2 Good Sports Limited is an independent sports goods retailer owned and operated by two partners, Alan and Bob. Thesports retailing business in the UK has undergone a major change over the past ten years. First of all the supply sidehas been transformed by the emergence of a few global manufacturers of the core sports products, such as trainingshoes and football shirts. This consolidation has made them increasingly unwilling to provide good service to theindependent sportswear retailers too small to buy in sufficiently large quantities. These independent retailers can stockpopular global brands, but have to order using the Internet and have no opportunity to meet the manufacturer’s salesrepresentatives. Secondly, UK’s sportswear retailing has undergone significant structural change with the rapid growthof a small number of national retail chains with the buying power to offset the power of the global manufacturers.These retail chains stock a limited range of high volume branded products and charge low prices the independentretailer cannot hope to match.Good Sports has survived by becoming a specialist niche retailer catering for less popular sports such as cricket,hockey and rugby. They are able to offer the specialist advice and stock the goods that their customers want.Increasingly since 2000 Good Sports has become aware of the growing impact of e-business in general and e-retailingin particular. They employed a specialist website designer and created an online purchasing facility for theircustomers. The results were less than impressive, with the Internet search engines not picking up the companywebsite. The seasonal nature of Good Sports’ business, together with the variations in sizes and colours needed tomeet an individual customer’s needs, meant that the sales volumes were insufficient to justify the costs of runningthe site.Bob, however, is convinced that developing an e-business strategy suited to the needs of the independent sportsretailer such as Good Sports will be key to business survival. He has been encouraged by the growing interest ofcustomers in other countries to the service and product range they offer. He is also aware of the need to integrate ane-business strategy with their current marketing, which to date has been limited to the sponsorship of local sportsteams and advertisements taken in specialist sports magazines. Above all, he wants to avoid head-on competitionwith the national retailers and their emphasis on popular branded sportswear sold at retail prices that are below thecost price at which Good Sports can buy the goods.Required:(a) Provide the partners with a short report on the advantages and disadvantages to Good Sports of developingan e-business strategy and the processes most likely to be affected by such a strategy. (12 marks)

2 Good Sports Limited is an independent sports goods retailer owned and operated by two partners, Alan and Bob. The

sports retailing business in the UK has undergone a major change over the past ten years. First of all the supply side

has been transformed by the emergence of a few global manufacturers of the core sports products, such as training

shoes and football shirts. This consolidation has made them increasingly unwilling to provide good service to the

independent sportswear retailers too small to buy in sufficiently large quantities. These independent retailers can stock

popular global brands, but have to order using the Internet and have no opportunity to meet the manufacturer’s sales

representatives. Secondly, UK’s sportswear retailing has undergone significant structural change with the rapid growth

of a small number of national retail chains with the buying power to offset the power of the global manufacturers.

These retail chains stock a limited range of high volume branded products and charge low prices the independent

retailer cannot hope to match.

Good Sports has survived by becoming a specialist niche retailer catering for less popular sports such as cricket,

hockey and rugby. They are able to offer the specialist advice and stock the goods that their customers want.

Increasingly since 2000 Good Sports has become aware of the growing impact of e-business in general and e-retailing

in particular. They employed a specialist website designer and created an online purchasing facility for their

customers. The results were less than impressive, with the Internet search engines not picking up the company

website. The seasonal nature of Good Sports’ business, together with the variations in sizes and colours needed to

meet an individual customer’s needs, meant that the sales volumes were insufficient to justify the costs of running

the site.

Bob, however, is convinced that developing an e-business strategy suited to the needs of the independent sports

retailer such as Good Sports will be key to business survival. He has been encouraged by the growing interest of

customers in other countries to the service and product range they offer. He is also aware of the need to integrate an

e-business strategy with their current marketing, which to date has been limited to the sponsorship of local sports

teams and advertisements taken in specialist sports magazines. Above all, he wants to avoid head-on competition

with the national retailers and their emphasis on popular branded sportswear sold at retail prices that are below the

cost price at which Good Sports can buy the goods.

Required:

(a) Provide the partners with a short report on the advantages and disadvantages to Good Sports of developing

an e-business strategy and the processes most likely to be affected by such a strategy. (12 marks)


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