Homework: Circuit City
Circuit City was an American consumer electronics company founded by Samuel Wurtzel in 1949. By 1990s, Circuit City became the second largest consumer electronics store in the United States with annual sales of $12 billion. On March 8 2009, Circuit City shutdown all its stores. On January 8th at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Circuit City CEO announced a comeback and relaunch of Circuit City into "a dynamic, a social-focused ecommerce site" and a new business strategy for its retail stores12.
In this case study, assume that Circuit City hired you as the new chief information officer (CIO) to help relaunch the company into a global e-commerce multinational company.
Create an Homework & PowerPoint presentation containing the IT strategic plan that will address Circuit City ecommerce initiatives.
The following information should be covered in the Homework / presentation.
Abstract
i. Introduction / History of Circuit City
ii. What were the issues and challenges that caused the collapse of Circuit City in 2009?
iii. What are the issues and challenges with Circuit City 2018 latest e-commerce initiative?
iv. Discuss the major competitors in global e-commerce.
v. How would IT deliver value to the business?
vi. Proposed the IT infrastructure required to support global e-commerce
vii. Proposed the IT budget/cost analysis for the e-commerce initiative
viii. Discuss the IT based risks associated with global e-commerce
ix. Discuss how IT can leverage innovative technologies such as social media, big data and business intelligence to provide value to the business.
x. Discuss the future or emerging technologies that would be leveraged to give Circuit City a competitive advantage.
xi. Conclusion.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.