Can Game Stop survive with its Brick and Motar Store PDF

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Productions and Operation Management “Can Game Stop survive with its Brick and Motar Store?” 1. A. 1. Threat of new entrants- Other game companies. B. 2. Power of buyers- They can guy wherever they want. C. power of suppliers: supplier might offer some benefits. The implication for GameStop is that the industry is attractive. Many developers include a coupon with a new game so that purchasers can download special content. D. Threat of substitutes- these threats by revamping its business strategy and aggressively promoting its online store as a complement to the physical stores. E. Rivalry among existing competitors-widespread access to high-speed Internet has a downside for GameStop. There are many providers of the online game. The implication for GameStop is that the industry is not attractive. 2. Information system plays a very important role in all five forces. For threat of new entrants, low entrance barriers are caused by low entrance of internet policy. Suppliers could sell the game online directly. Buyers also have many choices whether purchase it online or not. Buyers also could use internet to find other choices instead of playing games. 3. GameStop could use information systems to improve their business and make themselves more competitive. 4. GameStop could use their benefit to completive with other competitors. For example, GameStop have real store which could be used to propaganda online games. They also could use the gift card reward policy to attract more customers....