Circuit City was an American consumer electronics company founded by Samuel Wurtzel in 1949. By the 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 shut down all its stores. On January 8th at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Circuit City’s CEO announced a comeback and relaunch of Circuit City into “a dynamic, a social-focused e-commerce 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.
The following information should be covered in the research paper.
´1. History of Circuit City
´2. What were the issues and challenges that caused the collapse of Circuit City in 2009?
´3. What are the issues and challenges with Circuit City 2018 latest e-commerce initiative?
´4. Discuss the major competitors in global e-commerce.
´5. How would IT deliver value to the business?
´6. Proposed the IT infrastructure required to support global e-commerce
´7. Proposed the IT budget for the e-commerce initiative
´8. Discuss the IT-based risks associated with global e-commerce
´9. Discuss how IT can leverage innovative technologies such as social media, big data, and business intelligence to provide value to the business
´10. Discuss the future or emerging technologies that would be leveraged to give Circuit City a competitive advantage.
Instructions: The paper must be 10 pages. There must be at least 5 APA formatted references (and APA in-text citations) to support the thoughts in the post as needed. Use only the previous 3 years’ scholarly articles.
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