How it gets the customers attention right away so they end up staying in the mall longer than they intended to (Guterson 399). Guterson describes the mall as menacing until he realizes that it is simply just a mall, not too different from a smaller mall except being that it has a lot more to offer (399). Within the article Guterson talks about how people, individually and as a society, are becoming affected by going taking a tour of the Mall of America. He feels people are drawn to the mall because of all it has to offer. The Mall of America contains more than 400 stores, 50 restaurants, an aquarium and an amusement park.
P1 – Describe the current business travel environment The Role of the Business Travel agent description: | The role of a business travel agent is to book accommodation and arrange the travel of business travellers. Also provide them with accommodation that provide business services such as meeting rooms as well as arrange them with transport from airport to hotel and any other events or conferences they have to go to. | Independent agencies description and organisation example: | An independent travel agent is an independent business, which is not part of a chain and is often managed by the owner and a small team of staff. They also include business travel agents that are often independent and they specialise in business market. Some of the agents provide only business travel whilst others provide both business and leisure to clients.
KFF should research the market to find the needs of the customers. Big companies could be the perfect place to start the research like what kind of orders they place and when they order. Other sort of information could be found in the census reports like type and age of population, income, religion, education, occupation will help decide the needs of other consumers. This will help narrow down requirements for catering business. If the population is young then may be more wedding parties, bachelor parties, Halloween parties or if the population is older then more of formal parties in the gardens and vineyards.
This case study will focus on “Sperry Van Ness” a private commercial real estate brokerage firm that has been around since 1987, and is based here in the United States. In this case study, I will discuss how GIS has helped with its decision making, what kind of data has been utilized, and if they as a brokerage firm have had any success with using GIS software. I will also discuss why GIS is important for every company to have now because of its competitive advantage. GIS is not just a need for every company now, but it is now a necessity to have. Sperry Van Ness isn’t just a firm that sells houses.
M1 Describe appropriate methods of written communication in different business contexts D1 Explain the importance of written communication in an organisation in specific business contexts THE FIRST BUSINESS CONTEXT: The British Cycling Team is thinking about staying at the Premier Inn Hotel. You wrote a letter to Kelly McClean, the Team’s Assistant, to tell her how much it would cost to stay in the Hotel for 1 night. Writing a letter will persuade Kelly to stay in the hotel because than they would know that we care about them and that it is important for us that they stay. It best to write a word processed letter (write it on the computer) than a handwritten one because it looks more professional, and accurate. Kelly would be less likely to choose to stay at the Premier Inn if I texted her rather than sent her an email.
As a result, customers expect high-quality products. The sales staff of Custom Fabric Ventures has just received the following order: ------------------------------------------------- See Excel file: Customer Order Form Due to its popularity, the Black and White Handbag (BW14293) is normally a stock item. However, the handbag is currently out of stock. Rather than producing only enough units to fill Katie’s order, management would like to produce a job (Job 114) that is large enough to fill Katie’s order and replenish stock. The fabric used for this job can be stacked four layers deep for cutting, while still maintaining the quality and precision of the cut.
The distribution networks of the new companies are high and tends to affect the operations of JCP. Therefore, the company should build a strong distribution network so as to counter significantly the operations of the new companies that produce similar products. The “mom and pop” stores have been reported to resort in selling products online, otherwise they become obsolete. J. C. Penny’s SWOT analysis The strengths of the company are: * The existence of more than 1100 locations worldwide * Their quality products such as clothing, jewellery, beauty products and even footwear and furniture * The company also offers shipment of their goods for customers, which gives their customers the best experience in the end, hence attracts more customers. * The company also offers free haircuts for the children The weaknesses of JCP Since its competitors give similar products, the company is faced with limited market share 2. International business operations have also challenged the services of JCP due to the current emerging economies worldwide.
Besides A&F stores like L’Oreal, W Hotels to Gap stores are also approaching this trend. They look for workers who are good-looking and sexy. Many stores are taking the approach to hiring based on looks to create an image for the business, but in doing so many companies have come across a wave of lawsuits. Hiring good-looking people isn’t technically illegal, but discrimination against age, sex, ethnicity, or race is. But that’s where the confusion begins.
Companies are always looking for ways to improve and enhance the “shopping experience” of the CBD, by building and adding new and exciting stores. An example of this is the Eastgate development in the centre of Leeds, which has a John Lewis as its flagship store (a store in a prominent location/ a chain’s largest store) of the new development which will attract other big names to the outlet; as if a huge company takes a risk the rest will simply follow. The development, been built by the Hammerson group, also includes a multi-storey car park that holds 800 cars, so the shopping experience is easier to access and you can simply “pop to the shops” and spend money in the CBD, instead of just going on the internet as it is now just as easy. Also if the CBD and the buildings there are more attractive and fit in with the environment the people will come from further
SWOT Analysis |Strength |Weaknesses | |Home Depot is the world’s largest company in the home improvement retail industry.|Customer preferences where shifting from DIY to DIFM, women buyers were more | |It has the needed experience to adjust to market changes and to acquire prime |prominent segment, and Pro markets where increasing. This meant that THDC | |locations for new stores. |strategy which was successful in the past, might not serve the current business| |THDC practices an everyday low price policy, which increases sales volumes and in |objectives to become the number 1 retailer in Canada. | |turn revenues year round. It also provides a wide assortment of merchandise to |There is saturation in big box format stores as well as an anticipated slowdown| |cater to different needs and tastes, hence wider markets.