E Retailing
E Retailing
Selling to a final customer through a physical outlet or through direct communication e.g.: collection of individual stores, individually managed. Mall management provides physical location where a retailer can create an outlet; Generalised stores have a unified management but carry different product lines; Specialised stores sell a specific product line;
Malls
Franchise stores a single marketing and brand, but individual store may
Direct mailing catalogue is sent to customer, who then send a mail order. telemarketing;
door-to-door sales;
vending machines;
On-line retailing
Automatic vending
To Todays Retailer
e-tailers
Retailers who sell over the Internet
Online
retailing is the process consumers go through to purchase products or services over the internet. E-Retailing is the use of technology such as computers and the internet to sell a range of products and services online to the world.
E-retailing results from mapping traditional retailing to the new medium of the internet:
Specialised
stores -> specialised e-stores; Generalised stores -> generalised e-stores; Malls -> E-malls; Franchise stores -> ?
Computer hardware and software Consumer electronics Office supplies Sporting goods Books and music
Toys Health and beauty Apparel and clothing Jewelry Cars Services Others : Electronic goods
DISINTERMEDIATION The removal of organizations or business process layers responsible for certain intermediary steps in a given supply chain.
REINTERMEDIATION The process whereby intermediaries (either new ones or those that had been disinter mediated) take on new intermediary roles.
CostSweater
Manufacturer Distributor Retailer Customer
$48.50
Manufacturer
Retailer
Customer
$40.34
Manufacturer
Customer
$20.45
by Distribution Channel
3. Pure-play e-tailers
No physical stores, only online presence
4. Click-and-mortar retailers
Traditional retailers with supplementary Web sites
Cont.
Direct
intermediaries between manufacturers and buyers; In our context, marketing done online between any seller and buyer For a successful Mail-Order company to have a distinct advantage in online sales, it must have good payment processing, inventory management and order-fulfillment operations as shown in the following Lands End case study.
Cont.
Direct
sales by manufacturers
connection to consumers Consumers gain greater information about the products through direct connection to the manufacturers Example: Dell Computers: build-to-order customization.
Virtual
(pure-play) e-tailers
Cont.
Click-and-mortar
retailers
business model
marketing channels simultaneously Example: A company conducting its business using both physical stores and online stores.
Cont.
Retailing
Referring directories
Directory organized by product type Catalog listings or banner ads at the mall site advertise the products or stores.
Specialised
e-store Generalised e-store E-mall Direct Selling by the manufacturer E-broker E-services E-auction
Amazon.com;
Wal-Mart; Yahoo!
Store;
dell.com; ba.com;
Priceline.com
E
bay
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e-Auctions are negotiations conducted via an online platform. Suppliers get the possibility of improving their proposals based on market feedback (e.g. rank in negotiation) and are considered to be the most transparent way of conducting negotiations. e-Auctions include both price and non-price (service level, quality, etc.) parameters to ensure the result of the auction reflect the overall best total value .
Transparent
process It will be clear to participants why they won/lost the e-Auction. Participants will receive real-time market information. Contracts can be awarded faster. Time saving compared to face-to-face negotiations.
1 Consumer finds
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Verification and remittance of actual funds
2 Consumer sends on
enciphered request for payment to his or her bank
The electronic bank sends back a 3 secure packet of ecash Merchant Server Consumer sends the ecash to the shop
Consumers Bank
Shop
Merchant Bank
ELECTRONIC CASH
PERSON-TO-PERSON
DIGITAL WALLET
ELECTRONIC CHECK
SMART CARD
How can products and service be made available to the global market?
There are range of ways to make your web site be well know by
putting pallets out thought the physical store and through email.
If the funds are available use television advertisement and radio advertisement.
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Amazon.com eBay.com Alibaba Corporation Apple.com Wal-Mart Hewlett-Packard John Lewis House of Fraser MercadoLibre Otto Gruppe
India has an internet user base of over 100 million users. The penetration of e-commerce is low compared to markets like the United States and the United Kingdom but is growing at a much faster rate with a large number of new entrants.
The India retail market is estimated at $470 Bn in 2011 It is expected to grow to $675 Bn by 2016 and $850 Bn by 2020, estimated CAGR of 7%.
According to Forrester, the e-commerce market in India is set to grow the fastest within the Asia-Pacific Region at a CAGR of over 57% between
2012-16.
India e-tailing market in 2011 was about $600 Mn and expected to touch $9 Bn by 2016 and $70 Bn by 2020
Estimated CAGR of 61%. E-tailing in India is currently a $0.7 bn industry, providing employment to near 11,000 people.
Cash on Delivery as a preferred payment method. India has a vibrant cash economy as a result of which 80% of Indian ecommerce tends to be Cash On Delivery (Cash on Delivery). Direct Imports constitute a large component of online sales. Demand for international consumer products is growing much faster than in-country supply from authorized distributors and e-commerce offerings.
Indian
e-tailing market leader is flipkart.com whose valuation is $1 Bn. Flipkarts revenues were $10 Mn in 2010-11 and $150 Mn in 2011-2012. Its 20% of Indian online retail market. Flipkart is aiming to achieve $1 Bn in next 2-3 years. Indian e-tailing is dominated by pure play internet companies with no serious play by any existing retailers. Futurebazaar is $35 Mn revenue today and Croma has recently entered e-commerce.
TO THE CUSTOMER:
convenience better
40
Enjoyment
of retail shopping lost Privacy and security issues Access to the Internet and computer necessary Product risk
TO THE E-RETAILER:
global
reach; better customer service; low capital cost; mass customisation; targeted marketing; more value added services; new forms of specialised stores and niche marketing.
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channel
conflict
Issues in E-Tailing
Personalization
Mass customization
Fraud
How
BOOKS
WEBSITES:
www.author stream.com www.wikipedia.com www.marketguru.com
www.source.com
www.ficci.com/ technopak
1.What are the advantages and dis-advantages from the buyers and sellers perspectives of purchasing merchandise through Internet auctions like eBay?
The
small level entrepreneurs have a chance to sell their products. The big businesses are discovered like Disney and sun Microsystems in eBay. E-auction help to sell returned merchandise, refurbished merchandise, and used products. Sellers are get more revenue because of disintermediation. 24* 7 service is available. So the sellers are selling their products at any time.
at Low price
because of disintermediation. 24*7 service is available. So customer can buy the product at any time. N number of products are available. Have a chance of comparing other products . Other buyers feedback is available, its helps to know the opinion of other buyers about the product. The customers need not to pay any fee for transactions.
Sellers
alone liable to pay the service charges to the e-auction websites. Bidder registration fee, appraisal& authentic fees are charged. the seller has to face world wide competition
Privacy
and security issues Product risk No guarantee and warrantee for the merchandise from the e-auction websites. Tax liability Delay in receiving merchandise (ex: 14 days in eBay) low buyer interaction and involvement.
2. Will a significant amount of retail sales be made through internet auctions like eBay in the future? Why or Why not?
Yes, there is a significant scope for internet auction web sites to made retail sales through e-auction
According to a new survey conducted for eBay by ACNielsen International Research, a leading research firm. More than 724,000 Americans report that eBay is their primary or secondary source of income. In addition to these professional eBay sellers, another 1.5 million individuals say they
Buy anything you can think of from just about any part of the world. Unique benefits to the customers like no-deductibles, no-haggle, no third
E-retailing has achieved 13% of Compounded Average growth rate. By 2020 it is expected that 60% of the merchandise retailing takes place through e-tailing. The competition online with e-commerce websites and online auction sites is huge, which means retailers are constantly slashing their prices. Obviously this represents a great deal for the consumer, who manages to get products at hugely discounted prices, without a
valid reason