With all the different types of businesses out now, there are many that have different advantages for different areas then others. Some businesses have no choice but to give in to certain advantages. It is something that makes all the business sense to keep doing its normal business strategies but maybe there are ways to gain those lost advantages. The advantage of businesses to provide their service to the majority of their customers any time of the day, or night is an advantage that can only be taken advantage by the right kind of business setup.
The first format to be discussed is the department store format. The brick and mortar department stores that exist today have a specific way their businesses run. They are usually located in a shopping mall or in a shopping center. Their hours of operation are usually from 10 am to 8 pm. In terms of the convenience to the customer, it is enough to get all the customers in a reasonable time. Usually customers do not go to clothing stores in the middle of the night to shop for a new wardrobe, so there is no desperate need for them to have longer operating hours and lose money on staffing the store for those extra hours. Not only do these stores have to spend more money in employee hours if they want to stay open later, but also money on security. Most of these stores located in shopping centers are out on their own, and if they were the only store open, then it would make them an easy target for criminals. All and all, they brick and mortar department stores do not have an advantage over other retail formats as far as hours of operation, they just have enough for what they need. As far as having an advantage in delivery time, they have the best ad ...