Online Toy Hobby Store

Research Paper # 103114

Business > Companies
Business > Consumer Behavior
Business > Industries
Business > Information Mgmt. and Systems
Computer and Technology > Internet

A market analysis and analysis of trends that affect the online toy hobby store industry, focusing on internethobbies.com.

2,458 words () | 12 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the online toy hobby market and its potential. The paper focuses its examination from the perspective of an actual online toy/model retailer called internethobbies.com, which is one of the oldest Internet toy and hobby sites in existence. The paper discusses various trends that affect the industry and then analyzes the online toy hobby market from various perspectives.

Table of Contents:
Overview
External Influences
Economic Trends
Social and Demographic Trends
Technology Trends
Market Analysis
Market Size and Growth
Regional Market
Warehouse in Whitby
Seasonal Analysis
Consumer Data
Consumer Behavior
Product Trends

From the Paper:

"The trend in the toy hobby industry has been towards developing evermore realistic models. Accordingly toy hobby manufacturers have developed models with running engines, real smoke generating apparatus, and boats with turning propellers and functional lights ("Internethobbies.com"). There are also trends in the online toy hobby shopping experience that are important to be aware of. These toy hobby consumers tend to want to know where their products are or when they will get their orders and to meet this demand Internethobbies.com and similar toy hobby retailers have developed online order status windows which can inform the consumer where the order currently is and when his or her order will actually be delivered."

Sample of Sources Used:

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"Internethobbies.com." Internethobbies.com (online). Apr.4, 2007< http://www.internethobbies.com/info.html>.
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