- Alibaba and Amazon have the same objective which is to create a more simple way for customers to purchase items just through the use of an app. Besides online services, both companies provide services for customers who would like to purchase their product in retail. For example, Alibaba’s Hema supermarkets and Amazon Go.
b) Differences:
- Although both Alibaba and Amazon are in the e-commerce business, they both have some differences when it comes to their business model. For one, Alibaba is a marketplace meaning they don’t own the inventory sold. They instead connect buyers and sellers together and eventually agree on terms online. Meanwhile, Amazon main business is they own the inventory sold and they directly sell it to the customers. Furthermore, Alibaba and Amazon targets different market place. Alibaba presences is mostly in their homeland which is China. Amazon in the other hand has a massive presences in the international market especially in Europe and the US which is their homeland.
3. Amazon link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmMk1Myrxc

The link for the short video on Amazon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmMk1Myrxc .

2.The similarities between Alibaba and Amazon are each has a cloud computing division (although Amazon’s is much bigger), both are involved with media creation. The differences between Alibaba and Amazon areAmazon’ long standing goal is to build the world’s most customer centric company.  Amazon is obsessed with the customer and getting them the best possible price – at almost any cost.  They’re notorious for alienating suppliers, content partners and publishers in their pursuit of this goal. Alibaba’s goal to help small businesses stands in stark. Alibaba’s priorities are their employees, their customers and then the shareholder, in that order. 

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdbumR6Bhd8

 

2. The similarity between Amazon and Alibaba is both shops require customers to use a dedicated mobile app to link shopping accounts. However, the difference between Amazon and Alibaba is Alibaba need to check out when you have done shopping whereas Amazon just need to grab what do you want and just go.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmMk1Myrxc

1. How has Alibaba digitalized grocery shopping experience. 

Alibaba’s Hema has digitalized grocery shopping experience by investing in mobile application for the consumers. The app enables the consumers to purchase any item in the store with just a few clicks on their mobile phones. The app also explains the description of every item in the store and also recommends the consumers some of the items there based on their preferences. Alibaba’s Hema mobile app has made it easier to the consumers to do grocery shopping wherever and whenever they want. 

2. Having listened to Alibaba, read up on Amazon and state any similarities or differences between Alibaba and Amazon. 

 Throughout my research, I can say that the similarity between Alibaba and Amazon is that both companies have the same motive which is to let the consumers purchase any items through a mobile application. However, there are also differences between Alibaba and Amazon. In Alibaba’s Hema, they have a system where consumers need to checkout if they want to pay for their groceries comparing to Amazon Go, consumers only need to check in through an app to do any grocery shopping in the store. Other than that, Alibaba is mostly located in China and Amazon’s presence is mostly located in the States. 

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmMk1Myrxc 

 

2)      The similarities of Alibaba and Amazon are they both use mobile app to service their consumers. Secondly, they are efficient in making their orders to the consumers too. Thirdly, both Alibaba and Amazon are convenient for the consumers to buy what they want. Other than that, the differences of Alibaba and Amazon are Alibaba is only famous in China but Amazon is known worldwide. Alibaba still uses human labour to carry out the customer’s order but Amazon has started to use robots to carry out the customer’s order.

 

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-lBvI6u_hw

2. Having listened to Alibaba, read up on Amazon and state any similarities or differences between Alibaba and Amazon.

The two ecommerce titans have many features in common. A major portion of Amazon’s revenue comes from electronic products and merchandise and digital media content. On the other hand, Alibaba operates on a number of ecommerce sites aimed at different types of sellers. Alibaba’s Taobao is one of Alibaba group’s most profitable marketplaces and is responsible for more than 80% of Alibaba’s sales. Even though the mode of operation of both companies looks similar at first glance, they are quite different. Alibaba isn’t involved in direct sales and does not own any warehouses like Amazon. They simply help small businesses and branded manufacturers reach consumers. Amazon operates on a managed online platform that looks similar to a traditional store but stays online. It exercises control over customer experience. Alibaba looks profitable, but the company is facing strong barriers in finding new customers and adapting to new economies. Amazon has already recognised the fact that to compete with Alibaba in China, they need to invest a huge amount of money and has pivoted away from China to focus on other prominent regions.
Reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGuPpSjj-0U&t=1s

1. How has Alibaba digitalized grocery shopping experience? 

Alibaba has make our easier by innovating to integrate online and offline retail. It has effectively digitalized the entire grocery shopping experience and delivered it to the users’ mobile phones so that everyone can get what they want anytime, delivered anywhere where they want it with just a few taps of the thumbs. There are also a ton of great features inside the store too, such as the emphasis on fresh foods. When the customers go to Hema, they can open the App, and then go to shopping cart. If they have any questions about the products, all they have to do is just scan and see the full ingredient list or they can see where it came from. The App also tracks all the customers’ purchases and browsing habits that way Hema can make highly personalized recommendations the next time they shop. When the customers done shopping, they check out with Ali Pay. In a sense that the market is a warehouse, the workers will fulfill the online orders by running around the store and grab what the customers want. Once the orders filled, the bags each with their unique barcode are sent to a packing room and then off for delivery. With its sophisticated fulfillment system, Hema delivers in as fast as 30 minutes within 3 kilometers radius. 

2. Similarities between Alibaba and Amazon: their growth has been led by their e-commerce business, complemented by cloud services and to a lesser degree, digital entertainment and media. 

Differences: Amazon has made its largest business acquisition in history with its bid for Whole Foods, but the focus of Alibaba in regard to brick-and-mortar stores is in the traditional retail segment, which accounts for about 85 percent of the $4 trillion Chinese market.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmMk1Myrxc&t=1s

  b. If we don’t know how to cook/ no mood to cook, it also can help us to cook and serve it to us. This is quite convenient.

   c. If we want to more understand about a product, we can just scan the code and read through the information through He ma app/ phone.

    d.  We can easily get or search the product anywhere and anytime (we can also shop online when we busy)

   e.  When we done our shopping, we can pay it  with ALIPAY.

2) The similarities between Alibaba and Amazon is both are E-commence business. While the differences between Alibaba and Amazon are Alibaba is a behemoth in China and other places around the world and currently more of a manufacturer/supplier link to other retailers or those that wish to purchase in bulk, whereas Amazon is

more prevalent in the United States and north America and has a ton of different businesses within their business model - and have their foot in the door of so many different ventures.

3) short video link:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g_-5X-ySZA

How has Alibaba digitalized grocery shopping experience

 

Alibaba digitalized grocery shopping experience by using mobile phones. By using mobile phone, everyone can get any items anywhere, anytime by a few taps. Besides, every customer can choose their own fresh food at Alibaba. After choose all the item that you are going to buy, you can pay the by using Ali pay. You can ask all about the products by scan the items. If you want the best  product of a milk, you can use the apps and it will suggest you the best product for you. Besides, you can order your items by using the apps . People who do not want go to the shop, they can order their items by online. It is also provided the fresh items for everyone. By 30 minutes, your items will come to your fresh items will arrive at your house .

Having listened to Alibaba, read up on Amazon and state any similarities or differences between Alibaba and Amazon
 
The similiraties both company have same objective which is to create more a more simple way to a customers to purchase any items by using an app. The differences between Amazon and Alibaba are Amazon is China Based while Amazon is American Based. Besides, Amazon delivered their items to worldwide while Alibaba do not delivered their items to worldwide

References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGuPpSjj-0U&t=1s
:

Based on the video, Alibaba has digitalized grocery shopping by delivering their customer’s groceries right to their mobile phones. The customers are able to get what they want anytime , delivered anywhere they want .Furthermore, customers can now use a certain shopping application for online shopping . For this video, the Hema application is used as an example. When customers get to Hema as they open the app choose their items and their items are readily available to purchase by the customers in the shopping cart. This app also tracks the customers purchases and make highly personalized recommendations for the customers. 

 Activity 2

Similarities :

1)     Both Hema and Amazon use the same business strategy of selling their products online through their applications.

Differences 

1)    Hema updates their customers based on their previous purchases by making highly personalized recommendations compared to Amazon.

2)    Amazon delivers their customers purchases without a limiting distance compared to Hema that only delivers their customers online purchases within a 3 kilometre radius 

3)    Customers are able to make the choice of either purchasing products physically or online for Hema but for Amazon, they only provide online shopping

4)    Hema is China based , Amazon is US based 

 
Link

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x63n-HU2Ml0

2.  The similarities between Alibaba and Amazon are e-commerce and cloud computing businesses. The differences between Alibaba and Amazon are their approach to brick-and-mortar retail which is company that possesses or leases retail shops, factory production facilities, or warehouses for its operations. Alibaba uses the traditional brick-and-mortar while Amazon does not use.

Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmMk1Myrxc

Alibaba digitalized grocery shopping experience by creating a mobile app. Hema are central to Alibaba’s push for blending online and offline experiences. They also offers deliveries. Shopper can download the hema app, and pay by scanning the bar codes in stores. Online shoppers will received free delivery within half an hour. Hema collect data to run its business more efficiently. For example, the data can let you know what product and how much of a product in a store, so that you can set the frequencies for adding more products onto the shelf. Lastly, consumers are more likely to consume by using the apps.

2. State any similarities or differences between Alibaba and Amazon

The similarities of Alibaba and Amazon are they both using mobile app to shopping. 
 The differences of Alibaba and Amazon are Alibaba is expanding its logistics network around the world and piecing together subsidiaries to connect the world’s e-commerce markets. Amazon will focused on globalizing its branded marketplace, and will spend billions of dollars over the next decade to bring its model of low prices, vast selection, and fast delivery to the world.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmMk1Myrxc

2. The similarity of Alibaba and Amazon is both of them required to use their mobile app to purchase products online. While the difference between both of these two companies are Alibaba  more focus on China market as their B2B(Business to Business) portal that connects Chinese factories and businesses.  But that’s not why you’ve been hearing so much about them recently.  Where they really make their money is in facilitating E commerce within China. On the other hand, Amazon sell more goods to American and they are more globalization.

Link-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmMk1Myrxc

 

Alibaba digitalized grocery shopping experience is creating a mobile app that allows consumer to buy groceries easily. The mobile app allows consumer to buy and order groceries online, thus consumer don’t have to go to the actual place to buy the groceries. After consumers ordered their groceries, they will get their things within 30 minutes because the delivery is fast and efficient. Other than that, consumer can buy the seafood such as crab, prawns and fishes, and let the workers or the cookers to cook for them if they don’t want to cook themselves. I think it is very convenient for the consumers. 

2.     Having listened to Alibaba, read up on Amazon and state any similarities or differences between Alibaba and Amazon.

After watching the video, I think the similarities between Amazon and Alibaba are they both using high technology to run the store. Furthermore, I think that both Amazon and Alibaba are convenient to consumer because they have the simplest way to let consumer to buy their groceries, food and beverages and et cetera.

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrmMk1Myrxc

Activity 2: 

LInk: 

2. Having listened to Alibaba, read up on Amazon and state any similarities or differences between Alibaba and Amazon.

Not only in China, another superpower country, America, has its own "Big Shot", and Amazon is the one. After i read and watched few articles and videos related to Amazon, i concluded that the way it does the business is pretty similar with Alibaba. It has its own kind of supermarket where the company provides an application so people can scan and pay through online in the shop. With many workers who's ready to help customers whenever they face any problem with their program, or even to prevent any irresponsible buyer who can do any unbelievable action any time. However, from the progress we can see that Amazon still facing some problem with their own system compared to Alibaba. Amazon grocery store even still requires people to bring their own stuffs while Alibaba doesn't. The major difference that we can see is the market capitalization between both of companies. Alibaba tend to widen their market across China first and on the other hand Amazon just directly spreading their wing across the globe. Perhaps it is due to the Amazon experience which already in a really long history doing online business since they were only an online bookstore, but i believe if Alibaba can give more in near future.


Link for Amazon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPZdWuOPaHY

Question 1 

Based on the video, Alibaba has digitized the shopping experiences by allowing the users to shop groceries online. Users can access the application on smartphones and order the products that are still available from there. Then, a delivery services will be dispatched to deliver the items to the users’ houses. The application also allowed the users to have more interactive when shopping in the store. For example, users can gain more information about the product sold by scanning the product. 

 

Question 2 

The difference between Alibaba and Amazon is that Alibaba is just a provider for the online services and does not own the product that they sold. Meanwhile, Amazon own both the product that they sold and the online services.

Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDM9w1IqlVQ

Question 1 

Based on the video, Alibaba has digitized the shopping experiences by allowing the users to shop groceries online. Users can access the application on smartphones and order the products that are still available from there. Then, a delivery services will be dispatched to deliver the items to the users’ houses. The application also allowed the users to have more interactive when shopping in the store. For example, users can gain more information about the product sold by scanning the product. 

 

Question 2 

The difference between Alibaba and Amazon is that Alibaba is just a provider for the online services and does not own the product that they sold. Meanwhile, Amazon own both the product that they sold and the online services.