{"id":2011,"date":"2016-09-29T18:19:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T22:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibit.temple.edu\/analytics\/?p=2011"},"modified":"2020-10-27T12:05:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T16:05:39","slug":"can-small-independent-pharmacies-compete-with-the-big-chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibit.temple.edu\/analytics\/can-small-independent-pharmacies-compete-with-the-big-chains\/","title":{"rendered":"Does speed matter in E-commerce?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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QVC provides its customers with a variety of product offerings around the globe. The largest market for QVC is currently the US.\u00a0 In the US alone, QVC ships millions of packages each year to enrich its customers\u2019 lives.\u00a0 The future of fulfilling customer orders and meeting or exceeding their expectations is always at the forefront of QVC\u2019s decisions.\u00a0 One expectation is related to delivery speed.\u00a0 Some retailers, primarily online retailers, focus primarily on quick turnaround on shipping goods to customers.\u00a0 The faster the turnaround the more extensive the logistics\/delivery network or the more costly it is.\u00a0 QVC doesn\u2019t just provide its customers with products, it prides itself on top notch customer service and a rich and rewarding overall experience.<\/p>\n

Your challenge is to analyze QVC\u2019s customer geography, distribution network, and product mix, purchase patterns and develop a visualization that contains useful information for QVC to use to understand what the relationship between speed of product\/package delivery and customer loyalty is.<\/p>\n

Your analysis should address one or more of the following questions:<\/p>\n