The main advantages of the do-it-yourself approach include …show more content…
The company has room to grow and expand its business under a do-it-for-me approach since they may be numerous revenue sources. However, the liabilities and risks rest upon the company, which may lead to losses in case something goes bad. A company incurs more expenses than in a do-it-yourself business approach in skilled labor and training. Therefore, Auto-Mart should use a do-it-for-me approach.
One of the companies that uses a do-it yourself business approach is Home Depot, Inc. whereby consumers get free workshops on growing lush lawns to keep the pests away, common door styles, building outdoor football toss game, toilet installations as well as building wooden beverage stands. However, this approach flopped in China, whose culture favors a do-it-for-me business approach.
The modern consumer is very busy and as such needs to spend little time on every brand or service companies offer. Therefore, a do-it-for-me business emphasis would be more profitable since consumers would favor a company that does everything for the consumer in exchange for money as evidenced by the case of Home Depot, Inc. in