Online Shopping And Electronic Retailing Video Reviews
Business Finance
Firstly take time to review the three videos on online shopping and answer the following five questions.
Word Limit: 1500 – 2000 words (excluding cover page/table of contents, written assessment question, reference/bibliography, and tables, images or charts/diagrams)
- Does the growth in ‘online shopping’ mean the extinction of the typical ‘high street’ store?
- Examine the various models, ‘clicks’, ‘bricks’, ‘bricks & clicks’ and ‘clicks & bricks’. Which if any is the most sustainable?
- We are increasingly hearing the term omni-channel retailing what does this mean and how can businesses exploit this new phenomenon?
- Why are online travel services such a popular Internet application? Why do so many web sites provide free travel information?
- Compare the advantages and disadvantages of distributing digitisable products electronically versus physically.
Questions should be answered based on both of the following:
At least five relevant sources on online shopping (books, journals, conference papers, reputable websites, etc.) to enhance and develop ideas from the three videos; AND
The three assessment videos on online shopping (please view these)
1.GfK(GFK,2015):Young Shoppers expect brick-and-click retailing
2.Has brick-and-mortar stores lost the battle against e-commerce?
3.Amazon to open its first brick-and- mortar store in New York City
