AEON is the largest retailer in Asia. Aeon is a retail network comprising more than 250 consolidated subsidiaries and 26 equity-method affiliated companies ranging from convenience stores "Mini stop" and supermarkets to shopping malls and specialty stores, including Talbots. AEON is Japan's single-largest shopping mall developer and operator.
From our point of view, at the first place AEON, is purely physical organization or Brick-and-Mortar. After some time, especially when E-Commerce burst AEON become Click-and-Mortar (Click-and-Brick) organization. That's means AEON conduct some EC activity, usually as an additional marketing channel. Click-and-Mortar advantages are personalised service, visit in store and purchase online but customer have to walk into AEON to purchase their items instead of using online shopping system.
Types of E-Commerce relationship that this organization use was, B2C or business to customer. Means , AEON use aeon.com to sells and promote goods and services to final consumers.
We can classified Aeon is in Exposure Stage also. Because, AEON use the internet as an electronic brochure or bulletin board. For this company, the internet was seen as an additional publication channel for customers to obtain information from AEON, website does not contribute much to the trading or other business functions of the organization. On the web there only 4 main items that we can see, that was promotion and events, house brands, store location dan AEON member. Interaction with the site is passive. For examples there's no widget for customer to ask any question or any payment and transaction method are written there .
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...deliver or (COD) So zalora. my is not fully e-commerce because they have cash on delivery and on the website we can read sentence " we offers cash delivery for a worry free shipping experience".
Most popular B2C commerce website in Malaysia is Zalora. Moreover, this B2C commerce website is becoming a trend amongst of Malaysian shoppers nowadays because of the implementation of the newest and most innovative business model which sells variety of products such as clothes, shoes, bags, watch, and others. In the Malaysian context, Malaysia has a high Internet penetration and social media engagement, as well as rapid rise in per capita income make online retailers is very business-friendly. One of the most interesting tools provided by Zalora.com is the usage of 3D view of picture of their products such as large image together with the back side and in front views
The primary factors Amazon Europe should use to direct the decision making about the EDN are network configuration, shipping processes, out of stock items, and customer satisfaction.
AES Corporation is an energy company in Arlington, Virginia. The company has been one of the leading energy companies, with its closest competitor being the Touchstone Company. The company, whose headquarters is in Virginia, has been expanding in most of its operations with its main target being to extend its market to other regions within the next five years. On November 14 2011, the company posted its presentation to explain about its plans and intentions over the next five years.
Over the past 37 years, The Nike Brand has evolved into a successful multi-billion dollar corporation. It has also grown to be the world's largest marketer of athletic footwear and apparel. The company’s products are sold in over 180 countries worldwide and 20,000 retail stores domestically. Nike also operates retail stores overseas such as Nike Towns and factory outlets. Although Nike is involved in the design, development, and marketing of the product; the products are manufactured independently. In addition to its wide range of athletic shoes and apparel, the company also sells Nike and Bauer brand athletic equipment, Cole Haan brand dress and casual footwear, and the Sports Specialties line of headwear.
What major technology change has had the greatest impact on the quality of your life?
AES distinguishes itself through developing new products and applications at a low cost. It is committed to social responsibility and empowering its employees through its four main principles which include integrity, fairness, social responsibility and fun. It is “different” from other corporations because AES is focused on retaining its core values and culture as the corporation expands in size. The company’s sources of sustainable competitive advantage include technical leadership through its innovative research and development team and its worldwide network of distributors and strategic partners. AES is committed to penetrating international markets, specifically in developing or emerging economies, and constantly improving on product development. The case states that AES believes their competitive advantage is a result of its “agility or speed and its ability to commit to corporate equity and to arrange complex financial transactions.”
In today's competing world, many organizations are rethinking their strategies in terms of the online business and its capabilities and culture. Organizations are taking advantage of the widespread web to buy and sell goods from other companies and recently from individual customers. Exploiting these opportunities of convenience, availability and widespread reach of the web or Internet, many companies such as Amazon have benefited from the use of web successfully.
The presence on the internet is basically about shifting the thoughts of the former business world. It is no longer true that in order to conduct big business, you must be a big business. The internet has virtually evened the playing field in the small vs. big business arena; however, the marketplace is still an increasingly complex division where positioning is key to standing out from the crowd.
The eMarketing space consists of new Internet companies that have emerged as the Internet has developed, as well as those pre-existing companies that now employ eMarketing approaches as part of their overall marketing plan. For some companies the Internet is an additional channel that enhances or replaces their traditional channel(s). For others the Internet has provided the opportunity for a new online company.
Next is in terms of the design and aesthetics. Layout that being used for this website is a plain white which easier people to read the text that is in black, in contrast and suitable for the concept of showroom online. The font is also suits which is not too big and not too small to be read by people. To highlight the main subject or the main product, the font is being bold to alert customers that they choose the right one. There is no audio available for this website or even a video. But somehow, as it was a home furnishing website, most of the pictures being used by the website is in JPEG format to deliver a clear view of the products to customers.
Although relationship customers also use the BAS system, it is more valuable for transactional customers. Since transactional customers emphasize more on quick delivery and low prices, but less on relationships, A/S focuses its efforts with the BAS system on providing the transactional customers with these values.
Suppliers are the parties that will supply goods and services to the company in continue basis while alliance are the parties that provide the skills and capabilities to a company. AEON has many suppliers from different places and countries. They built a strong trust relationship between the company and suppliers. This can ensure that AEON will be source by quality and quantity products and services all the time. By this, the variety of stocks in Aeon is enough to be offer to their customers. Besides that, this can also ensure the products and services of AEON are in good quality in order to maximize the satisfaction of
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What's e-business? It is the transformation of every business process through using the internet and associated technologies. In this transformation, each part of the business becomes a part of an intrinsic network, which enables employees, suppliers and customers of a given enterprise to conduct their tasks. People usually try to make a point in differing e-business from e-commence, but as I see, e-commerce is a part of the e-business category, and an important one.
The high take-up of the Internet leads to variety of opportunities in front of companies. People are more online than ever. They spend many hours each day on Social Networks such as Facebook and Google+. It is no wonder that buying and selling can now be done in a more convenient way. Although traditional shopping is still thriving, online shopping can be an alternative for people wanting to save time and money. If a certain customer plan to go shopping, it could be stressful and also be time consuming. E-business has made shopping or any kind of transactions online much easier and convenient. It introduces new facilities, opportunities and way of shopping for both vendors and customers.
Unlike the brick and mortar stores, the e-commerce websites are able to handle a large number of customers at the same time there by saving on the time a client would spend queuing on store awaiting to be served. The use of payment services, such as PayPal and Skrill, makes online shopping faster and simple. The added security measures helps keep the sites secure, thus improving on customers trust.