Running head: CASE ANALYSIS – CVS: THE WEB STRATEGY
Abstract
CVS decided to expand its services by opening a Web -based drugstore. Initially, there were many doubts concerning how to do it “right”; building it from start, or acquisition were the options on hand. After studying the possibilities CVS decided to acquire Soma.com and gradually (less than 3 months) turn it into CVS.com. There were many challenges during the process: coordinating a bicoastal organization (Soma.com headquarters were in Seattle and CVS headquarters were in Rhode Island), determining how the reimbursement were going to be handle for online purchases, building brand awareness and increasing traffi c and sales on the new channel (the Web). This paper
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independents.
Strong and increasing direct competition
Possibility of being able to have an ‘online
(Drugstore.com, Planet Rx, Walgreens.com
pharmacy’ built within the PBM’s dispensary
and e-pharmacy.com), as well as indirect
(Shah, 1999, p.9).
(healthcare sites without prescription filling such as WebMD, which later became
Healtheon).
Mail-order companies created by PBMs to fill long-term prescriptions created a conflict of interest between suppliers and online drugstores.
CVS had everything figured out for a smooth launching and operation of cvs.com: detailed and careful design purchasing process, differentiated prices, and quality customer service. All these were supported on CVS’ brand equity. However, they forgot to truly integrate both companies not only technol ogically but functionally. Even though it appeared to be the best way to do it, having different marketing teams on different time zones created an issue for the company. That was onl y one of CVS integration issues, another one was that the website database was not synchronized with the stores database, which made the e - mail reminder tool ineffective. It appears to be that the main cause of cvs.com issues was the rush of launching the
Distribution: Not only online shopping for retailing, but also a lot of addresses over the world such as Canada, Australia, US …
-Lack of co-ordination between different service providers. Regular meetings should be set so that each partner is able to make them to keep up to date and can add any information that may be needed.
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CVS and Walgreens continue to fight as top competitors in a growing market. CVS has over 7,000 stores nationwide and is expanding, as is Walgreens today with over 8,000 stores. This market isn’t particularly easy to enter as a major player in the market early because of all the work that needs to be put in to install as many brick and mortar stores or get that much of the market share in a short amount of time. It takes many years to be truly established as a pharmacy chain as Walgreens has experienced, being founded in 1901 and CVS being founded in 1963. This is why the barriers to entry are somewhat high because of the high fixed costs with the construction of brick and mortar stores.
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In today's businesses e-commerce is becomingly more effective in the modern world. Two major companies stand out, one solely relying on online business and the other both store and online services. Most individuals are familiar with these companies, Amazon and Nike. Both of these companies carry strong points in their own right, and as demand for their products grows, so does opportunity. Amazon was once very plain and unattractive but was still the primary bookseller for consumers on the Web, and
The strategic vision here at CVS Health is to continue to expand health care options to our valued customers. As our image changes to a store that reflects overall health, we will stock our stores with items geared towards health and wellness. Over the next few years, we will form partnerships with companies whose products fit our new motto of “A happy me is a healthy me.”, by filling the store shelves with healthy alternatives while phasing out items that do not meet our vision goals. Our pharmacy will continue to add value priced prescription drugs to our Caremark Value Priced Generic Drug List so our customers have access to lower priced drugs. For our family consumers, CVS Health will create long-term contracts with our suppliers to ensure the best prices will be given on diapers, wipes, baby food, diapers, baby powder, and all household items needed for a family. With these already low prices, our Extra Care Savings, will be offer individualized coupons based on the customer’s purchasing history. Lastly, we will look at surrounding heath care stores to see if adding a MinuteClinic to an existing CVS Health store will provide a quality alternative for care. With our price
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