IT-210 Final Project: Submission Gina Glowacki Southern New Hampshire University February 19, 2017 Case Synthesis Harrison Kirby is the owner and operator of a local golf course with a shop. He is looking for his business to branch out and reach more customers, so he wants to create an e-commerce website. He would like to offer less than 150 products online for in-store pickup or delivery. Mr. Kirby would also like customers to be able to set up tee time through the online website. The central role IT is playing for Mr. Kirby is really important because this will bring him more business, and bring in more customers to his store and golf course. As his intern, I received his email about conducting some research to find different e-commerce hosting services that will help with his retail golfing supply business get online. Harrison had some specifications for his business, which include; buying and selling his products online, having a description of the different products, customer reviews, and also being able to schedule tee time for customers. After reviewing the list of features Harrison was looking for, I went out and found some very helpful …show more content…
Kirby should keep in mind. One big competition I noticed was Fiddler’s Green Golf Course. They have an 18-hole Par-3 golf course that covers 2,378 yards of land (Fiddler’s Green, 2014). They have a very large selection of product for customers to choose from, along with many different brands as well. IT plays a big role with this company because they have a well maintained online website, with links to social media and they also use intelligent systems. Social media is really important because it easily connects with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and their eBay store. This website shows product description and customer reviews, but doesn’t suggest what customers also bought when viewing a certain item, or purchasing items
CanGo, Inc., founded in 1996 by founder and CEO Elizabeth and her friend Andrew, is located in Hudson Valley. It is an online company that is able to offer a wide variety of books, music and videos to consumers and end users. In addition to that, the company also recently included online gaming service for a low subscription fee. Although it was stated in the video that the company quickly became the fastest growing company in Hudson Valley with its larger than expected growth over the last few years, it is clearly all by chance. They may have been growing tremendously, but the
E-Commerce Solutions Kitchen Karousel offers specialty kitchen products to a higher-end target market. The existing website is very basic and lists a quick description of their store, location and various featured products. While the website contains basic information, it does not provide product details outside of the featured products. Also, there is no shopping cart and therefore no ability to purchase items online. This severely restricts their ability to be competitive in today’s global market. An essential element of any business looking to compete online is the ability to
Smith Systems Consulting has been at the forefront of the Information Technology Services and Consulting industry since it was founded in 1984. Their driving vision has been to provide the absolute best to their customers in all aspects of services and prices at rates that are affordable. They believe they can do this because they employ the best in the industry. Their simple approach to customer service has been that if they take care of their customers and employees, then everything else will take care of itself. This straight forward approach, while packed full of energy and meaning, has proven to not be sufficient in delivering the absolute best to
The overall aim of the project will be to create an online presence to showcase their products. The website will reduce advertising costs and also streamline the ordering process.
We are aiming at understanding how Recreational Equipment INC. (REI) achieved a competitive advantage through their strategies and how they implemented those strategies. REI differs from the other sporting goods stores in their quality product selection, complements, and excellent brand name promotion. These qualities enable REI to sell merchandise at premium price levels (Morse, 2003).
However, GameStop is still at a disadvantage, because there are such a large number of competitors in the industry. Buyer’s bargaining power are high, since there is no brand loyalty in the industry. Customers are very well aware of the market price of a product and will look for the best deals they can find. Suppliers have high bargaining power since suppliers can choose to integrate forward and sell their products themselves. The success of the retail gaming industry is very dependent on the availability of supplier’s goods. Additionally, since there are low barriers of entrance, substitute products and new entrants often appear in the market. Since most competitors in the industry do not have a strong presence, the expected retaliation towards new entrants is low. An increasing popularity of smartphone games and social media games such as Farmville on Facebook, allows customers to play against friends. Although these social media games do not offer the same experience as a video game, the fact that virtually no switching cost is associated with switching to a competitor’s game and since they are so cheap compared to video game disk and consoles, can easily drive customers from video gaming to online gaming. (Exhibit 2)
Tony’s Chips is a medium sized company that wants to enhance its operations by using e- commerce or what some people would say the web or Internet. The new company has set its sights on moving the current system from an externally hosted website to one that is hosted internally. Furthermore, the site will be redesigned so that customers will be able to place orders through the website and have them delivered as before. The design of the new system will be able to provide more data storage, faster retrieval, better security features and recovery solutions in the event that the website
Weinrich 2001 study states "low-income African American single mothers are at high risk for poor health status related to a number of risk factors. Race, income, education, and living conditions have all been associated with health status" (as cited in Hatcher, J., Rayens, M. K., Peden, A. R., Hall, L. A.[Predictors of Depression for Low-Income African American Single Mothers], 2008).I am not just another statistic. I have embraced the many speed bump that life has thrown at me. That is one of my strengths. I do not allow situations to oppress me. Yes, I am African American. Yes, I am a single mom. I have often heard, no you can't do this or you can't do that. But let me tell you, I refuse to give up. I have dreams of becoming an auditor for the USDA or FDA.
A steady increase in the popularity of online sales has caused a major push towards e-commerce in the retail industry.
The development of the Internet and more specifically the business website has seen brand recognition by consumers escalate to never before seen heights. Because of this brand recognition, it has become important for businesses to design their websites to reflect their overall marketing strategies. This is especially important in the retail world. All retail businesses have a similar overall marketing strategy of generating sales and retaining the customer for future sales. Most of the retail giants still greatly rely on the success of their brick and mortar stores to turn a profit. However, internet sales for these brick and mortar stores have increasingly risen over the last few years to compete with the retail stores like Amazon that are strictly internet based businesses. Brick and mortar retail stores, such as Walmart, Target, Kmart, and Nordstrom, have each designed their websites to reflect the overall retail marketing strategy as well as the individual marketing strategies that have made their brick and mortar businesses successful.
Colonialism is a cultural phenomenon that traces back hundreds of years and has affected nearly every region in the world. The effects of colonialism have significantly affected the countries of the Arab world and the Middle East. The 1800 's were known as the "colonial era", and most of the occupation in the Middle East took place during that era. While we are supposedly living in the days of "post colonialism”, there are still signs of colonization evident in the Arab world today. Throughout the readings of Fatima Mernissi and Ahdaf Soueif, the reader comes across the theme of colonization. The British colonization of Egypt is very similar to the French colonization of Morocco during the 19th century. Despite the negative connotations imperialism has in history, after reading the novels, in the long run colonization has given more opportunities to the lives of Egyptians and Moroccans, especially women, in the terms of individual freedom.
Many organizations industriously look for the opportunity to gain the competitive advantages in their industries. One of the opportunities that frequently used by the organization is the implementation of e-commerce. Thus, the e-commerce and the online sale transaction become popular in each industry. E-commerce provides many benefits, such as the saving of shopping time, the cost savings, convenience, and free from geographical constraints.
Many businesses have shown that after implementing an e-commerce system into their companies, sales have increased immensely. Sneaker Joe’s is a small family run business that is looking to expand their business after the sneakers they sell have shown to be very popular locally, after a picture of them was spotted on a social networking site. I have been looking at some of the most popular websites that consumers use to purchase their goods and what kind of commerce system they have in place, but first, I have written an explanation of the different types of ecommerce used today.
More and more users with minimal technical expertise are getting online, and they are demanding simple, fast, easy-to-use e-commerce sites. The Web makes switching (to a competitor) fast, cheap, and as easy as typing in a new URL.
I wished never to have to write about the early passing of anyone. I felt it strongest almost a decade when my little brother left this world from a heart condition. A great sadness when happenstance take an amazing mind. In honor of Dmitrius aka Dmitri, I have re-posted all the audios we did below. (Beware, the earlier audio is of quite low quality.)