This document provides an introduction and overview of e-grocery shopping. It discusses the benefits of online grocery shopping such as convenience, variety, and affordable prices. Some key growth drivers for the e-grocery market are increasing disposable incomes, internet and device penetration, and use of online payment services. It then analyzes the online grocery store RashanCart in detail, covering their target segments, locations, warehouse placements, supply chain model, ordering process, and delivery strategy. Challenges for online grocery operations like cybercrimes and quality issues are also discussed along with recommendations to improve customer experience.
2. INTRODUCTION
Online grocer refers to a grocery store that allows
private individuals and businesses to purchase
groceries and grocery products online.
You have heard about retailers and wholesalers.
The new entrant to join the bandwagon is the e-
tailers.
e-tailers are the shop owners who sell goods over
the Internet. Flipkart, Amazon and eBay have taken
the ecommerce world by storm.
What was earlier restricted to gadgets, books and
few items have stretched to jewelleries, consumer
durable and anything you could imagine to buy over
the Internet.
4. Variety
Getting stuck in traffic jams
Paying for parking
Standing in long queues
Carrying heavy bags
Get everything you need, when you need, right at your doorstep
Affordable Prices
Incredible Convenience
Infinite choices
Fewer Traps
Discreet Shopping
Easy access to consumer reviews
Cash on delivery is yet another delivery option, which pegged the sales figure
to a significant degree.
BENEFITS TO THE BUYERS
5. •Increasing number of working population
•Rapid urbanization and growing trends
towards nuclear families along with growing
population of working women
•Increasing disposable income
•Rise in internet penetration, growing 3G
subscriber base and growth of internet
enabled devices
•Increasing use of social media
•Increase in penetration of debit cards ,
credit cards
•Increasing reliability on online payment
services
KEY GROWTH DRIVERS
18. INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAIN MODEL
Customer Order gets
processed at
Warehouse
Online Portal
Call Center
Whole Seller Manufacturer
Procurement
Deliver it to
Customer
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20. HOW TO ORDER?
Browse RashanCart.com
for products or use the
search feature
Add item to your shopping Basket
21. HOW TO ORDER?
Choose a convenient
delivery time from our
4 Slots* a day
Select suitable payment option (Cash,
Sodexo, Credit Card)
You can pay by cash, card or food
coupons
Time Slots
•7.00 AM - 9.30 AM
•10.00 AM - 12.30 PM
•5.00 PM - 7.30 PM
•7.30 PM - 10.00 PM
*Slot timings may vary across cites
23. Delivery Strategy
Own fleet of GPS enabled vans
Working on a hub-and-spoke model
All the goods are bought and
stocked in a warehouse
10% refund if late
26. INCENTIVES
With benefits like heavy online discounts and free home delivery,
these stores have managed to drive consumers quite
successfully.
In the past, people used to research a product online and then
buy it from a shop. Now the trend reversed as people would walk
into a departmental store to check the item and then look for
better deals online.
From pre-Diwali sales to New Year deals, consumers get to enjoy
heavy discounts on grocery shopping online almost every month.
28. Problems to deal with
! Cyber crimes
! Waiting
! Quality of products
! Competition
! Delivery
! Minimum order
29. Recommendation
Try to achieve one day delivery efficiency
Introduce loyalty programs
Improve website and social presence
Include bundled offer system a customers can make
and save for future usage
Make website more user friendly
Expand geographical reach
Increase awareness through advertisement.
Share consumer experience on their website
31. DISCLAIMER
Submitted by Akshay Sharma of
GNDU,Amritsar
During Summer Internship under
Prof. Sameer Mathur sir,IIM Lucknow