When Companies Have Both E-Commerce Virtual Business Operations and Traditional

question 66

Multiple Choice

When companies have both e-commerce virtual business operations and traditional physical business operations, they must decide whether to integrate the two or keep them separate. Office Depot was cited in the text as a company that:

• A) Kept the .com sales channel separate from the traditional business operations
• B) Fully integrated the .com sales channel into their traditional business operations
• C) Partially integrated the .com sales channel into their traditional business operations
• D) Dropped its .com sales channel due to a lack of profitability

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