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    FUNDAMENTALS OF E-BUSINESS (AABSS003-6)

    FUNDAMENTALS OF E-BUSINESS(AABSS003-6)

    Report on: THEHINDHU.COM (Assignment-2)

    NAME OF THE STUDENT

    STUDENT ID NUMBER :

    MODULE NAME AND CODE : FUNDAMENTALS OF E-BUSINESS(AABSS003-6)

    DISTRIBUTION LIST : Dr. JBK

    SUBMISSION DATE : Friday, 14 AUGUST 2010

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    I. LIST OF FIGURES

    FIGURE 1: HOME PAGE OF THEHINDHU.COM...............................................3

    FIGURE 2: MARKET SEGMENTATION............................................................6

    FIGURE 3: TRUST AND TRANSACTION STRATEGY........................................9

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    II. LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE 1: CHARACTERISTICS OF MARKETING.............................................12

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    III. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

    E-business using Online-based calculation and communications, to

    be able to perform front-end as well as back-end enterprise processes seems to

    have emerged being an important enabler in order to drive business towards success.

    Businesses can make use of the internet to gain world-wide visibility throughout theextended network of buying and selling partners along with assisting them to react

    quickly with a range ,regarding specifics, from client in need order to useful resource

    that has fallen short. This specific report examines the impact of e-business about four

    essential dimensions: details integration, synchronized preparing, coordinated work-

    flow, as well as fresh company products. Through taking on e-business approaches

    businesses could experience all of the advantages decreased expenses, increased

    flexibility, faster response instances much more quickly as well as efficiently

    All of the primary focus of this report is to provide the brief information about thecrucial features such as branding, marketplace segmentation, industry mix, its style

    along with social networking that will make any web page profitable e-business site.

    And also make few recommendations to the website to generate this productive e-

    business inside a much more effective and successful method.

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    1. INTRODUCTION

    More than the past decade any mixture associated with economic, technology

    in addition to current market forces has required corporations to take a look toreinvent their particular business techniques. A number of those forces include the

    globalization associated with companies, the expansion associated with solution

    assortment, escalating complexity of supply networks, and also the shortening of the

    product or service life cycles. In order to remain aggressive, educated firms have got

    to accomplish better co-ordination and effort to deliver.

    Facts is that technologies, and in particular, the online world, play a key part in

    furthering the goals associated with mobile industry. Although the most visible

    manifestation of the web has been inside emergence of automated commerce as a

    brand new retail channel, it's probably which the web could have a good, even

    outstanding impact upon business-to-business connection, especially inside the region

    of source is integrated. The world wide web can redefine the way in which back-end

    operations solution style in addition to development, procurement, production,

    inventory, distribution, after-sales support, as well as advertising are conducted, in

    addition to the method to adjust the particular functions and relationships of numerous

    events, fostering innovative supply systems, services and organization types.

    The particular term e-business as distinct from e-commerce might be

    utilised to describe the following exciting ownership associated with the web toaccelerate the particular goal associated with delivering integration. Within this

    context, e-business exclusively refers in order to the planning and execution on the

    front end and back-end operations in an offer to employing the net.

    In reality, e-business has currently had a significant impact on mobile integration;

    however it is secure to say the fact that we now have just scratched the particular area.

    Unique products tend to be continuously being developed. Simply by implementing e-

    business techniques, corporations could realize dramatic dividends by way of

    effectiveness enhancements, much better asset utilization, quicker time in order tomarket place, decrease in total purchase fulfilment occasions, increased client service

    in addition to responsiveness, penetrating different market segments, greater return on

    resources, in addition to eventually, higher shareholder worth.

    The purpose in the assignment is to evaluate the crucial principles associated with e-

    Business, concentrating specifically on business issues, challenges and chances. The

    particular emphasis is about the enterprise programs and features associated with

    modern advances which could provide enhanced revenues, cost savings and broader

    marketplace reach to firms associated with all kinds. The particular assignment

    examines how eBusiness can be utilized to offer possibilities to enhance an

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    organisations effectiveness in addition to competitiveness within its general tactic in

    addition to functional actions (including marketing and supply administration) by

    means of communication, coordination and dealings more than the net and connected

    solutions.

    The remaining of the assignment has been organised as bellow:

    2. COMPANY OVERVIEW

    theorder.co.uk

    Founded within April 1999, theorder has become one of the UK's

    biggest web mobile phone retailers. Their own aim from the beginning - being to offer

    all of the buyer having some sort of fast and effective program by using price ranges

    that had been & continue to be able to continue to be next to none.As an ever expanding company, they include and have strived pertaining to &

    accomplished an impeccable reputation not only by using our own clients nevertheless

    additionally by using this networks & service providers themselves.

    Although they managed to remain completely independent organization, providing all

    of the customer a great unbiased opinion and huge selection regarding handsets about

    each and every British network, most people also liaise straight having O2. Direct

    dealership with any system is true accomplishment in by itself & something which

    nearly all dealers and stores shall never achieve.

    By working one on one and having strong links utilizing their affiliates most people

    tend to get rid of 'middle men' & drastically reduce all of the finalized cost of this

    product or service. Through active 'virtually' they tend to be not paying plenty of

    establishments on the high street neither all of the overheads that will bound them.

    Therefore, they can offer you offers which major high street brands can only dream of

    just by remaining professional & maintaining personal they carry on to achieve. Most

    people will not guarantee things that will not end up being delivered and most people

    shall endeavour to be able to satisfy all of the many pleased clients each and every

    month.

    Throughout theorder pertaining to the customers and to be able to acquire all of the

    best possible program most people continually make investments throughout their

    own buyer program, warehouse technology along with unique options. The following

    indicates that most people could provide some sort of quickly as well as competent

    program which will be next to probably none. Let us examine few features of

    theorder.co.uk that play a major role in making it a successful e-business site. As

    shown in FIGURE 1

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    (Available: http://www.theorder.co.ukLast accessed 20 may 2010)

    FIGURE 1: HOME PAGE OF THEHINDHU.COM

    3. BRANDING

    Branding is definitely a successful corporation strategy that produces a

    exclusive identification towards firm, that sometimes differentiates that from its

    competitors. Developing this distinctive identification is a problem to every firm;nevertheless the following identification performs vital part in the firm enterprise.

    Manufacturer not only identifies a firm name but also reflects all of the solutions

    supplied and the goods manufactured because of the corporation. Any business is

    definitely said to become profitable in personalisation that fulfils:

    a. Brand is definitely reliant concerning buyer awareness.

    b. Knowledge will be subjective on the added-value distinctiveness from the

    item.

    c. The added-value distinctiveness need for being maintained on.

    (Laura Lake. (Not known). Developing Your Brand Strategy. Available:

    http://marketing.about.com/od/brandstrategy/tp/brandstrategydev.htm. Last

    accessed 19 May 2010.)

    Keeping in view the previously mentioned features of brand to become

    profitable, theorder is certainly said for being profitable as it:

    a. Made the consumers mindful of their business just like items as well as solutions

    these people provide by making their own offers of day obtainable in order to

    every single customer.

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    b. Offering one of a kind providers towards the buyers utilizing totally free

    associated with expense deliveries along with totally free of price proceeds

    without any invest in restrict.

    A manufacturer will be stated to be productive in on-line branding any time it claims

    the customers:

    Dave Chaffey. (July 2004). Online branding success. Available:

    http://www.davechaffey.com/E-marketing-Insights/Customer-experience-

    management/Online-branding/. Last accessed 19 may 2010.

    a. Convenience - creating this online buying knowledge for the customer is just

    like a actual shop and also much better as compared to that will along with when

    compared with that of the competition. theorder.co.uk will be just one on the

    greatest on the internet shopping internet sites, which created this consumer store

    suitably by designing this internet site effectively in a way that an normal buyer

    by using basic understanding associated with web can accessibility this website.

    b. Accomplishment - Theorder helps the customers throughout in attaining this

    facts and many people need along with providing appropriate solutions.

    c. Self-expression- theorder lets its customers to be able to communicate the

    encounter as well as requires suggestions from these to fulfill their particularrequirements if they aren't fulfilled purchasing with theorder.

    d. Design - theorder.co.uk is properly developed as well as properly organised

    along with is so attractive which it can be look along with feel great.

    e. Trust and dedicated - Decision provides customer loyalty in order to the

    clients by providing them benefits concerning every single invest in many people

    make as well as by doing this that retains this shoppers. It also guarantees a

    secured deal towards purchaser and by doing this its very trusted by the

    consumers.

    (de Chernatony and Christodoulides (2004). Interactive Marketing. 5th ed.

    Birmingham: Palgrave Macmillan. 238-251.)

    4. MARKET SEGMENTATION

    This is definitely certainly not feasible in order to gratify or accomplish

    every single clients needs along with specifications by using any one merchandise and

    also assistance. To be able to conquer the following kind associated with scenariocorporations include and executed a marketing and advertising tactic referred to as

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    Market segmentation. As a result market place segmentation can be defined since

    A marketplace strategy that will divides the marketplace directly into sections so as

    in order to accomplish this desires and demands associated with distinct buyer groups

    (of that sometimes every group possess specific to similar demands along with

    requirements) in order to accomplish this preferred industry seize. Industrysegmentation not just helps around satisfying the buyer specifications, nevertheless

    also permits the firms to narrow the focus on clients needs a lot more precisely as well

    as increase the success of industry.

    Current market segmentation is certainly essentially accomplished primarily based on

    2 segmentation variables as:

    a. Needs

    b. Profilers

    Desires are absolutely nothing but the wishes associated with all of the buyers that

    will form of all of the basis of industry segmentation and regarding that sometimes all

    of the marketplace research is definitely completed.

    Profilers are split towards four categories centred concerning this features associated

    with the purchaser since:

    a. Geographic

    b. Demographicc. Psychographic

    d. Behavioural

    Geographic: This segmentation is certainly done based concerning region associated

    with the country regardless of whether this region is rural as well as urban, population

    density along with environment. theorder.co.uk will be mostly for the consumers of

    United Kingdom and also to Ireland with presently there is definitely not a lot

    segmentation structured on the areas inside of British.

    Demographic: This segmentation will be performed structured concerning all of the

    consumer detailed qualities similar to age, gender, education, occupation, revenue,

    religion along with nationality.theorder.co.uk offers completely the following

    marketing technique because this provides split between the products and services

    centred on diverse groups (). This can be explained clearly through examining one of

    segment say COMING SOON. Coming Soon certainly is one of the segment

    created for buyers serious throughout for future solutions. The following section will

    be further split into organizations dependent merchandise along with manufacturer,

    models.

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    ( Available: http://www.theorder.co.ukLast accessed 20 may 2010)

    FIGURE 2: MARKET SEGMENTATION

    Psychographic: This segmentation will be centred concerning this social category

    along with individuality kind associated with the buyer. This is definitely achieved

    mostly having the usage associated with social networking. theorder.co.uk offers no

    interpersonal network but to be able to some extent offers accomplished

    psychographic segmentation by using this info that gathered through their authorized

    customers.

    Behavioural : This segmentation is definitely structured concerning the consumer

    behaviour along with brand loyalty associated with their shoppers. theorder.co.uk is

    definitely mindful of all of the consumer behaviour keeping all of the record of eachcustomer individual particulars along with the kind associated with products they

    bought.theorder.co.uk presents the various client communities by using latest features

    throughout its every segment and focusing on all of the specific party associated with

    mobile users throughout the segment. This will be done by majority of associated with

    the period to accomplish the customers specifications a lot more precisely.

    (Available:

    http://tutor2u.net/business/marketing/segmentation_bases_introduction.asp. Last

    accessed 20 may 2010)

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    Separately through Branding as well as degree of industry

    segmentation, at this time there happen to be couple of some other features associated

    with online company that will aids in attaining this target. These types of tend to be:

    A. Ease of usageB. Transactional facilities

    C. Digital marketing communications techniques

    4.1. EASE OF USAGE:

    Web purchasing will be entirely reliant concerning various aspects in

    comparison in order to that will associated with not online shopping. This simple as well

    as primary aspect among most of these will be exactly how good is certainly the web siteintroduced to the buyers?, exactly how convenience is definitely this utilize associated

    with web site? along with all of the rate associated with finalizing every site within this

    website.

    Ease associated with use represents a important role within driving all of the on the

    internet business since that provides the consumers by using unique choices like extensive

    array associated with products, services, transactional amenities like purchase and

    tracking associated with this order. In the event that all of the buyer does not find just

    about any associated with most of these amenities by using ease of utilize when i.e. if

    most of these happen to be complex, these people may wind up shopping utilizing in thefollowing website along with go for shopping with this competitors as well as additional

    options obtainable within all of the marketplace. Choice.co.uk is convenience of utilize

    for the prospects offering them utilizing phase through action method helping these come

    across all of the facts as well as support required which fulfills their own needs and

    specifications.

    (Janice Reynolds (2004).The Complete E-Commerce Book. 2nd ed. San Fransisco:

    CMP Books.)

    The following could become elevated by supplying the customer information and solve

    the queries inside because less number of stages are included along with it concentrates

    on escalating the client associations.

    (Albert L.Lederer, Donna J, Mark P.sena, Youlong Zahuang.. (1998).The Role Of

    Ease Of Use, Usefulness And Attitude In The Prediction Of www

    Usage.Available:http://www.sukkarieh.net/shared/NJIT/p195-ederer%282%29.pdf.

    Last accessed 20 May 2010.)

    This rate of method or operations along with this demonstration associated with the webpage tend to be all of the characteristics that will add up to the ease associated with use of

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    this website, since these happen to be the basic functions associated with the net and

    searching internet site which determine all of the customers buying encounter and aid this

    firm catch the attention of the consumers throughout large range.

    (Electronic Markets. the international journal of electronic commerce and business

    media. 11 (3))

    theorder.co.uk website load time 3.422 Seconds

    theorder.co.uk ranking in UK - 15,072

    (Available:

    http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/theorder.co.uk. Last accessed 20 May 2010.)

    All of the common web site load time pertaining to theorder.co.uk is quite high in

    contrast to that will of a lot of other on the web mobile internet sites. Reducing all of thesite load period will assist throughput, improve the client shopping expertise as well as

    attract new clients along with keep present consumers.

    This organization provides right protection to all of the buyers any time searching on the

    internet therefore since order and to keep prospective individual facts as well as their

    lender specifics secured. The entire site presents right transactional amenities to be able to

    succeed.

    4.2.TRANSACTIONAL FACILITIES:

    Although all of the functions such as personalisation, extent of

    segmentation in market, simplicity of utilize, site load occasion and layout form all of the

    essential factors driving the on-line company, transactional amenities is definitely the

    important element which assists purchaser assemble and believe in the web page as well

    as the corporation. Clients usually look for buying on-line where many people really feel

    that their own private data and facts regarding all of the debit card as well as credit score

    card employed pertaining to shopping are maintained secured. theorder.co.uk gives safe

    and secured transactional amenities to its prospective clients that build confidence in

    around prospects for all of the web page as well as for all of the corporation.The

    following FIGURE 3 clearly shows through employing a technique dependent on rely on

    as well as dealings:

    (Transactin and trust based strategies in e-commerce a conceptual

    approach(journal) Ben Birkhofer, Marcus Schogel)

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    TRUST & TRANSACTION STRATEGY

    TRUST TRANSACTION

    FIGURE 3: TRUST AND TRANSACTION STRATEGY

    Transactional facilities provided through on the internet purchasing web

    page tend to be of distinct sorts:

    A. Offering the buyer with required data

    B. Client placing an buy

    C. Buyer offering personal details

    D. Generating a transaction on the web giving financial information

    E. Cancellation of this buy

    Most all of the previously mentioned transactional amenities done with this

    theorder.co.uk are made with safety and guaranteed actions. The theorder.co.uk

    safeguards this individual details as well as banking specifics of the prospects within buy

    to avoid all of the information getting compromised by other internet users.

    These transactional amenities tend to be operated through theorder.co.uk without having a

    great deal trouble to the customers. The orders happen to be prepared significantly in

    much less time to be able to associate with its competitors. Additionally just about any

    product which will be returned is used free of charge of price. The following aids

    throughout improving the entire buyer encounter as well as allure innovative buyers.

    theorder.co.uk also offers its consumers a unique option which allows the buyers pay as

    they go and also provide sim free mobile phones who have already previous sims.

    4.3.DIGITAL MARKETING COMMUNICATION APPROACHESL:

    A particular on-line website is said to end up being partially successful

    when it is certainly the simplicity in order to utilize. It will be mentioned in order to end

    up being fully successful just any time that utilizes this electronic marketing

    communication techniques successfully and will attract new consumers or visitors to be

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    able to this internet site along with increase the website traffic. This electronic marketing

    conversation technique helps the website to create the products and solutions as well as to

    customers visible in order to this targeted target audience. All of the different kinds

    associated with digital marketing and advertising marketing communications approaches

    executed through theorder.co.uk are:

    a. Email marketing

    b. Customer registration

    c. Latest News on Mobiles

    Providing customers with different offers is certainly a marketing and advertising

    approach that assists theorder company to get all of the individual details associated with

    the consumers like the e-mail identification that helps all of the company to make sure

    which the marketing and advertising communication is ongoing for long-term connection

    with this consumer.That is definitely not easy to promote a website having all of the help associated with

    marketing communications techniques. Firstly, there happen to be hundreds of thousands

    associated with internet sites and it is certainly not easy regarding theorder to be able to

    differentiate the web page along with offerings having which of the other sites along with

    the rivals. Subsequently, digital marketing approaches that are in operation these days

    might certainly not provide preferred outcomes tomorrow. It has in order to become

    changed concerning having the altering customer interests along with technology.

    Internet helps all of the companies to be able to incorporate both offline along with

    online marketing and advertising marketing communications approaches to improve thenumber of site visitors as well as consumers to the entire internet site. Web offers this

    companies utilizing additional benefit to be able to give all of the consumers because a lot

    since details feasible. The main objective associated with combining both online as well

    as offline marketing and advertising techniques are:

    To be able to improve the amount associated with site visitors in order to this website

    Accomplish the desired industry focus on

    The main purpose of digital marketing communications approaches is definitely in order

    to achieve the entire preferred product sales target by possibly selling products to

    consumer or offering them the entire required program.

    Electronic Marketing and advertising communications Characteristics:

    The electronic media known to since digital marketing communications provides

    additional benefits compared to which of the disadvantages. At this time there tend to be

    couple of essential modifications around all of the characteristics of digital media to that

    of the conventional media. These are discussed briefly within terms associated with

    theorder.co.uk since:

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    a. Push to pull: This marketing and advertising communication techniques are similar to

    Television, stereo and print which variety all of the schedule associated with traditional

    media are termed as push media because the following advertising are utilized in order to

    push all of the details to the consumers when i.e. all of the consumers in the following

    media tend to be passive users. This internet site is said to be able to become an example

    associated with pull media because the web site will be viewed by the customer only

    when he seems to include a look at this. The pull media is mentioned to be able to include

    advantage more than push advertising supplied the website is definitely enhanced on the

    search engines results based on related keyword phrases.

    b. Monologue conversation: Around electronic advertising, presently there is certainly

    provision for getting in touch with all of the consumer either by means of a particular

    email as well as any conversation and supply these with this latest provides of this

    organization based concerning the buy background. The following is in comparison to be

    able to the conventional media where all of the communication is one particular way anddoes certainly not permit getting in touch with the customer. This way all of the digital

    media helps throughout in maintaining the long conduct associations with all of the

    consumers.

    c. One-to-many in order to one-to-some and one-to-one: Within traditional advertising the

    communication is certainly among this company and all its customers from once.

    However within this electronic media, the organization interacts utilizing either any group

    associated with consumers. i.e. a segment as well as any single consumer through e-mail.

    d. One-to-many in order to many-to-many marketing communications: In respect toHofmann and Novak (1996), this brand new electronic media is certainly numerous to be

    able to many communication media wherever any internet site allows its consumers to

    work together by using some other consumers. The following service will be not provided

    through all of the theorder.co.uk.

    e. Lean-back in order to lean-forward: By using all of the website being easy to be able to

    utilize and this pace finalizing associated with this internet site pages, the customer wants

    to encounter buying mobiles on the site along with carry the connection forward.

    theorder is successful to be able to some extent since this is ease to be able to use

    however procedure this internet pages at slower pace in comparison in order to themajority of associated with the on-line websites.

    (Dave Chaffey. (1998). Internet marketing and e-marketing. Available:

    http://www.marketing-online.co.uk. Last accessed 19 May 2010.)

    Besides these modifications throughout the characteristics of marketing and

    advertising communications between digital mass media as well as conventional media at

    time there happen to be few major distinctions that will tend to be detailed below:.

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    Idea Traditional media Electronic media

    Space Expensive commodity Cheap, unrestricted

    Occasion Expensive asset pertaining

    to entrepreneurs

    Costly commodity for

    customers

    Graphic developmentImage nearly all essential

    Information supplementary

    Details most essential

    Graphic is secondary

    Communication Push, one-way Pull, interactive

    Call to action Incentives Information (incentives)

    TABLE 1: CHARACTERISTICS OF MARKETING

    5. RECOMMENDATIONS

    theorder.co.uk has become successful in order to some extent aroundgenerating a particular online shopping website providing this consumers with

    simplicity associated with utilize, design along with to some extent digital marketing

    communications. Aside from these types of profitable features associated with online

    shopping, there tend to be few drawbacks to be able to this site in which this

    requirements to focus to become number one throughout this competing online

    market. These happen to be detailed below:

    a. theorder.co.uk should decrease the website load time.

    b. theorder.co.uk ought to motivate its customers in order to give suggestions as well

    as recommendations to the website from their purchasing experience. Consider the

    following suggestions through customers as well as enhance functions where the

    customers happen to be not satisfied and thereby alter the marketing strategies.

    c. theorder.co.uk offers different supply to different group of consumers. Apart from

    offering this should provide credits to the returning customers that assist within

    mouth speak communication approach.

    d. Provide all of the customers with solutions which relate to the product or service

    they possess bought like IPHONE.

    e. theorder.co.uk ought to create, utilize and get associated with social networking

    like sites, forums, facebook along with twitter which allows enhancing thisbusiness by maintaining long run relationships utilizing all of the customers.

    f. theorder.co.uk should also expand their product delivery to all over Europe and

    also need to change the condition that they would be delivering the product only

    to UK and IRELAND and the product once bought could be sole in that location

    itself.

    6. CONCLUSION

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    This statement exactly exhibits and shows how essential to be able to

    operate and also put into action all of the features of on-line shopping throughout any

    ideal manner and to be able to achieve the desired target.

    This report obviously evaluated all of the key ideas associated with the web business of

    theorder.co.uk like its branding, extent associated with segmentation within this market,

    simplicity of utilize, electronic promoting and communications method along with exactly

    how this is differed in utilizing with all of the traditional media along with few

    recommendations in order to enhance the enterprise.

    Lastly, this can be concluded that theorder.co.uk will be enhancing day-by-day from the

    time associated with its organization as well as contending clearly having its competitors

    7. REFERENCES

    1. Lecture notes: Marketing, University of Bedfordshire, Luton.

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    3. www.theorder.co.uk

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    6. de Chernatony and Christodoulides (2004) Taking the brand promise online:

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