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The Alibaba Group and Online to Offline (O2O) Sales
Neil Bendle; Xin (Shane) Wang; Xiaoqian (Vivian) ChenCase IVEY-9B15A035-EMarketing, StrategyIn the fall of 2014, the Alibaba Group, an e-commerce company that operates domestic and international marketplaces and provides Internet-based services from its headquarters in Hangzhou, China, startled the world with its record-breaking initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. The company’s business plan differs from other major Internet companies such as Amazon and eBay by its strategies that are tailored to the particular circu...Starting at €8.20
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How to Make the Most of Omnichannel Retailing
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1607A-EMarketingOne of the biggest challenges for brick-and-mortar retailers is competing with online-only sellers such as Amazon. The conventional "omnichannel" strategy is to encourage consumers to shop across channels. But few retailers have closely examined the profitability of such efforts, and they typically pay little attention to how far a customer lives from the store. New research led by Temple University's Xueming Luo shows that distance is a crucial ...Starting at €8.20