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Retail Information Systems
Linda Good
Professor
Retail Information Systems
1. HED 371
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Completed
Concurrently
2. Travel
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Out of state
Stayed instate
3. Internship
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Yes
No, but I worked
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4. Purchased via Internet
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Yes
No
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Form Groups of 4
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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
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the Internet
Retail Information Systems
1# What is the number 1 etailer 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
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Identify important due dates
Identify how to achieve points
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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.
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