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Amazon: The total Retailer
Vidal Romero, A.; Garrido Martinez, E.Case IIST-PI-186-E-EService and Operations ManagementAmazon was one of the three leading companies in the e-world (together with Google and Facebook) and the world's largest e-commerce business, with annual sales of more than 100 billion USD. This case describes Amazon's business model and e-commerce environment. It is interesting to analyze Amazon's growth-based model and discuss its future. It is also worth exploring its current and future impact on retailing and the position of its offline compe...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon+Whole Foods: A new player in the industry
Audicana Arcas, J.; Arribas Hervás, L.; Andrade Nuñez, J.Case IIST-PI-189-E-EService and Operations ManagementWith more than 300 million active customers, 380,000 employees, and sales that exceeded 135 billion USD (2016), Amazon announces on June 16th the company’s intention to acquire Whole Foods for 13.7 billion USD. Headquartered in Austin (Texas), Whole Foods leads the organic and healthy food retail market. It has annual sales of over 16 billion USD and more than 477 stores across the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This acquisition launches the...Starting at €8.20
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Mipuf.es: Managing for Growth
Villafuerte Martin, AntonioCase IIST-MI-153-E-EService and Operations ManagementIn January 2016, Francisco (aka Paco) Mirasol, director general and founder of MiPuf.es, which made over 70% of its sales through the online channel, was considering how to boost sales. Despite the significant growth achieved since its establishment in 2005, Paco noticed it had been slowing down over the last few months. He felt there were still opportunities both online and offline, but was not clear on which of these possibilities to prioritize...Starting at €8.20
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Unes Supermarkets e il Viaggiator Goloso: Building a Brand
Audicana Arcas, J.; Andrade Nuñez, J.Case IIST-PI-190-E-EService and Operations ManagementUNES is a young company of medium size supermarkets that has starred in a turnaround, evolving from losing money, to achieving it, listening to the market and making brave bets to respond to it ("Every day low prices, private brand, fresh, private brand Premium, pop-up shops, single brand supermarkets, alliance with Amazon, etc.), creating its own business model, "the supermarket against the tide". After several years of launching and managing pr...Starting at €8.20
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Alibaba Group: An ecosystem at the service of global digitization
Audicana Arcas, J.; Martínez Jiménez, M.Case IIST-PI-211-E-EService and Operations ManagementBy 2020, ALIBABA was the most powerful technology company in China and one of the leading companies on the planet. Its goal was to facilitate business anywhere in the world by creating an ecosystem where each company was free to set its own strategy. Alibaba’s bet on Spain, a bridgehead for Europe, was taking-off the ground during times of upheaval due to tensions in international trade and the health situation caused by the COVID-20 pandemic. Th...Starting at €8.20