benefits of online grocery industry~~?
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Convenience and time savings.\n\nIf I can store my grocery list on the company website, and just check the items I need and have them delivered...great!\n\nIf I can put in a standing order, and have items shipped with some frequency, so I don't run out...better!\n\nIf the company automatically offered the best prices and gave me a discount as sales were run, I would be a customer for life!
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internet cafe at airport would b great\n\nwell u can use that for online stock trade, online casinos..also for affiliate marketing
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If you're talking about e-commerce on websites I think a disadvantage is the difficulty in satsifying customers.  Viewing product details, shopping carts and checking out all have to be very intuitive and if they're not you could lose a customer very easly.  I think customer satisfaction is much more important (and easier to lose) on an ecommerce website than regular one.
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almost everything are being sold online nowadays...it's convenient and there is a lot of variety to choose from...it's also easier to compare the prices online rather than drive around from store to store...
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if the company operates in different parts of world, then using ebusiness is a huge advantage for it.\n\n* purchase orders can be send with secured protocol to different office.\n\nit is also helpful for faster communication between different sites.
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Do your own homework for a change. \n\nAdvantages:\n1) Increased efficency in locating  products, prices, delivery times and stockouts.\n2) Ability to search for related products (toliet paper to scrubbers to ajax)\n3) Reduce the need for coupons, Safeway's club card basically does the same thing while increase customer trips. \n3a) Online shopping. Need I say more? \n\nDisadvantages\n1) Learning curve, many people are tech illierate and confusion will arise\n2) Cost of implemnting technology\n3) Additional staff training costs
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People typically want instant gratification ...... get their new computer as soon as they decide they are going to buy one.  Also while not impossible it is hard to beat the prices of the "big box" stores.  The way i see it is the biggest advantage of a small shop is that there is a lot more customer service, that makes owner personality a huge factor.\nRather than incurring all the expenses of opening a shop why not try making them out of your garage/house/apartment whatever and then provide installation/repairs at peoples homes.  People love the convenience and the good customer service.  Hard part is getting your name out but expenses are soooooooo much lower and it can always be done part-time as a side business
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Yeah.  The only ones I've known are the ones online (guru.com is the one I've used).  It seems that an online service has a strategic competitive advantage over any brick and mortar approach to the business, so if you're considering the biz, I'd think about going that direction.  (Cost advantage)\n\nCredibility seems to be the key value being sold in this kind of business.  So, quality of information, quality of services rendered and sought, and quality of brokering the transaction will drive the credibility issue.
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I would develop a shopping/errand contract for you and your customers.\n\nThis contract can keep track of the deposit, the list, and the allotted time for the shopping and errands. I would allow 2 hrs per customer depending on how much they need done.\n\nAnd you should also have a flat fee of $8.95-$15.95. Your fees should be based on time, which day, and the work load.\n\nAnd I would shop for more than one person at a time, that way you kill 2 or 3 customers at a time and save time and money.\n\nMaybe hire you kid or someone part time to help you. You should market to parents and the elderly. \n\nAnd have your customers write/print out detailed list. With brand names, amounts/sizes, quantities, and which store they would like for you to shop at.\n\nAnd get your money first and then you can give them the receipt and change later. That way you don't risk paying for someone else groceries.\n\nAnd make sure you put your customers on mailing list so that you can always promote your business and any new offers to them.\n\nI hope this helps you and if you need help with coming up with a contract I'd be more than willing.\n\nGOOD LUCK!!!
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online stores are the best.
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go to KROGER.COM if there is a kroger by you and you can buy all your grocery's online and go pick them up i've tried it before and i liked it
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I use a company that takes all the orders and handles all the inventory for me.  They pay at a variety of levels depending on the products offered as you would be an affiliate.  Examples of products include: Health/Nutrition, Books/Magazines and Pet Care Products.  There are many others, so check it out if you are interested.
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Think of a cereal box.  \n\nThe box is designed to attract the eye of the target market.  \n\nThe box markets the product, i.e. Heart-healthy!  Now with more fibery goodness! \n\nThe box is larger than the contents so it appears to be a better value, and takes up more shelf space  \n\nThe box is easy to ship and to stock on the supermarket shelves.\n\nThe box may contain information on other products in the company's inventory\n\nThe box protects the contents from spoilage and damage and allows the consumer better quality product\n\nCan't think of any disadvantages except for increased consumer awareness about excess packaging waste/recycling.\n\nSome products use the fact they don't use 'packaging' or use limited packaging as a marketing tool to target the environmentally-conscious consumer.
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I do occasionally chocolate and cereal bars and a few other things.... but they are expensive, although they don't need to be the supermarkets still make the same profit on these items as they do on the standard produce all the expense is passed on to the consumer.\n\nToo much greed from the big chain stores as if 100+% profit isn't enough.  If you don't live in a city try shopping in local farm stores they have good value, fresh and even chemical free produce that won't slowly kill you :)
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You can do it two ways:\n\n1. Do it yourself - get a domain name, you create a webpage, choose a webhost, get an online merchant account, get an online processing gateway to accept credit cards payment, find and install a shopping cart, take pictures of your products and write sales copy, get an SSL certificate from Verisign or Thawte for secure processing, integrate shipping tracking information from UPS or DHL. \n\nIf you do it by yourself, you'll have the flexibility to choose the best element for you with the features you need. The disadvantage is that you have to do it yourself and if you do not have the skills to setup the applications such as shopping cart, then it can be quite a challenge.\n\n2. Get a complete package - example is Yahoo store where they basically provide you with everything an online store needs (from web hosting to online processing to order management systems to shopping carts). All you need to provide are your web pages (sales copy and products), merchant account and the monthly fees.\n\nThe disadvantage is you are limited to whatever features they offer and customization options are almost nil.
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I do most of my shopping for any type of holiday online! I'm sometimes just too lazy to go out and shop at the malls and whereever, so yea... online shopping is a great way to shop! And it's fun!
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fast moving consumer goods