This article will: Prevent you from going bankrupt Demonstrate Internet opportunities for traditional retailers Show cost/profit modeling for effective e-business planning My motivation for this article is the analysis of commercially successful and commercially failing online grocery retailers. I have experience as wholesale supplier of two well managed but failing online grocery businesses. Management Summary Success of online grocery shopping depends on market potential and distribution
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COMPANY NAME/WEBSITE/INDUSTRY Company: FreshDirect Website: http://www.freshdirect.com Industry: Online Grocery BACKGROUND/HISTORY FreshDirect was founded in 1999 but fully operational in 2001. The company is a New York based and in the online grocery business. All of their customers shop online for their groceries that are delivered to their homes or place of business the next day. FreshDirect offers fresh produce‚ meat and seafood‚ shelf stable items and even prepared meals (www.freshdirect
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Webvan: Groceries on the Internet E-commerce MGNT 671 February 22‚ 2000 Ben Neely Brad Smith Sharon Winemiller Background and Problem Statement – Webvan was started in 1996 by Louis Borders and was established to sell groceries over the World Wide Web. George Shaheen resigned as CEO of Anderson Consulting to take advantage of the opportunity to become CEO of Webvan. Webvan‚ which originated as an online grocery service‚ delivers food (including its BestYet label‚ a co-brand
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led to mass resignations from workers‚ and the workforce was reduced to almost half. However‚ in the midst of all these challenges Fresh Direct was able to develop their 4 minute meal line which greatly boosted sales (Chatterjee & Laseter‚ 2004). SWOT Analysis Strengths • Convenience is their greatest attribute‚ by selling and delivering grocery products online. • Fresh Direct does not paying high rent to store their products‚ eliminating the middleman. • Advanced product inventory software
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model of Webvan is one centralized distribution serves a big area with 10-12 station under the help of temperature control trucks and automated system of conveyers and carousels. It is also called two-truck‚ hub-and spoke system of distribution. The SWOT analysis of Webvan shows the biggest strength of Webvan is 30 minute window delivery while the weakness is the goal maybe too ambitious to achieve. The biggest opportunity is to seize the social trend of online service and the biggest
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Grocery Checkout Key Issue Nathan Felder must decide whether or not it is in his best interest to listen to his investors and attempt faster growth. Alternatively‚ he needs to be able to defend to his investors that maintaining status quo is best for the company because it avoids the risks associated with the growth options. The final decision the needs to be made is whether or not he sells the company. Analysis External Analysis: Porters 5 forces helps to reveal the opportunities for growth
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Coles experiencing average return of an industry‚ It has continually perform well but it has seen a slowing growth as it cycles to Woolworths that is stronger and more aggressive major competitor. According to UBS report their view with Australian Supermarket Competitors in the year 2017-2018 there is an increase risk of a ‘Capex war’ and not in a price war. They believe that Coles will increased store refurbishment. Woolworths : There are 80 stores in FY17 that expects to refurbish.Their goal
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Case Study Report COMPANY NAME/WEBSITE/INDUSTRY FreshDirect‚ https://www.freshdirect.com‚ FreshDirect an online grocer that delivers to residences and offices in New York City metropolitan area. Also offering next day delivery to most of Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn‚ Queens‚ The Bronx‚ Staten Island‚ Nassau County‚ Westchester County‚ Fairfield County‚ Hoboken‚ Jersey City‚ New Jersey‚ and Philadelphia. BACKGROUND/HISTORY FreshDirect was launched in July 2001. Cofounder and former chief
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Presentation Transcript KFC: KFC Case study of KFC BACKGROUND OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKENS(KFC): BACKGROUND OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKENS(KFC ) KFC is based in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ and is the world’s most popular chicken restaurant. Founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in the early 1930s by cooking & serving food for hungry travellers. In 1952 Sanders started franchising his chicken business & named it as KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN. KFC is the world’s largest restaurant company in terms of system
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Analysis …………………………………………………………………… 8 Five Forces Analysis ……………………………………………………………….. 10 Drivers of Change in the Industry …………………………………………………... 12 Current Strategy …………………………………………………………………….. 13 Competitor Analysis ………………………………………………………………... 15 SWOT Analysis …………………………………………………………………….. 17 Financial Analysis ………………………………………………………………….. 19 Issue #1 Trader Joe’s first problem is that information is occasionally leaked regarding the identity of their private label suppliers. Trader Joe’s
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