HED 460 Retail Information Systems Linda Good Professor.

HED 460Retail Information Systems

Linda GoodProfessor

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Retail Information Systems1. HED 371

Completed Concurrently

2. Travel Out of state Stayed instate

3. Internship Yes No, but I worked

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4. Purchased via Internet Yes No

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Form Groups of 4 No more than 2 in group who are taking

371 concurrently Group should have members with

different card colors Try to get one group member who has

traveled out of state this summer Try to get one group member who had an

internship this summer One group member should have

purchased on the Internet

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Retail Information Systems

1# What is the number 1 e-tailer at this time?

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2# What Percent of Internet users have shopped at the Amazon.com web site? (+/- 5%)

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3# What is the largest asset on a retailer’s

balance sheet?

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4# Quick Response is important to what merchandising function?

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5# Cross-docking is used to more efficiently carry

out which retail function?

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6# Category management is a strategy used mostly in which industry?

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7# What type of computer program is Microsoft ACCESS?

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8# What is the number one use of GIS in retailing?

(Geographic Information Systems)

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9# Toysmart, e-tailer was recently involved in a hot consumer issue. What was it?

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10# Broad and deep assortments are usually the most profitable. T/F

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11# What is the most frequently purchased item at the grocery store?

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12# Prada and The Gap are experimenting with new technology that identifies objects from a distance. What is it called?

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13# What is the most frequent type of advertisement on web sites?

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14# What is Efficient Consumer Response and what type of computer software accomplishes ECR?

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15# What functional area of an organization helps decrease the time it takes for goods to get from the manufacturer to store?

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16# What functional area of an organization helps decrease the time it takes for goods to get from the manufacturer to store?

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Syllabus - In groups

Identify important due dates Identify how to achieve points

Projects/assignments Identify how to access course info if

you miss class What course policies are important? When is the final exam?

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Using Blackboard

http://blackboard.msu.edu Login button- enter username

& password Click on the link desired Click “Pick App”, “OK”, “open

it”, “OK” to print.