...THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE GIFTS SHOPS AND HOME DÉCOR SHOPS – A COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS (September 4, 2010) In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the course "Retail Marketing" of MBA (Full Time) CARD AND GIFT: For the past decade or so the gift and card industry has been growing at a rapid rate and gaining market share. At the whim of discretionary spending, gift shops and card stores rely on low-margin, high-volume sales and are finding it increasingly difficult to compete with supermarkets and online retailers. The key to survival is consolidation and vertical integration which is seeing the number of companies decline while store numbers edge up. The cards and gift shops fall into the impulse purchase category. The product mix includes: cards, collectible gifts, gift wrap, holiday and seasonal decoration, novelties, party supplies, souveniers, etc. Gift shops come as both standalone stores as well as part of supermarkets. In India these stores are franchisees, chain retailers, as well as independent retailers. The customer base is spread over a wide demography, but the main consumers are young. Some of the main players in this category are: Archies: [pic] Archies was founded in 1979 as a mail order poster shop, and introduced its first line of greeting cards in 1980. The company procured its first ever foreign license from Walt Disney, USA in 1984 and offered its customers some of the best loved Disney characters on its greeting cards. As the Archies brand...
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...program to fix my computer for $50. You accepted, and the attacker charged your account $6000 for 6 Surf boards. What laws were violated? What actions did you commit that you should not have committed? How can you remedy and prevent this from occurring again?1 The attacker can be charged with the following Violations: No Electronic Theft Act (18 U.S.C. § 506). Identity Theft & Assumption Deterrence Act (18 U.S.C. § 1028). Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers (18 U.S.C. § 1030). Interception and Disclosure of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications (18 U.S.C. § 2511). Unlawful Access to Stored Communications (18 U.S.C. § 2701) Disclosure of Contents (18 U.S.C. § 2702) Actions I committed that I should not have: 1. Clicked on a pop up link; 2. Gave my account information to fix my computer; and 3. Let a foreign program run on my computer. How to remedy and prevent the issue from occurring again: 1. File an unauthorized dispute with the credit card company since the amount is greater than $50; 2. File a complaint with the FTC; 3. Set up automatic spending alerts and fraud protection on all my accounts 4. Shop only from repudiable online stores; 5. Make online purchases using Visa gift-cards; 6. Scan programs with antivirus software before running them; 7. Use virus protection to remove the trojan; and 8. In similar scams that lock the browser, simply kill the task by running $ pkill browerName, or if on Windows, end task on the porogram...
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...باللم�س 2.1 MP Front Camera, 2 GB RAM, 3000 mAH, Multiple Mic. 6 - 19 October, 2013 2013 6- 91 أكتوبر 1.9 GHz Octa Core معالج 13 MP Rear Camera كاميرا 32 GB Built-In ذاكرة 5.7” Touch Screen �شا�شة باللم�س Front Camera, 3 GB RAM مجانًا FREE Gift Voucher �شهادات هدية SR 150 + Special offer on 3G model only SR Limited Stocks 2199 SR 2799 Also available in 4G models iPhone 5 s كمية محدودة iPhone 5 c 1.5 GHz Quad Core معالج 8.0 MP Rear Camera كاميرا 8 GB Built-In ذاكرة 4.7” IPS + LCD Touchscreen �شا�شة باللم�س 5 MP Front Camera, 2 GB RAM New version: Online themes availabale Available in SR HTC One Red 40-99HTT24900 1599 مجانًا FREE Case حافظة XperiaTM Z1 51-12778763 1.7 GHz Quad Core معالج 4 MP Ultra Pixel Camera كاميرا 32 GB Built-In ذاكرة 4.7” Touchscreen �شا�شة باللم�س 2.1 MP Front Camera, Wi-Fi, GPS Available in 2.2 GHz Quad Core معالج 20.7 MP Rear Camera كاميرا 16 GB Built-In / Upgradable ذاكرة 5.0” FHD TriluminosTM �شا�شة باللم�س 2 GB RAM, 2 MP Front Camera, Wi-Fi Available in Water resistent up to 30 minutes in 1.5 meter water مجانًا FREE SR SR 150 2499 Gift Voucher �شهادات هدية SR 2699 الرياض-جدة-الخبر-الدمام-الظهران-الجبيل-الهفوف-بريدة-عنيــزة-المدينــةالمنــورة-مكـةالمكــرمـــة-ينبع-الكويـــت-قطـر-أبوظبـي Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Khobar, Al-Dammam, Al-Dhahran, Jubail, Al-Hufof, Buraidah, Onaizah, Madinah, Makkah, Yanbu...
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...the only emergency assistance provider within miles, serves heavily for a tri-cities area in central Virginia. This area contains Chesterfield, Petersburg, and Colonial Heights. Petersburg, a modest city just over four miles away, previously flowed with restaurants, stores, and luxurious estates. Now, it may be the ¨most financially challenged city in Virginia. ¨ Research speculates multiple reasons for the decline, but the most defended theory points to Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company. As the former largest employer in Petersburg, employing over a thousand locals, they fled Petersburg suddenly for tax purposes. Never-ending turmoil flooded the city thereafter with thousands unemployed, lack of currency circulation,...
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...Visual Merchandising 5. Retail Pricing 6. Retail Communication Mix 7. Reflection on this Audit 8. Bibliography History and background of Family Dollar Address Family Dollar Store I am visiting 125 2nd Street Park Falls, WI Executive Offices Post Office Box 1017 Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1017 Founded Family Dollar was founded in 1959 by Leon Levine. Overview In 1958, at age 21, Leon Levine, an entrepreneur with an interest in merchandising, became intrigued with the idea of operating a low-overhead, self-service retail store. Leon Levine believed he could offer his customers a variety of high-quality, good value merchandise for under $2. Because he had grown up in his family’s retail store, he understood value, quality and customer satisfaction. In November 1959, Leon Levine opened the first Family Dollar store in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was on his way to becoming a retailing legend. Right from the start, he had a well-developed philosophy of what Family Dollar would be and how it would operate, a philosophy from which he and his management team have never strayed. The concept is a simple one, “the customers are the boss, and you need to keep them happy.” He created a general floorplan that he used in each of his stores that allowed customers to easily shop for their favorite...
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...Executive Summary Olat Western Wear is a new apparel store that caters to the African cowboy community in Lagos, Nigeria. As our name suggests our focus is to provide western wear apparel and accessories, and position us as the top retail store servicing this particular market. We are the first and only African owned western apparel store in the city of Lagos. Our intentions are to obtain 80% market share and become a central hub of shopping activity for the local African cowboy population as well others who enjoy wearing western apparel. Olat Western Wear will be located at 20 Niran Ojo streets, Lagos in Nigeria . Olat Western Wear has centralized itself directly in position to the residental location and social activities of our target market. We believe that this is critical to our initial success and long-term growth. Objectives 1. To create a shopping environment that caters to the apparel needs of the urban African cowboy and cowgirl. 2. To earn 80% market share and become the number one ethnic western wear apparel store in 20 Niran Ojo streets, Lagos Nigeria and achieve name recognition in the local cowboy community. 3. To receive a 50% profit margin within the first year. 4. To have a customer base of 1,000 by the end of the first operating year. 5. To achieve a net profit of $75,000 by year two and $100,000 by year three. 6. To be an active and vocal member in the community supporting agricultural events, and equestrian organizations work ...
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...manufacturer. At the beginning of 2003, Inditex operated 1,558 stores in 45 countries, of which nearly 550 were part of the Zara chain. The customer is at the heart of their unique business model. Quick and accurate response to shifting consumer demands is the goal of Zara. The main objective of this case paper is to analyze Zara’s current business model, focus on issues they are facing and provide solution to overcome them. This case analysis also provides Zara with suggestions for IT implementation along with its cost analysis and opportunities for further innovation in their business. This analysis gives Zara a pathway to transform from non-IT savvy firm to an IT Savvy firm and help them to be in competitive advantage. 2. Current state * Offline business Zara currently works only with stores and they do not offer online shopping for customers. The strategy to keep offline business working is to face customers with variety of cloths in different colors and designs and try to convince them buy new arrivals. Since the products inside stores change frequently, the chance of selling new products is very high. * Advertisement They do not invest a lot of money on advertisement, in contrast of their competitors. Instead, they try to have their stores basically in crowded locations and well known places where usually young nation is. Downtown of a city is typically the place where they have multiple stores. Their design and organization change in four years in order to...
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...12 Security 3.0 Marketing 4.13 Competitive Edge 4.14 Marketing Strategy 4.15 Pricing Strategy 4.16 Strategy Promotion 4.17 Distribution Strategy 1.0 Executive Summary Beau is new clothing store that will cater to the gay male population in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Beau’s focus is to provide casual wear apparel, face and body products, as well as male accessories, and position ourselves as the top retail store servicing this particular market. Beau’s intentions are to obtain 80% market share and will position ourselves to become a central hub of shopping activity for the local gay population as well as others included in the GLBT community. Beau will be located at 3339 Central Avenue NE, Albuquerque, NM. Beau has centralized itself in position to the residential location and social activities of our target market. Beau believes that this location is crucial to our initial success and long-term growth. 1.1 Objectives 1. To create a shopping environment that caters to the apparel needs of the urban gay population. 2. To earn 80% market share and become the number one apparel store in central Albuquerque, NM, and achieve name recognition in the local gay community 3. To receive a 50% profit margin with the first year. 4. To have a customer service base of 1,ooo by...
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...manufacturing, licensing, and supporting a range of software products and services for various computing devices worldwide. Established in 1975 by Paul Allen and Bill Gates, Microsoft began developing interpreters for microcomputers. By 1980, Microsoft entered the operating system business after signing a contract with IBM, which resulted in the branding and ownership rights of MS-DOS. By 1984 Microsoft had developed its first version of the operating system Microsoft Windows, and by March of 1986, the company had gone public with its stock. Today Microsoft has expanded to much more than just the familiar Windows Operating Systems, such as Windows 7 and Windows Vista. The company also provides enterprise consulting and product support services, training and certification to developers and information technology professionals. The company offers online information products, such as Bing and MSN, and an online advertising platform for publishers and advertisers. More recent products include the Windows Phone and the Zune digital music and entertainment platform, and application software for Apple’s Macintosh computers. The company’s Entertainment and Devices Division segment develops, produces, and markets the Xbox 360 platform, which includes PC software games, online games and online services (Yahoo!). Company Values As a company, and as individuals, we value integrity, honesty, openness, personal excellence, constructive self-criticism, continual self-improvement...
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... COMPANY PROFILE The company for which we are developing the online business strategy is a hypothetical business and does not have physical existence. However, after establishing the business through its website, we plan to expand the business by opening offline stores as well. Thus the ecommerce model that we will be implementing is Click ( Brick. But the expansion of business is subject to its online success. BUSINESS OVERVIEW Though the company is a new entrant in the online greeting industry, the concept of such business is quite old and very popular as well. Considering the Pakistani situation, sending free ecard greetings’ trend has increased drastically over last few years. People prefer greeting each other by sending ecards or by using sms services offered by their respective mobile services. Main reason for this inclination is the postal services’ cost i.e. Rs. 8 for Pakistan Post (with a very low probability of reaching the desired destination) and Rs. 25-100 for other courier services. Following are the Pakistani sites that provide free ecard and gifts services in line with other major services, but there exists no single Pakistani site that is in greetings (ecards, gifts etc.) business solely. Thus this business will have a competitive advantage since its inception. http://www.urdupoint.com http://apnakarachi.com TCS Sentiments Express The above mentioned sites, on the other hand, will have an advantage for the fact that they are in...
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...historic Harvard Square of all those who participated. Those groups served include the Jose Mateo Dance Theatre, Salvation Army, Pediatric Aids Treatment Solutions, Harvard Square Homeless Shelter, Old Cambridge Baptist Church, Solutions at Work, Earthen Vessels, Molecular Frontiers, Cycle Kids, Cambridge Arts Council and Medulla Thyroid Cancer Research at John Hopkins. The Big Skinny Wallet, conceived by Alexandrov, solves the top five wallet problems. It is made of ultra-thin nylon micro-fiber and its unique design results in a 50 percent reduction in size. www.macedonian.org Entrepreneur Holiday Gift Ideas Under $50 by Margie Zable Fisher December 16, 2010 Selecting the perfect holiday gifts for employees is different for each small-business owner. Perhaps you don't have clients that offer great employee gifts. Maybe you want to shop around for a more affordable or personalized option. What follows is a comprehensive list of gift ideas --...
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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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...Unit 33: The impact of communication technology Marvin van Wensveen Unit 33: The impact of communication technology 05/03/2013 P-Draft 1 Teacher: L.Donker Types of Evidence: Written report and slides of presentation Introduction. In this assignment I must describe my findings of the chosen 4 company’s websites I will explain my thoughts in why I choose these companies Microsoft B2B The reason why I chosen Microsoft is because I’m very interested how a company, who practically shaped the internet with browsers and technology. Microsoft is a big company with lots of websites and extended brands such as Hotmail.com and msn news. But for this instance I only examine the Microsoft main page. Free record shop B2C I chose this because this is my current employer. I know a lot of the website and its development. And would like to use this as my advantage on this research WNF im very interested in an organization which isn’t allowed to use the internet to make profit I picked the most popular one in the hopes of finding something interesting. Use of the internet for business research Microsoft Use of the internet | Types of data:Demography Population statistics and have an obvious influence on the online website of Microsoft. How many are online and what are the trends?Microsoft uses cookies to determine this. They separate this by making a different website per country. Competitor analysisNot found directly on the main page, although you can...
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... | Executive Summary This paper aims to summarize the plans and strategies that will generate sales of merchant processing services and equipment for Franchise Card Network. Franchise Card Network (FCN) is a vehicle solely dedicated to delivering the best possible payment processing solutions to franchisors and their franchisees. FPN works exclusively in the franchise space, utilizing the extensive knowledge of its human resources in the areas of retail and payment processing to facilitate the unique needs of franchise systems. FCN’s goal is to provide fair, fully disclosed pricing and empowering merchants to take control of their payments processing costs. Franchise Card Network (FCN) believes in the promise and value small to medium-size businesses offer the marketplace. Through innovation and experience, Franchise Card Network helps guide these businesses in managing the opportunities and risks associated with establishing and expanding their payment processing capabilities. Franchise Card Network will empower its clients with rapid application approvals, with most applications being approved within two business days. In addition, FCN’s investment in technology will effectively harness and exceed the growing demands in the processing industry. Therefore, allowing Franchise Card Network to support nearly every vertical market with increasing and profitable business solutions. Whether opening a new business or expanding an established one, FCN will provide...
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...recognition is warranted to Starbucks’ Human Resource Management (HRM) department. Through a comprehensive selection process, strong training and development program, and a highly competitive pay package, the HRM has set the standard for other organizations to emulate. The goal is clear, to not only supply delicious hot served coffee, fresh pastries, and provide a cozy and comfortable atmosphere globally, but also provide value and security to its employees from the CEO to the newly acquired Baristas. Greeting the morning with a precisely tempered cup of Caramel Macchiato and a turkey bacon sandwich, HRM begins canvassing their online database of applicants for prospective partners. With approximately 17,000 stores currently operating in the United States and in more than 50 countries worldwide, HRM dedicates their full attention to selecting their partners of the future. Upon requesting and returning a completed application with a professional resume in tow, a detailed background check and personality test will be conducted by HRM prior to a call back for formal interview. When the local Starbucks manager is given the green light to proceed and an interview time has been set, the applicant will be greeted to the interview with their personal favorite brew. According to Emily, the Haggen Food Market Starbucks Barista, the formal interview was a lot less intense than that of previous jobs and it reflected on...
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