Case Study Of Yorkdale's Online Malls

1. Imagine yourself as the manager of a struggling local suburban regional shopping mall. What do you think the mall should do to improve its performance?

The strength of a claim is in the empirical evidence presented and this case study “The Mall of America” (Mall) is no different. The Si-Minn Developers Limited Partnership (Si-Minn LP) defense and disclosure of their decision to purchase the material interest in MOAC LP are reflective of their fiduciary duty to Melvin Simon & Associate stakeholders their parent company. On the other hand, Triple Five Minnesota Inc. (Triple Five) indifference in the investment returns was reflected in their tacit indolent response to the initial offering by “Teachers”, confirming that Si-Minn LP acted in the beneficial best interest of both the seller (Teachers), and partnership with Triple Five in spite of their dissatisfaction.

The author starts the book off with an introduction of Canadian retail stores and how they came into business relatively after the ones in US and Britain. However, the largest departmental stores such as Eaton’s, Simpson’s,

The Hudson’s Bay Company is higher end department store that offers high quality items. In Winnipeg, there are 3 locations; one in St. Vital which is known for their middle class shoppers. The second location is the Downtown location which is popular among the downtown workers who shop during their lunch break or after their work day is over. The downtown location was the largest location in Winnipeg, over the past few years, they have begun to diminution the size on their store, slowing decreasing the amount of floors they occupied. The third location is the Polo Park location which is located in an upper class shopping center. All of the three locations serve to a slightly different target market. The location that this paper will focus on is the Polo Park Hudson’s Bay. Polo Park Hudson’s Bay is located in an upper scale shopping mall. The shopping mall includes many upscale shopping stores. Polo Park Hudson’s Bay target is female shoppers with higher incomes. “The majority of our shoppers are females in who live in the River Heights area.”

The ancillary retail system in downtown Toronto is one of the most unique retail systems in

Hudson’s Bay has the largest department store at Toronto’s downtown Queen Street at about 1000000 square feet. Sears has 149552 square feet at Fairview mall (“Wikipedia, 2015). Hudson’s Bay ‘s target market is the middle and upper income. The company has a variety of selections in each department and offers high-end brands. Hudson’s Bay has many large departments such as housewares,

* It will be starting out with stores in major cities in Ontario and in four western provinces – with plans of expanding to Quebec

Canada’s department stores experienced significant success despite entering the retail market much after stores in Great Britain, France and the United States. After being established in the 1880’s and 90’s, they experienced rapid growth and eventually surpassed major international stores such as Macys, Fields and Wanamaker in sales and store size. This national market domination was far more prominent than anywhere elsewhere in the world (44). Their quick fortune was driven by the innovative use of catalogues and the opening of numerous branches during their heyday in the early 1900’s. This put primarily Eaton’s, but also Simpson’s and HBC, in the spotlight as globally recognized Canadian department stores. These great retail stores had a momentous effect on the Canadian

Hudson’s Bay has diversity of fancy housewares, clothing and shoes. The company has way more expensive displays and products than Sears. In the Queen location at Toronto, there are specialty stores such as Burberry boutique, Coach store, Fur salon and Top Shop/Top Man store, which is for high and middle-income class. The store carries many cosmetics and fragrance counters with popular brands. There are about seven floors in the Hudson’s Bay downtown Toronto out of which at least three floors are only specialized for ladies wear. There is a huge section specified for Petite and Plus size women as well as a newly introduced bridal boutique called Klein field. The bay has one of the best gift registry programs in Canada that allows the bride

Online shopping and in- store shopping are different in various ways. Online shopping has become an increasingly common staple of life in the 21st century. It is popularity can be credited to the fact that convenience highly valued in our world today. Online shopping is most convenient for individuals that don’t have time to go to the store. If you’re busy with an online job or online classes then online shopping can sometimes be more convenient. It’s also convenient since you don’t have to drive, catch the bus, wait in a long line, or deal with not being able to find item. All you have to do is type in the item you are looking for and it’s there. Once you find the item, you can order it anytime because online stores never close.

Toronto Eaton Centre is Canada's premier shopping destination. Millions of tourists a year visit this world-class shopping centre for its spectacular architecture and its selection of more than 230 retailers, restaurants and services. You will not want to miss one of the "must-see" things to do in

When comparing two different ways of shopping most people do not even think about the difference, they do both and not even realize it. In today's society people shop while at work, after work and on the weekends, whenever time permits. Stop and think how can I get more time in the day for family or just myself? The best way to figure that out with all the recourses we have is to go into a store and spend time looking through racks and waiting in endless lines to just purchase something. I compared going into a store verses online shopping; to see which one will save you time and money.

The bargaining power of customers is high. First of all, the customer size is tremendous globally, which also has an accelerating growth rate in recent years. Customers’ leverage is strengthening as a result of this. Another inevitable factor is that with countless retailors online, there is low switching cost for customers to find other alternative companies that suits their desire to conduct purchases. Moreover, consumers today are more sophisticated. Consumers are less commit to impulsive-buying, yet are more willing to study about product features and evaluate their options before purchasing online. Their purchase pattern can also be hard to learn too.

During research of this topic, a problem statement has been formulated that I believe requires some researching into. As with any problem statement, it needs to address the 6 questions that always would get asked concerning research worthy problem statements namely.

The traditional retail market has been transformed by technological advances. The internet today has allowed consumers to purchase various products from home ranging from apparel to groceries. The online shopping market has grown significantly within the past decade, leading to many online e-commerce startups such as Amazon, eBay, and mobile start-ups such as Instacart. While e-commerce provides convenience for shopping, it has created major disruption to the traditional shopping industries. Traditional retailers have since faced bankruptcy due to their inability to compete with such start-ups. The traditional American toy store, Toys R Us, announced its state of bankruptcy just last month due to a significant decline in sales. More and more consumers are turning to online giants such as Amazon to purchase daily items as a result of convenience. According to the Washington Post, Toys R Us is just one of more than 300 retailers to file for bankruptcy this year, as Americans ditch the shopping mall in favor of their laptops, smartphones, and tablets (Bhattarai, 2017). Shopping which used to require walking or a vehicle trip to stores is no longer required for consumers with online shopping. Online shopping has appealed to consumers worldwide by encompassing the business aspect of service convenience which constitute saving time and/or effort (Jiang, Yang, and Jun, 2012). For consumers whom have busy lives and those whom are physically disabled, online shopping is a positive