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Internet Retail vs. High St. Retail, 2002.
Examining the effectiveness of on-line retail when compared with more traditional methods
2,500 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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Internet retailers and High St. shops were analysed in this report on the effectiveness of on-line music business retail comparative to traditional chain stores and independants. In the interviews people were asked to give their reasons they prefered buying in any specific manner and these answers were analyzed.
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"Years ago, when the internet first emerged in its current form, the thought that one day we would be buying anything, let alone household products, using a computer was laughable. So why did things change? Or did they change at all? Do we now buy more things over the Internet than anyone could ever imagine? Or is it all just still, well quite frankly, a bit of a grey area? "
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Retail, 2007.
An analysis of the factors that affect the retail market and retail strategies that are employed within various industries.
6,219 words (approx. 24.9 pages), 21 sources, MLA, $ 145.95
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This paper identifies some of the trends of the retail market and the factors that influence the profits that can be generated by retailers who operate in the market. It discusses some of the complexities of retailing strategies and the different values that they need to address. It then discusses the existing conditions that can influence retail strategies of particular markets.
Table of Contents:
Summary
Introduction
Discussion
Factors That Affect Competitive Advantage For Retailers At All Periods Of Time
The Local Economy And The Retail Industry
The Business Customer
Conclusion
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"Retailers also have to spend time understanding features that their customers will truly value. Companies such as Gulf and Mobil offer credit cards or "gas cards." These cards can be used to purchase gas and other products at gas stations. Gasoline is a much-needed commodity. Customers would be willing drive an extra distance bypassing other gas stations to fill up at a company that offers them cheaper gas as a returning customer. This factor becomes especially vital when gas prices are on the rise and customers are looking for ways to reduce the amount of money that they spend at the pump."
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"Up Against the Retail Giants" by Coskun Samli, 2007.
A review of the book about the retail industry, "Up Against the Retail Giants", by Coskun Samli.
1,249 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses Coskun Samli's book "Up Against the Retail Giants". The paper explains that the book that is written for the smaller business person who needs to realize that he or she is entering a market that is dominated by real giants like Wal-Mart, Costco, and Home Depot. The paper looks at how the book emphasizes that the business person needs to have a strong sense of reality, know the nature of the market, and develop a clear strategy for addressing the disparity between the small company and the large.
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"Indeed, Samli begins with a consideration of the nature of retailing and of ideas that empower the retailer and attract and keep customers. The process of managing a retail outlet is depicted here as a matter of strategy development, which also means giving the retail establishment certain distinguishing features enabling consumers to identify the company as well as to be attracted to it. However, as Samli also points out, the distinguishing features alone could drive consumers away as well as attracting them."
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World Wide Retail Exchange, 2004.
An analysis of the World Wide Retail Exchange (WWRE) and the Uniform Code Council (UCCNet).
1,608 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper discusses the World Wide Retail Exchange (WWRE), the leading Internet based B2B exchange intended for retailers and suppliers in the e-marketplace. The paper presents a brief history of the WWRE and UCCNet. The paper examines how the retailers and mass merchants endorse WWRE and UCCNet. The paper also explores retail subscribing to WWRE and UCCNet.
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Introduction
History of WWRE and UCCnet
The Retailers and Mass Merchants Endorsing WWRE and UCCNet and Retail Subscribing to WWRE and UCCNet
Data Synchronization requirement of WWRE and UCCNet
Data Pools of WWRE and UCCNet
Benefits and Risks of WWRE and UCCnet
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"WWRE or World Wide Retail Exchange is the leading Internet based B2B exchange intended for retailers and suppliers in the e-marketplace. The exchange was designed with the basic purpose of curtailing costs and enhancing efficiencies across the supply chain, applying product and service solutions characteristic of a worldwide procurement and supply operation. Devised to enable and ease business dealing among retailers, suppliers, partners and distributors, the WWRE presently comprises of 59 retail members in its fold across Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America with a net sales of more than $830 billion. Since its inception, the WWRE has enabled to save its members more than $229 million by way of online negotiations which was it debut product offering."
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Changing Retail Structure, 2004.
An analysis of the changes in retail structure.
3,357 words (approx. 13.4 pages), 30 sources, MLA, $ 95.95
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Changes in the retail structure have meant the demise of traditional retail marketing. Firms have been forced to find new ways to attract today's consumers. This discussion provides an analysis of the changing retail structure. The paper reviews such things as hypermarkets, warehouse stores, disposable income and the impact of IT. In addition, the paper provides recommendations for three businesses' future business prospects within the new retail structure.
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Introduction
Analysis of Changing Retail Structure
The Emergence of Hypermarkets/Warehouse Stores
Disposable Income
Daily Shopping Replaced with Weekly Shopping and Expanding Cities
Increasing Impact of IT
Recommendations
A Local Family Grocer with Two Outlets
An International Clothing Brand Expanding into the Market
A Local Manufacturer of High Quality Chocolates
Conclusion
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"The emergence and success of hypermarkets has had a profound impact on the retail structure in America. Stores such as Wal-Mart and Super Wal-Mart have single handedly changed the way that Americans shop. These stores provide a one stop shopping experience and allow customers to shop for everything from groceries, to living room furniture. The convenience and low prices of hypermarkets have made them extremely successful."
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The Christ Event of Internet Retailing, 2005.
A descriptive and critically analytical glimpse into the birth, death & resurrection of online retailing.
1,780 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper relates the life, success, struggles and downfalls of Jesus Christ and Christianity to the birth, growth and struggles of internet retailing and how internet retailing has developed into the dynamic and popular means of modern day retailing.
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"With roots tracing back as early as 1995, Internet Retailing has endured a Christ like life cycle over the last eleven years. Reflecting upon biblical texts describing the life of Jesus as well as reflecting upon the recent history of the American stock market, one can easily deduce the similarities in their lifelines. Jesus was born into a life entwined with much criticism. Although he was renowned for his good works, the rise of his stature invoked incessant criticisms. The negative labels placed upon Jesus, by his popular and powerful critics, gradually dismembered his faithful fold, ultimately leading to his death in 30 C.E. Ironically, it was his death that brought his resurrection and the world-wide recognition of his significance, and the significance of his message. Similar to the aforementioned life cycle of Jesus Christ, Internet Retailing emerged under a predominantly harsh critical scope that scrutinized its notably quick economic gains. With record setting gains and notoriety within the business world, web retailing took a violent turn for the worse in 2000. A powerful group of investors made a public outcry expressing their lack of faith in the businesses sustenance which ultimately produced a widely felt economic scare. The scare quickly led to the crash/death of the "Dot Com" industries in late 2000 and early 2001. Yet, because of this crash, the companies were enabled to better understand market trends, and since 2001, Internet Retailers are better equipped to provide a higher level of service to consumers and have the financial resources to handle the volatility of an economic downturn. This resurgence of web retailing has captivated today's business world and is now revered as America's economic messiah which will save our economy from its present war stricken market. By briefly contrasting the main idea of this critical analysis with a retrospective theological analysis of Christianity, this scholar has outlined the form in which this essay will be unfolded. By initially describing the essence of internet retailing, the reader's will be most aptly informed on the matter and therefore capable in understanding the impact web retailing has had on the U.S. economy over the last eleven years of its life-cycle, as well as where it is projected to take the international market in the latter years of its life-cycle."
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"Big-Box" Retailing, 2005.
Presents an argument against the growth of large retail stores, such as Walmart and Target, and examines their effect on the community.
16,300 words (approx. 65.2 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This paper examines the two sides of the 'big-box' controversy as to whether or not one should support the practice and formation of big-box retailing in terms of the effects that these outlets, which include large stores such as Target and Wal-Mart, have on local communities, as well as the effects that they have on suburban sprawl and the associated argument between downtown and suburban development. The position of this thesis is that big-box retailing does have adverse effects on local communities, which causes many of these communities to form a reaction against the retailers; consumers would be more likely to support a more aesthetically pleasing paradigm in which these retailers are held more accountable for expansion and sprawl.
Paper Outline
Introduction
Literature Review
Retail Trends
Super Stores
Power Centers
Effects of the Big Box
Economic
Environmental
Social
Cultural/Aesthetic
Parking
Relationship to Surrounding Community
Hypothesis
Research Design/Methodology
Findings and Recommendations
Case Study Research
Quantative
Qualitative
Policy Structure Examples
Case Study on 'Sprawlternatives'
Planning and Zoning Strategies
Design and Land-use Standards
Urban Growth Boundaries
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"For example, in some areas, states and communities have banded together to introduce legislation regarding big box retailers and their presence, often with extensive conditional modifiers when the establishments are allowed. Moratoriums on big box type architecture are also common. But there is a lot of difference in between different states and communities in terms of the costs and benefits of either prohibiting big box superstores or drawing them towards the area. For
example, some states have been very prohibitive towards superstores, power centers, and other categories of big box retail mentioned above. At the same time, however, other states have situations that are totally different, with tax incentives being offered to direct investors in a way that seems to break down a communication barrier in terms of community goal alignment, or install a barrier, depending on one's perspective."
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Retail Business Plan, 1990.
This paper presents the elements of a typical retail business plan, with an emphasis on small retail stores: Objectives, market, layout and design, resources, merchandise control and promotion.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 5 sources, $ 71.95
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"This is a study of the elements of a typical retail business plan, with an emphasis on small retail stores. It has become a commonplace to say that the American economy is becoming increasingly a "service economy." To a great degree, what "service economy" actually means is retail business. Most of the several million small businesses in America are retail stores, and a large share of Fortune "500" corporations are also retail operators. New technology can automate manufacturing, but technology can have only a relatively limited impact on the basic function of most workers in retail, which is to provide service to customers. Thus retail will continue to loom larger in the American economic picture.
Retail is also an area in which small business still plays a leading role, and in which a small business person can still go
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Retail Work, 2005.
This paper examines retail store employment in the United States and the negative consequences that it has on these workers.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, $ 53.95
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The paper takes a look at the phenomenon of retail store employment in the United States and the negative effect that it has on those who work in the industry. The paper quotes the reason that there has been such a sharp retail boom and details the various geographic areas and populations that make up the retail workforce. The paper maintains that these people cannot make a living wage working in retail and this affects large geographic areas of the population.
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"In her book "Fast Food, Fast Track: Immigrants, Big Business, and the American Dream," Jennifer Parker Talwar laments that inexpensive food is increasingly being taken over by corporate giants in the form of retail chains. This cheap cuisine is more evident in suburban America: We are all familiar with the ubiquitous corporate franchise boulevard strip that may include Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell, Bennigan's, Denny's, or a variation of these. It is the same strip that people travel on to reach the local shopping mall (Parker Talwar 45)."
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Retail Logistics Systems, 2002.
A paper which studies the logistics involved in retail establishments.
4,550 words (approx. 18.2 pages), 24 sources, APA, $ 118.95
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This paper provides an overview of the logistics involved in 21st-century retail in a variety of different types of retail establishments. Because the realm of logistics is so large and so complicated, this paper focuses primarily on the distribution element of logistics although it touches on distribution networks in the overall system of retail logistics. The paper shows how companies now have a wide range of distribution networks and channels available to them as they attempt to match consumers with goods. It shows that some companies, including superstores like Wal-Mart, rely on complex centrally planned and located logistics systems to convey goods to customers while others rely primarily on the wonders of the Internet to structure their logistical problems. This paper examines only the retail market, or only those commercial activities involved in selling items directly to the consumer for personal use.
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"Transportation of retail goods is an arena that has been especially affected by globalization. We saw evidence of this last year when there were clashes between Mexican and American truck drivers, strict interpreters of NAFTA, and environmentalists. With lower standards for pollution allowed for Mexican trucks, many Americans did not want more of these trucks crossing the border into the United States ? for these trucks would bring both retail goods and smog with them."
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The Retail Sector in the U.S., 2004.
A current look at the economic situation of the retail sector in the United States.
3,133 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 91.95
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This paper presents an analysis of the retail industry in the U.S. and explains how sales and growth in retail reflect the economic recovery, or lack of recovery, that is underway. The paper looks at a variety of types of retail stores, including up-scale stores and stores that cater more toward middle-class or lower-income consumers, and points out that the lackluster sales in both retail areas make predictions of future economic recovery and growth difficult.
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"The retailer sector was lately affected by the back-to-school shopping season, which did not start so well, as midprice department stores, discounters and specialty-apparel retailers announced disappointing sales results during August, which reinforced the already much debated concerns that consumers are not comfortable with the current state of the economy and are reluctant to consume, considering the shaky and uneven economic recovery."
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E-Commerce and Canadian Retail Industry, 2005.
This paper discusses the impact of E-Commerce on the Canadian retail industry.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This four page undergraduate paper examines the impact of e-commerce on the Canadian retail industry. The writer notes that it is evident that from a retailer's perspective, successfully marketing e-commerce on the Internet is of vital importance to anyone in the retail business today. Further, the writer discusses that online retailing has quickly become an important and attractive method of reaching customers.
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"In critically analyzing the impact of e-commerce on the Canadian retail industry, it is evident that from a retailer's perspective, successfully marketing e-commerce on the Internet is of vital importance to anyone in the retail business today. Online retailing, which didn't even exist fifteen years ago, and which had only been a subsidiary element of most retail businesses until the mid-nineteen-nineties, is rapidly becoming a primary means of reaching customers and selling them one's products."
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Technology in Retail, 2004.
This paper is a study proposal regarding the influence of Internet technology on the retail business.
3,091 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 21 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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This proposal intends to discuss the impact to which ITBIM has affected the retail organization. It then plans to identify the limitations of ITBIM for retailers and discuss the future of ITBIM and some of the tools that are becoming available for the retailer. It conceptualizes the changes that these tools will bring to the retail industry.
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"The impact of technology on the retail industry has opened a new cyber-world of opportunity. Each new step into a technologically equipped retail environment is a step out of the inefficient, and labor intensive manually managed marketplace which is only as effective as the manager?s memory. In the past 3 decades, beginning with the invention of the barcode as a tool to manage inventory levels, retailers have been able to become more familiar with their product?s movement through the use of technology, and computer based innovations."
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Retail Clothing in South Africa, 2002.
An industry analysis of competitive advantage in the South African clothing retail environment.
10,408 words (approx. 41.6 pages), 22 sources, MLA, $ 208.95
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The purpose of this paper is to practice critical analytical skills using strategic management tools. Some of those tools include the application of Porter's Five Forces Model (1998), Porter's Generic Strategies (1998), Slack's (2001) Five Performance Objectives and the Importance Performance Matrix as used by Martilla and James. In the application of the above-mentioned tools and others, the clothing retail industry is selected for this particular study. Four retail chains, namely Mr Price Weekend, Pep Stores, Edgars and Levi-Strauss, are selected and investigated using the above-mentioned tools. The key rationales for selecting the above chains is to fulfil the requirement that the retail chains be easily accessible and are able to be visited by the syndicate group members.
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Synopsis
Introduction
The Retail Industry Within the Macro Economical Framework
Porter's Five Forces Model of Industry Structure
Corporate Profiles
Research
Limitations of The Research
Conclusion and Recommendations
Reference
Appendix A Geographical Representation of Sample Stores
Appendix B Tabulated Results of Organisations
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"HIV/AIDS has reached epidemic proportion. Although statistics vary greatly between government research and that done by large employer groups, Naidu & Vhuromu (2002) believe that AIDS related deaths will double over the next decade. Countries which have a HIV infection rate of greater than 20 percent will see their GDP contract by one percent per annum,( Naidu et al (2002). This impacts particularly on the textile industry which predominantly uses skilled and semi-skilled labourers who are is predominantly affected by this disease,( Naidu et al (2002). The clothing industry growth will be hampered by the spread of this disease as it chips away at the human capital base."
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Online Retail in the Taiwanese Market, 2004.
Thesis paper discussing methods for increasing online consumer purchases in the Taiwanese market.
9,251 words (approx. 37.0 pages), 47 sources, APA, $ 191.95
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This paper investigates strategies that can be used by online retailing stores to encourage and increase online consumer purchasing behavior. The paper focuses on the Taiwanese market and considers relevant factors, such as trends, behavior patterns of customers, purchasing habits, product lines, and ideas that work in Western markets that are applicable to Taiwanese markets.
Strategy and Planning for Online Stores
Measuring Effectiveness of Websites of Online Stores
SWOT Analysis of Operating an Online Retail Store
Strengths of Online Retailing in Taiwan
Weaknesses of Online Retailing in Taiwan
Opportunity for Online Retailing in Taiwan
Threats Faced by Online Retailing in Taiwan
The Taiwanese Market and the Market's Readiness for Online Retailing
P.E.S.T. Analysis of Taiwan
Porter's Market Analysis of the Online Retail Market
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"There is no doubt that the environment within which the organization operates has a great influence on the market share of the product lines of the company. Similarly, there is no doubt that the environment within which the organization operates has a great influence on the sales that the company can hope to make using online retail concepts. For example, a market that has a large number of Internet users will have larger volume of online purchasers. At the same time however, the Internet can also offer individuals located at destinations that are very geographically apart an option to purchase products that might have otherwise not been available to them. Therefore, a customer in Taiwan could purchase a product from a store based in the U.S., U.K. or Australia without ever having to leave their homes."
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