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Competitive advantage analysis in the Grocery retailing industry - The role of IT and IS in Tesco
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Competitive advantage analysis in the Grocery retailing industry -The role of IT and IS in Tesco I. SITUATION OF IT IN THE UK GROCERY RETAILING INDUSTRY: The UK grocery retailing industry is composed of supermarket multiples. Overview: Supermarkets sweep up, (n.d.) identified the top five to be Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Safeway and Morrisons respectively. (See Appendix A) There are those focusing on quality 'niche' like Waitrose and Marks and Spencer. Others are regional operators like Budgens, Iceland, Co-op. Some are at the cheap end like Aldi, Lidl, Netto. Despite the great number of retailers, the top 5 capture an average market share of 71.55%. (See Appendix B) Grocery retail industry started with Co-operative Movement in the 19th century. A group of retailers sold foods at affordable prices. By 1960, the concept of 'self-service' stores revolutionized. This further developed into supermarkets and superstores (See Appendix C). By 1970s, supermarkets grew larger into hypermarkets which...
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