaba.com (B2B market place): There were 40 million small businesses in China. Many of them operated in fragmented market with limited access to communication channels and information services. Alibaba developed small online trading platform designed to help connect small Chinese businesses with buyers, retailers and trading companies. With Alibaba.com they started acquiring customer on line at an extremely low cost. In 2008, Alibaba increased its operating profit by 48% and had 7.9 million registered users and 970,000 store fronts. Revenue from value added services increases in line with user base. 2. Taobao: Consumer focus through B2C and C2C Alibaba group launched Taobao,...
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...Founded in Hangzhou in eastern China, Alibaba.com has three major marketplaces. The company’s English language international marketplace (www.alibaba.com) serves to bring together importers and exporters from more than 240 countries and regions. History Alibaba Group was founded in 1999 by 18 people led by Jack Ma, a former English teacher from Hangzhou, China who has aspired to help make the Internet accessible, trustworthy and beneficial for everyone. The privately held Alibaba Group, including its affiliated entities, employs more than 24,000 people in some 70 cities in Greater China, India, Japan, Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States Alibaba Group’s various businesses and affiliated entities include: -Alibaba.com - provider of online marketplaces facilitating international and domestic China trade for small businesses (B2) (www.alibaba.com) -Aliexpress - Alibaba for single orders, B2B and B2C (www.Aliexpress.com) -Tmall - business-to-consumer (B2C) online retail marketplace (www.tmall.com) -Taobao Marketplace - consumer-to-consumer (C2C) online shopping platform (www.taobao.com) -eTao - search engine designed for online shoppers (www.etao.com) -Alibaba Cloud Computing - advanced data-centric cloud computing services platform -China Yahoo! - one of China’s leading internet portals (www.yahoo.com.cn) -Alipay - third-party online payment platform (www.alipay.com) Juhuasuan - Comprehensive group shopping platform in China (www.juhuasuan.com) Financial...
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...B2B案例研習 <<Alibaba>> 課程:電子化採購與B2B 課程序號:09070300 任課老師: 宋培建老師 學生姓名:朱家爵 學號:138354032 Contents * Definition pg.3 * Company Introduction pg.4 * Companies and affiliated entities pg.5-pg.7 * The Growth of Alibaba pg.8-pg.10 * Alibaba Business Model pg.11 * Five Forces Analysis pg.12-pg.13 * Present the Corporation Now pg.13 * Business Environment pg.14-pg.15 * The Financial Analysis pg.17-pg.18 * SWOT Analysis pg.19 * Recommendation for Alibaba pg.20 * Conclusion pg.20 * References pg.21 Definition * E-commerce Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce or eCommerce, is a type of industry where the buying and selling of products or services is conducted over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at one point in the transaction’s life-cycle, although it may encompass a wider range of technologies such as e-mail, mobile devices, social media...
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...WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET ON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS? WHICH COUNTRY WILL GAIN AS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS THRIVE ON WWW? 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Internet enhance migrate businesses to drive globally. Internet impacts on international businesses are huge. This study will conduct the positive and negative factors impacting international businesses. Internet effects the businesses in positive and negative sight. Internet usage in the world is migrate users to save cost of travel, fast communication and expand business market globally. Internet disadvantages are created by irresponsible users. Internet disadvantages explanation are about malwares, spamming, identity theft and unable to solve conflicts. This study examines the impact of the internet on international businesses. The findings concerns on the country that will gain as international business thrive on World Wide Web (WWW). 2.0 INTRODUCTION International business is playing a huge role in today’s economy. Everyone is taking part in international business. Larger and smaller businesses become global businesses. Business transaction between two parties from various countries is known as international business. Every day dramatic changes are happening in international business world. Export and import of goods and services, international investments, licencing, franchising and management contracts are some kind of international business activities. In addition, an organization that participates in cross-border...
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