Stevens is a newsagent and is located on Neville Parade
Theme D Tasks Stevens is a newsagent and is located on Neville Parade. Neville Parade is a small street of around 9 or 10 small businesses such as a pharmacy and butchers. It is located here because it is convenient for customers. It is nearby houses and many people who would not usually bring their custom here pass the shop on the way to various nearby things such as a school, a nursing home, a church, and tanning booths. Stevens are also located in this area because the costs of premises are lower than those in the centre of the town centre. Stevens do not have supplies delivered to their store, and therefore do not need to have easy to access transport links, although Steven can quickly and easily get to the place where he buys his stock from. Stevens attract customers of all ages for example older people come in to collect their pension, Couples pop in to put the lotto on, and children often come in to but sweets and chocolate. Three local competitors are: the Co-op, which sells everything that Stevens sells and more, and it is located just a few steps away from Stevens at the Neville parade site. Garages can also be classed as competitors because they also sell everything that Stevens do, and more and more people are using cars now so it could be more convenient to pop in while on the road. There are also numerous shops in the town centre that offer the same, if not
Understanding a Company's Strategy - What to Look For.
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You are the Chief Executive of World Wide (Illegal) Drugs Inc. Chart the growth of your business over the past twenty years and outline a strategy for its continuing prosperity over the next twenty years.
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Online Privacy Issues Privacy means different things to different people. In general, privacy is the right to be left alone and the right to be free of unreasonable personal intrusions. (Turban et al, 2000) A definition of information privacy, according to Agranoff (1993), is the "claim of individuals, groups, or institutions to determine for themselves when, and to what extent, information about them is communicated to others." Online businesses constantly gather and use demographic information from users who are afraid that their personal data, including credit card numbers or their behaviour on the Internet, may be sold, used, or revealed in an inappropriate manner. Such fears keep many consumers from shopping online. Among the 77 percent of Internet users who have never purchased products online, 86 percent say that they have been holding back out of fear that others might use their credit card number, or other private information, without their consent. This is a significant obstacle to the growth of electronic commerce. (Turban et al, 2000) In order for consumers to trust electronic commerce and to not have fear of giving over personal information on the Internet, companies must now have a privacy policy on their Website that can be read and agreed to if necessary. Online companies need to ask consumers to provide their personal information primarily to provide
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Report on CAD/CAM, Sensors/Control and Robots CAD/CAM CAD (Computer Aided Design) involves the creation of a design using a computer. Designs do not have to be in the traditional technical style, they may also be very graphical, such as the graphics for a new shop front, or in the form of 3D models, etc. CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) involves using a computer to control the operation of a manufacturing tool. This may be a sewing machine, a laser cutter, vinyl cutter, etc. In previous years CAD and CAM have come together with data from the CAD system automatically generating tool paths and operating machines directly. CAD/CAM has change industry, cutting time and costs. It has also allowed the development of products not possible using traditional techniques. In Earlier systems numerical data was used and was called CNC - Computer Numerical Control. Firstly, CAD/CAM allows designers to make many products such as aeroplanes, helicopters or even very small objects such as screws or cases. In real world organizations this is really helpful as it can save time and money for example you are making a remote control car you do not have to make it a hundred times to get the right size. In CAD software you can effectively change anything without using many material or resources. Secondly, the use of CAD/CAM allows users to create 3-Dimensional drawings. It also allows users
An investigation into the opening of a fast food restaurant in Stotfold
GCSE DESIGN BUSINESS STUDIES COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT HAYLEY MARTIN 11K Contents Page Contents 2 Aims & Objectives 3 Investigation & Research Methods - Primary Research 4 - 5 - Secondary Research 6 Objective 1) - Competition 7 Analysis and Interpretation-Results 8 Objectives 2) & 3) Results - Gender 9 - Age 10 - Usage 11 - Visit Frequency 12 - Preference 13 - Transport 14 - Most Important Feature 15 - Cost 16 Combining Results 17 - Frequency 18 - Feature - Preference 19 - Cost 20 Objective 4) - Place 21 Objective 5) & 6) - Cost & Legislation 22 Evaluation & Recommendation 23 Aim & Objectives Submission date: 28th October 2002 This report was requested by Miss Braybrook and is an investigation into the opening of a fast food restaurant in Stotfold. I'm an 11th Year Student at Samuel Whitbread Community College studying Design Business at GCSE level Aim The aim of my assignment is to find out whether the opening of a fast food restaurant in Stotfold would represent a sound business proposition. Objectives I intend to investigate the commercial viability of the proposed business by examining the following objectives: ) Competition Whether the business could compete with other established fast food businesses. 2) Prices Can the local residents afford fast food? Do they
I have been asked in this assignment to write a report about Asda and also about the different laws, which help the consumers and how to make customers happy
Keeping Customers Happy I have been asked in this assignment to write a report about Asda and also about the different laws, which help the consumers and how to make customers happy. In my full report these are the criteria's, which will be included: • The different types of customers at Asda • How good customer service can affect a business performance • What services to Asda provide to the customers • The protection of customers receive by law and sources of information Section 1: A01 In this section I will be explaining the following: We can identify customers of a range of different categories we can do it on race, age colour, culture, special needs, kids, careers, etc. • The different variety of customers at Asda There are a wide variety of customers, who needs or wants a particular product or service. Asda has different types of customers, including: * External customers: Individuals (such as your self) or visitors are very important for ASDA because they have to cater to as many individuals as possible. This is done by making a wide selection of products and extra facilities'. * Other business organizations such as Tesco, Sainsbury etc * Different ethnic groups like: Asians, Afro Caribbean, and White etc * Different cultures such as: Muslims, Sikhs, Indians, Jews, Chinese, Hindus and Buddhist etc * Non-English speakers, Special
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ICT in Business and Commence.
Chapter 1 - Summary - The Role of ICT . Computing - a look backwards. 2. Computers and employment 3. The changing nature of employment 4. Teleworking 5. Benefits of teleworking 6. The problems of teleworking 7. Case study: Socket to 'em now 8. Changing locations of work 9. Case Study: Remote working 0. Personal qualities for ICT professionals 1. Collect Summary and Exercises 1 to 4 Chapter 2 - ICT in Business and Commence . New products and Services No matter what career you decide to take up, you will almost inevitably need to be able to understand and use information technology. Information technologies are used to create and keep track of documents in offices, seek out exploit new ways of marketing, control factory productions, design and create new products and enable service industries to function on a global scale. Information technologies have changed the way that business is done. The explosion of knowledge and information has resulted in mind-boggling range of products and services that were undreamt of two decades ago. Automated teller machines (ATMs), fax machines, mobile telephones, CD players, video recorders and computer games are some of the new products. New services include a range of telephone services such as caller ID and ring back, shopping and banking via the Internet, e-mail, barcode-scanning at supermarket checkouts and libraries. >
