What do you think of Amazon’s move to online grocery delivery? Does it give the company a competitive advantage

What do you think of Amazon’s move to online grocery delivery? Does it give the company a competitive advantage

ONLINE DISTRIBUTION

The Discussion for Module 3 explores online distribution. First, check out the following news articles on Amazon’s online grocery service.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100916844

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/companies-and-industries/a-new-threat-for-big-grocery-2/

Then, answer the following questions:

What do you think of Amazon’s move to online grocery delivery? Does it give the company a competitive advantage?

Identify one of your favorite grocery stores. What attracts you to it? Can you think of anything the store has done to draw your patronage and stop you from buying online? Is there anything further they could do to retain your loyalty?

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Grocery stores are the latest retail business holdouts that are unaffected by the emergence of e-commerce. Grocery stores and their typical need-it-now strategy make the food products some of the difficult commodities to transition into an online market stores. Many business companies have attempted but failed in adaption of grocery store business…………………….