digital retailing article

DRTL 2090

Online Reading Assignment (20 pts) & Attendance

Due by: November 23 12:00 Noon

Step 1. Locate online and read the following 2 articles:

 Shuttered Sam’s Club in Matteson to Find New Life as by Mike Nolan

eCommerce Fulfillment Center

o https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-

matteson-sams-club-st-0810-story.html

 Amazon vs. Walmart: Online Shopping Pushes Retailers to Look for Ways to Flex Their

Workforce by Daniel Moore

o http://www.post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2017/11/28/Online-

shopping-pushes-retailers-to-look-for-ways-to-flex-their- workforce/stories/201711050002

Step 2. Answer the following questions (you may write the question, then the answer). Be

sure to include the assignment title and your name on the top of your paper. Each answer is worth 5 points. 3-5 sentences for each question is adequate. Be sure to write in your own

words, as the TurnItIn tool will automatically find similarities.

Article 1:

1. What are at least 2 reasons why Sam’s Club decided to turn the closed store location

into an eCommerce fulfillment center?

2. What are recent impacts to the community related to other retailer store closings and

how will the Sam’s announcement impact this?

Article 2:

3. How is Walmart trying to retrain associates and address the need for fulfillment

workers?

4. What is Amazon flex and how is it different than the Walmart approach?

Step 3: Submit your paper to the TurnItIn link found under “Assignments” by 12:00 noon on

Friday November 23