An online retailer of books, electronics, tools, groceries and general home items does not have any physical retail stores for its operations. What is the business model followed by this online retailer?Options Brick and click Surf and click Brick and mortar Concrete and mortar

When you think of retailers (offline and online), which are all the brands that come to your mind? Online retailers sell their products or services primarily via websites. Offline retailers sell their products and services primarily in physical (brick and mortar) stores.

A business which sells goods online and in physical stores as well.*1 pointbrick-and-mortar shopmail-order firmsclick-and-mortar shopwholesaleroutletintermediary

Retail World (RW) is a major international retail chain, selling groceries, clothing, electronic items, toiletries and homeware items. It has grown rapidly across a number of different countries, offering a broad product range to suit a wide range of customer segments. Growth has been through the expansion of existing stores, the opening of new stores and on-line sales. The new finance director, whose background is in a non-retail environment, is keen to understand the sales trends of the organization, as well as the industry, in order to help develop a strategy which can take advantage of these trends in the future. A business analyst has provided summarised internal sales data for this purpose detailing the last three years of trading and detail the growth in the number of stores and average quarterly sales.The company’s IT systems are fully integrated and associated controls are rigorous, allowing the data to be manipulated in many ways. The number of stores has grown annually and the analyst believes that this is a better indicator of the expected future revenue than simply the passage of time. The average number of stores expected to be in operation in 2019 is 3,700 rising to 4,000 in 2020. The finance director was interested to receive the analysis; however, he also stated that it was not quite as useful as he would have hoped for, commenting, ‘I have been hearing a lot about big data at industry meetings I have attended. I think we should investigate the ways in which we could use this, and the benefits we might hope to obtain from it.’Required:Prepare a briefing note for the Finance Director which outlines ‘big data’ and how it could be used to enhance strategic development within RW

A way that traditional retailers can compete with online retailers is to:Multiple choice question.use franchises that deliverbe so efficient they can beat them on costrequire an administered system for allincrease their market share

The following details are given for an online store selling books. You are asked to develop the database for the online store. There are different types of items sold at this online bookstore. E.g., books, magazines, and stationery items. Customers can register with the bookstore and order books, magazines, and other items. Customer details include a name (first name, middle name, and last name), date of birth, gender, login details (email, password), occupation, and contact number. Also, the system maintains multiple delivery addresses. Book details include the book title, a 50-word description, unit price, image of the book, author details, published year, edition, publisher, and language. One or many authors can write each book. Each author has a name, country, and expert area(s). The magazine has details, like the name of the magazine, publisher, price of the magazine, image of the magazine, month and year published, and the name of the editor. Stationery items include details like the item's name, unit price, image of the item, 20-word description, and item code. Customers will order items (books, magazines, and stationery items). The system will record the details, like delivery address, a special message to be included (e.g., birthday wish) to the receiver, quantity purchased from each item, ordered date, and delivery date. Also, the customer can enter the payment type (e.g., credit card, cash on delivery). The customer will be able to view the total amount to be paid via the system. Customers can check the delivery status via the system. Types of statuses are pending approval, packing, transit, and delivery. If the items purchased are damaged, then the Customers can return the items. Before the return, customers must make a complaint via the system for the relevant items in a specific order. Based on the scenario: Identify the entities, relationships, and their attributes, primary keys, and cardinality. Draw the Enhanced Entity Relationship (EER) diagram.