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The case charts the past decade of online grocery retailing at Tesco.com and the development and launch of the non-food operation "Tesco Direct". Tesco implemented a unique fulfillment model by using its vast network of bricks-and-mortar supermarkets across the UK to pick the items ordered by online customers.

This case focuses on Nordea's move from e-banking to e-business and the way the bank established an e-habit and e-trust among its customers. It examines the main e-business services that Nordea currently offers to its private and corporate customers. These include e-identification, e-signature, e-billing, e-salary and e-payment. The case also discusses multi-channel management and pricing issues as well as future growth opportunities.

Surfing on cross of multiple consumer trends, Résonances was launched in 2000 as a life-styled retail chain selling authentic/traditional household items. Early 2002, the six stores are still unprofitable. A new owner-manager takes over and gives himself 18 months to turn the company around and instill more "magics" in the stores.

Surfing on the crest of various consumption trends (health, organic foods, life-styled eating, convenience...), Fresh and Wild launches in the UK a chain of rather focused stores. Should they remain a niche player or try to reach out for the "mass market"? How should they reinforce their management skills and tweak their corporate culture to fulfil their strategic ambitions.

The case focuses on opportunities and challenges for a traditional, bricks-and-mortar retailer to use the Internet as an added channel. A major implementation issue, which raised a heated debate among retailers, concerns Tesco.com's order fulfilment approach, based on in-store picked (rather than dedicated warehouses). It also insists on how can one make Internet retailing a profit-making story.

This case analyses the first years of operation of 12Snap, a German start-up launched in 1999 and considered today the largest mobile marketing channel in Europe. It focuses on the changing market positioning and business model of the company, which evolved from B2C mobile retailing to B2B mobile marketing.