Shayna, I totally agree with your assessment. Traditional retailers need to diversify into the e-commerce market to compete with online retailers; the practice is commonly called multichannel retailing (Lewis, Whysall, & Foster, 2014). Brick-and-Mortar stores are showrooms for online retailers such as Amazon; thus, they need to differentiate themselves from online retailers. Brick-and-Mortar stores should go above and beyond in the customer service area and invest in employees that have the technical knowledge to educate consumers. By including the enhanced in-store experience, consumers may place added value to the face-to-face experience. I'm glad you incorporated the power of influence. When I shop online, one of the parameters
Social shopping is another aspect of ecommerce that is predicted to influence online shopping behaviors
(Anderson, 2015) Department stores such as Dillard’s, Macy’s and Nordstrom, have experienced challenges, the channel's long slump raises questions about the overall health and relevancy of the department store sector. Let's be honest; department stores for the most part are being 'out-retailed' by the specialty stores and online shopping. The favorable sales growth Vera Bradley showed in 2016 was driven by new store openings rather than an increase in comparable store sales. Although revenue rose 1% year-over-year in 2016 Q1, its total comps, including e-commerce, actually fell 4.6%. (Vera Bradley 10K, 2018)
M8: Assignment 3 Deniro Dawson Justin Palyvoda Caitlin Gayle Po Melanie Shane INFO 290_21 Professor Chen Macy’s vs. JCPenney Word Count: 1205 Introduction Macy's, Inc. is a retail company operating stores, websites and mobile applications under various brands, such as Macy's. The Company sells a range of merchandise, including apparel and accessories, cosmetics, home furnishings and other consumer goods.
Dillard's and Macy's are both retail department stores that generally target the middle-to-higher-priced market, offering women's, men's, and children's clothing and accessories; house wares; home furnishings; and furniture. Dillard's was found by William Dillard in 1938 and has evolved to a business that now generates $6.78 billion in revenue in 2015. Dillard's holds a presence is the South, Southwest and Midwest. Dillard's has over 300 stores operating in 29 different states. Macy's has deep roots dating back to 1818.
Consumers are opting for online purchasing options that make them buy the products as per their own convenience, which includes in store pickups and home delivery. It also helps them get products that are refurbished, discounted, and have the best reviews. Therefore, the main reason for the closing of the stores is the competition between online and offline retailing. This competition has led to the rapidly declining annual income of major retailers such as Macy’s and Kohl’s. Macy’s and Kohl’s are closing their store and consolidating their strategic positions.
01.01 Explain what is meant by customer service in the retail sector Customer service is vital in the retail sector as it can make or break a business. If the retail business does not have the monopoly on the products or services it provides, they must introduce tools and behaviours that will entice customers into the business instead of the market competitors. Customer service plays a major role as it is usually engrained in the business plan and continually evolves. Customer service is essentially the interactions between a business and the consumer, however the interaction is the responsibility of the business and the consumer is aware of this. Customer service can occur face to face with consumers, over the telephone, written correspondences either postal or email and also online through the retail website or social media.
Macy's and Nordstrom are common middle to high class department stores. Macy's and Nordstrom may have similarities, but they also have differences with customers they market to. The typical age for a Macy's customer is between the age of 24-44 and Nordstrom's typical customers age from 18-34; however, they both have a majority of female customers. It is common for both store customers to be married with kids. Nordstrom customers are commonly higher class than most Macys customers therefore typical Nordstrom's customer make approximately $100,00 annual income while Macy's customers approximately make 75,000 annually.
Description: The speaker Kevin told us that the position of retail support takes up 1 in every 4 American jobs as there are around 3793 retail entailments offering 42 million jobs with $2.6 trillion in total GOP. Ross Stores, INC. currently havs a revenues of 11.9 billion, ranking #269 in the year 2015, however, in year 2012 they was # 278 and in year 2011 they was at #299. Ross keeps growing and extending, some of their strategies of where and how to grow their business were learned from other companies’ experience such as Target. They delivery bargains so they offer everyday low pricing with wide assortment of style and fashion with constant flow of fresh merchandise as their products do not repeat after 90 days. Also they place their products following the shopping habit in order to attract and lead the customers to purchase more.
Consumers looking to save money and shop at a food market that has that hometown feel need look no further than Aldi or Trader Joe’s. Each store offers unique products ranging from organic, gluten free, store-brand, and name-brand products. While it is true that Aldi and Trader Joe’s are owned by members of the Albrecht family, they are not sister companies. I visited the new Aldi location in Wentzville, Missouri and spoke to the manager of the store who gave me this background information about the two companies. Aldi is a German based company that has stores in multiple countries, while Trader Joe’s is only found in the United States.
Lewis, you talked about unique items that are provided or carried by Apple Market as opposed to the big chain stores, does their community strategy include selling products from the local farmers and producers? This type of relationship building not only supports the bottom line it provides direct interaction with their community on a level that the big chains retailers often forget. Customer service is a goal for all companies it would seem that organizations size has a direct impact on the time delta for customer complaint resolutions. I like most people perceive the big chain stores customer service lacks honesty, whereby the loss of one customer in the big picture does not seem to matter. The opposite is the case with the neighborhood-oriented
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The sector is witnessing a radical change as traditional retail markets are replacing with new formats such as discounts stores, departmental stores, hypermarkets, supermarkets etc. In this competitive environment the retailers are more forced to concentrate towards Customer service & their satisfaction. In retail stores, the customer service is includes like counter service, billing the products, offer explanation to customers, providing them coupons, explain the product
Mid-Term Exam Your Mele P Tuifua American Public University (Charles Town, West Virginia) Abstract This paper analyzes and compares the companies Walmart and Amazon. After explaining a brief overview of each company, we will look at how Walmart stays profitable by having a good relationship with suppliers, and how they keep their competitive position in the global market.
We all know that shopping at stores requires us to go to mall or department stores in buying supplies and spend our money. Now we live in the age of internet and buying things can now be done by clicking a mouse. Because of the numerous benefits of shopping online more and more people these days prefer online shopping over conventional shopping. But which one gives us the best benefits? Our discussion centered on three differences between shopping at stores and shopping online.
1.0) Introduction 1.1) Background During the past decades, the retailing industry has gone through many important changes. Saturated markets, fierce competition, and the turbulent macro-economic environment have condemned retailers to reconsider their retail strategy. Actually there are four factors which have constantly been reshaping the world of business – technological advances such as the internet, the loss of geographic advantage resulting from globalization, the shake-up of the traditional industries as a result of de-regulation and the rising power of the modern and complex consumer. However one of the most important factors remains the evolution of the Internet.