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1. Activity questions…………………………………………………………….…2 2. Introduction………………………………………………………….….………3 3. P1….…………………………..….…………………………………...………...3 4. P2.……………………………………………………………...……..…......…..6 5. M2...………………………………………………….……………...…………..7 6. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………….9 7. References……………………………………………………………………….9
Assessment activity 10.1
P1, P2 & M1
Two major developments in the first decade of the 21st century were the widespread use of the Internet and the growth of high street coffee shops such as Starbucks and Costa Coffee. A business opportunity that combines these two ideas is to set up a town centre coffee shop that offers wireless Internet connection, computer terminals and
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There are several ways of conducting a survey: Face-to-face Postal Telephone Internet E-mail [pic] [pic] [pic][pic] [pic]
❖ E-market research is questionnaires online. There are two main approaches:
1) Standard questionnaires: is when the computer user receives a questionnaire that they fill in related to a particular topic.
2) Interactive questionnaires: is when the questions are presented one at a time. ❖ Focus group is a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked about their perceptions, opinions, beliefs and attitudes towards a product, service, concept, advertisement, idea, or packaging. Focus group is excellent for providing ‘rich’ information. ❖ Field trial and piloting is a new product placing in selected stores to test customer response under real-life selling conditions. It is excellent way of finding out how consumers behave in a setting that closely represents the real market.
SECONDARY MARKET RESEARCH involves analyzing information that already has been gathered for another purpose.
Two main sources of secondary research: ❖ Internal: information that already exists within the business (usually is the quickest, cheapest and most convenient source of information available).
For example: ← Data records ← Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) ← Website monitoring ← E-transactions ←
* Internal: The data or information is gathered by the company which uses the data or information.
3. The policy should be changed and this impact AAA to acquire more Wholesalers and grow their profit margin by allowing the label.
DABC is one of the biggest clothes manufacturing located in Melbourne, Australia. The first DABC clothes store was established in 1990 in Collingwood under the name AB Clothes with only 4 staffs. After almost 30 years operating, DABC has become one of the fastest growing Australian brands with now over 80 stores throughout Australia and 3 flagship stores located in 3 Melbourne largest shopping centers. DABC has provided the outfit solutions and is famous with its sharp tailoring, top quality, high competitive model and shiny accessories. It is one of the most searched fashion stores for metropolitan men and women.
Establish guidelines for researching and gathering information and work with the staff to gather and evaluate the data.
The focus group (a less formal forum) included a medical doctor, two residents, two community members, two family members of the residents, nurses, director of nursing, the administrator, a member of the board of the directors, an IT specialist and human resource personnel. A focus group is a specialized group interview in which group members are not told exactly what the interviewer wants to
I declare that this assignment is all my own work and the sources of information and material I have used (including the internet) have been fully identified and properly acknowledged as required.
Focus group: a small interview of people who are brought together to discuss a particular topic.
Flexible and inexpensive, focus groups consist of six to ten participants (Hartman, 2004, p. 408). Additionally, a moderator guides the discussion among its panel members that allows researchers to observe real-time verbal responses and nonverbal cues (Hartman, 2004, p. 402; Cooper & Schindler, 2014, p. 160). Focus groups moderators also have the ability to introduce new ideas to gain a greater understanding of concerns from respondents (Hartman, 2004, p. 402). However, a concern with focus group is the lack of anonymity due to the face-to-face participation.
This article represents a focus group type of qualitative research. According to Qualitative Research Consultants Association (2015), in focus group qualitative research, a group of individuals who share a need, life circumstance, or habit relevant to the research issue(s) at hand are led in a discussion by a modulator. The focus group discussions often include between two to ten respondents, and are often held face to face. They can also be conducted remotely through videoconferencing, teleconferencing, or
Primary research is where we get information straight from the customers. These could include interviews, questionnaires, analysing purchase records and feedback. Secondary research uses published information such as yellow pages, newspaper reports and articles in trade journals.
Focus groups are a prominent method of enquiry, regularly used within the field of social science and in particular, qualitative research. The focus group practice involves a number of participants having an open discussion on a specific topic, set by a researcher. The researcher acts as a moderator to aid discussion by using probes to collect desirable data. This process is recorded and transcripts are used to interpret and analyse given information.
By analyzing consumer preferences and satisfaction across different areas of fast food and especially those of Wendy’s fast food stores and those in the macro fast food environment and employing proper analysis to gain an in-depth understanding into these trends, will allow for the understanding of trends in the market and to then be able to target weaker areas where Wendy’s might be lacking. The successful application of strategy to this areas could potentially lead to a number of results or a combination of, including an increase in profitability, market share and/or customer satisfaction, among others.
A Focus group is defined as a research technique that collects data through a group interaction, on a given topic from the researcher. Along with this definition are some essential components. Firstly, it states that, focus groups are research methods devoted to data collection. Secondly, it signifies the interaction of group discussion as a source of data. Lastly, it acknowledges the active role of researchers in establishing the group discussion in order to collect data (David, 1996.p.130).
First is focus group method, focus group is defined as a group of individuals providing information in a structured format. A moderator leads the group of about 8 to 14 participants through an open, in-depth discussion rather than simply asking questions to solicit participants’ responses. The group is stimulated by comments from other group members in creatively conceptualizing and developing a new
This paper focuses on presenting the steps for starting a coffee shop and ensuring its successful functioning. The paper presents an analysis of the target segment of customers and the coffee shop's specific features, continuing with the project's objectives. The paper sets few recommendations aiming at presenting ideas that will ensure the coffee shop's success in the medium term and long term. The results were positive, which means that opening a coffee shop with library will probably be a good idea and will be a good business investment.