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Case summary:
Shop B breaks all the rules of retailers and it has built an empire in the retail worlds. B shop is an outdoor product. The shop fetches revenue of $4.3 million in last year and $50 million per shop. This shop attracts the customers who hate shopping. The typical customers of B shop are reclusive male outdoorsman who desires for a best outdoors but who at the same time hate pushing in shopping and crowds.
B shop solved this problem in two strategies
Delivering the products under a roof and a new experience of shopping under a natural theme park
Characters in the case:
- B shop
To classify: The reason why B shop is successful while Company C is struggling
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