Case 7 Blue Nile inc. Discussion questions 1. The diamond and fine jewelry industry was very competitive. Market share was divided between locally owned brick and mortar stores‚ retail chains‚ big box stores like Costco and online retailers. Which made The rivalry between competing sellers the strongest of the competitive forces in the industry. Buyer bargaining power: very strong Strengths -Buyers incur a low cost of switching (they can purchase jewelery anywhere with no cost. -Buyers are
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The key success factors in diamond retailing can be measured by distribution network design‚ product quality‚ luxury‚ customization (personalization) ‚ customer experience‚ high quality of customer service in terms and so forth. Blue Nile has built up its distinct advantages by providing the customers with high quality‚ fine jewelry‚ competitive pricing‚ low-pressure selling tactics‚ customization and inventory choices of 75‚000 stones as an online retailed store. Additionally‚ its online selling
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Chinese parenting methods is known as a Tiger Mother. In the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother‚ Amy Chua uses this type of parenting and becomes a tiger mother herself. She experiences conflicts and points in time where she feels the need to give up‚ but pushes through everything for her children. Amy Chua also learns from her experiences and builds on her mistakes to bring her children to their fullest potential. In Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua‚ the author explores the theme of conflict
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How The Nile Influenced Ancient Egypt Did you know that the Nile is 4‚132 miles long! Amazing isn’t it! It was a useful source of water for the ancient Egyptian community. It helped ancient Egypt with it’s economics‚ population‚ settlement distribution‚ and spiritual life. That is how the Nile influenced ancient Egypt. Here‚ let me explain more briefly. First of all‚ the Nile helped with Egypt’s population and settlement distribution (Doc. A). All of the Egyptian settlements were near the Nile
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The Nile River Herodotus‚ a well-known Greek Historian‚ Called Egypt: ‘The Gift of The Nile.’ If it was not for the existence of the Nile River‚ Egypt would have been miles of barren sand with no future. The Nile played such an important role in the development of the Ancient Egyptian civilization that the history of Egypt and the Nile cannot be separated. The Nile is 6650 km long and 2.8 km wide. This makes it the longest river in the world. It has a very large catchment area of more than
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Source of fish??? Aim of study ---4m title Objective will influence methodolog ---what and result of prevalence Title Introduction/background to the study Problem statement Purpose Specific objectives‚ research questions or hypothesis Why the nile tilapia?? Literature review Materials and methods sampling Expected results/outputs References Study area Ggaba is located on the northern shores of Lake Victoria‚ at the southern tip of the city of Kampala. It is bordered by Murchison Bay in Lake
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Amy Chua is a mother of two daughters and the author of the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom. She is known as a “Tiger Mom”. Amy created the term to identify the parenting method she uses for her two daughters. In her book the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom‚ Amy Chua discusses how she has raised her two daughters a very superior way and discusses the ways of the superiority of traditional Chinese parenting over the standard western way. After reading her essay on the superiority of the Tiger Mom‚ I have
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Blue Nile Case Study 1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Do a five-force analysis to support your answer. The competition among the competing sellers in the industry is strong. Competitors for Blue Nile not only include the online jewelry sellers such as Diamonds.com‚ Whiteflash.com‚ Ice.com and JamesAllen.com‚ but also include brick-and-mortar jewelers‚ chain department stores‚ mass merchants‚ local jewelry shop‚ and large jewelry
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Introduction “The Blue Nile was incorporated Delaware on March 18‚ 1999 as RockShop.com Inc. On May 21‚ 1999 the company purchased certain assets of Williams & Sons‚ Inc a Seattle Jeweller including a website established by that business. In June 1999‚ they changed their name to Internet Diamonds‚ Inc. In November 1999 the Blue Nile brand was launched and changed to Blue Nile‚ Inc with corporate head office located in Seattle‚ Washington USA. Blue Nile.com (2008) The Blue Nile “business has grown considerably
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Blue Nile Case Questions 1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Which one of the five competitive forces is the strongest? Do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. The competitive forces that are confronting Bule Nile and other online retail jewelers are strong. The threat of new entrants is high because the brick-and-mortar stores have a low cost of entry into the online retail of their jewelry. The threat of substitutes is
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