Thursday, 5 July 2012

Quick comparison of SCMluxe Retailing formats

While we have discussed retailing of distribution (Deliver) formats in posts (SCMluxe downstream part 2 and part 3), let us look at a quick comparison of the three formats in a tabular format for ready reference


Retail Sales Channel
Stand Alone Store (Boutique)
Store in Store (Department store)
Web Store (E-Commerce)
Cost
High
Medium
Low
Brand Value
High
Medium
Low
Accessibility for customer
Low
Medium
High
Flexibility in operations
High
Low
Medium
Control over operations (manage brand and communication independently

High

Low

High
Footfalls
Low
Medium
High
Footfall to order conversion rates
High
(target footfall)
Medium
(both targeted and accidental footfalls)
Low
(mainly used to check out and compare product)


Though above is open to interpretation and in general self explanatory, if any readers want points above to be made more explicit, please write in and I'll be happy to have a more detailed post on this

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