Japan is a large market for bookselling industry. According to the case‚ Japanese retail bookselling industry has an annual sale of nearly 8 billion dollars. Even though there seem to be a big opportunity for the retail bookselling company to entry Japan‚ there are things that need to be considered‚ especially a law of Resale Price Maintenance System or Saihan System. Since 1953 Japanese publications must be sold at fix price due to the Saihan system. It has a huge impact on the publication business
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Case Study of “Bookoff‚ Amazon Japan‚ and the Japanese Retail Bookselling Industry” 1. The reasons for the profitability of large Japanese retail booksellers relatively poor and their scale relatively small. One reason for this is that there is no significant industry consolidation has occurred‚ so there is no dominant bookseller‚ because there is a unique formal institution which is price-fixing system that makes it illegal for larger and potentially more efficient competitors to use price competition
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Case Study of “Bookoff‚ Amazon Japan‚ and the Japanese Retail Bookselling Industry” Una Hu 1 Why is the profitability of large Japanese retail booksellers relatively poor and their scale relatively small? According to the case‚ ‘stagnation in sales along with the steady increase of costs over time has reduced the profitability of both large chains and small stores’ (Peng 2009‚ p. 391). There are several reasons that results in the relatively poor profitability of large Japanese retail booksellers
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Bookselling in Japan The following is a slightly modified version of a paper submitted by Siebert Neethling as an assignment for a Master’s Degree course in International Business in 2009. The paper answered specific questions relating to a case study on the book industry in Japan and information is relevant to the case study as presented. Integrative Case Study BOOKOFF‚ AMAZON JAPAN‚ AND THE JAPANESE RETAIL BOOKSELLING INDUSTRY Siebert Neethling On a per capita basis‚ the Japanese book industry
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www.pwc.com/us/nes THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE U.S. RETAIL INDUSTRY August 2011 Prepared for National Retail Federation The Economic Impact of the U.S. Retail Industry THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE U.S. RETAIL INDUSTRY Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I. II. III. IV. V. INTRODUCTION INDUSTRY DEFINITION NATIONAL RESULTS STATE RESULTS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RESULTS E-1 1 3 6 11 26 APPENDICES A. B. DETAILED STATE-BY-STATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT RESULTS DATA SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY
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of Industry This industry analysis will aid in discussing the industry in which Amazon.com will be located. Amazon.com is a part of the online retailing industry‚ which allows for consumers to purchase goods using the Internet and company websites. We will also determine how the company will compete in this industry. The online retail industry is affected by many trends in the general public. Some of these trends include‚ cultural trends‚ social trends‚ and technological trends. E-retail allows
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KENEX A SEARCH IN RE TE ITU ST DI SC ER E ET DOCE RE [ white paper ] The Strategic Employee Survey By Jack Wiley‚ Ph.D.‚ Kenexa® Research Institute Excerpt taken from “The Human Resources Revolution: Why Putting People First Matters‚” by Ronald Burke‚ Editor A n employee survey can be one of the most powerful tools for management in assessing the effectiveness of its strategy and maximizing the potential in its human capital. Strategic employee surveys can be used in four
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In order to promote the growth and development of the Japanese auto industry the government began its involvement by obtaining military trucks in 1937 from automakers like‚ Toyota‚ Nissan‚ and Isuzu. General Motors (GM) and Ford had already established factories inside Japan‚ the low tariffs in Japan helped further the incentive to develop foreign factories inside Japan. These foreign factories really hurt Japan’s small automobile manufacturers who could not directly compete with the mass production
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Industry Overview Some 400‚000 specialty retail stores operate in the US with combined annual sales of $350 billion CAGR 2002-06: 5% Market is dominated by large players like Best Buy‚ Toys “R” Us‚ Gap‚ Sports Authority‚ etc The market size of some major product categories: o Shoes and clothing - $125 billion o Electronics and appliances - $85 billion o Jewelry - $25 billion o Sporting goods - $25 billion o Books - $25 billion Other categories include Toys‚ Music‚ Luggage‚
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international success in a particular industry. Porter theorizes indentified four broad attributes as constituting the diamond which are Factor endowments‚ Demand conditions‚ Relating and supporting industries‚ Firm strategy‚ Structure‚ and rivalry. These attributes can promote or impede the creation of competitive advantage. Hill‚ Charles W.L.(2011) ; Porter M.E. (1990) Factor endowments refers to a nation’s position in factors of production necessary to compete in a given industry. It can lead to competitive
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