EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Aero is an American clothing brand company that deals in apparel and accessories for men and women principally in the age of 10 to 30 years. It is a proprietary brand that designs, markets and sells its own merchandise. It receives raw materials from a range of suppliers and manufactures its own line of products. It has various departments namely men, women, boys, girls and accessories.
The brand focuses on marketing strategies by advertising in newspapers, popular websites and banners across the United States.
The customers have an option of becoming a privileged customer or chose to be a regular customer. The privileged customers are offered various coupons that lure them to attractive deals.
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Based on the revenues generated by these traditional measures, the management team at Aero has decided to invest in e-commerce capabilities, and is planning to sell some of its products through an online store, which will be available for shipment across the US with various shipping options to meet the customer demands and will completely revolutionize their business strategy.
1.2. Project goals:
With the emergence of e-commerce websites being used by customers to cater to their shopping needs, the management of Aero realizes that in order to support an emerging business with an online presence, a new and efficient database design will be required. The database needs to address some of the scenarios as described:
(1) Linking the customer details to the customer id and storing them to make the shopping experience easy and time saving.
(2) Giving the customers an option to select from various shipping options available.
(3) Keeping a track of privilege customers and sending e-coupons to lure more customers to become members.
(4) Enabling customer feedback on the products to better understand their needs.
(5) Options of making online payments in multiple installments.
(6) Updating the inventory to display the current status of products available.
(7) Using data mining algorithms
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Promotion- They promotes their deals and menu on television and on social websites like facebook and YouTube.
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