3D Catalog : RH’s CEO believes that the Internet is limited in its ability to facilitate differentiation among retailers. Do you agree? Which retailers do a particularly effective job at presenting their products through their websites?

3D Catalog

After reading the Restoration Hardware article in the Module 6: Lecture Materials & Resources, write a summary of the article and answer the questions at the end of the article.

Questions for Consideration

1. RH’s CEO believes that the Internet is limited in its ability to facilitate differentiation among retailers. Do you agree? Which retailers do a particularly effective job at presenting their products through their websites?

2. Is it environmentally responsible for RH to produce and distribute such large paper catalogs? Are there ways it could mitigate the environmental impact of this program? How could it best deal with the likely negative reaction from “green” customers?

3. What are some other novel ways that retailers could define the role of their brickandmortar stores to optimize their effectiveness in contributing to increasing firm revenues and profits?