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Project Toy "R" Us founded in 1948. At its peak, the company had over 800 stores across the United States and around the same number outside of the United States. On June 29, 2018 Toys "R" Us shutdown all its stores. On January 20, 2019, the company emerged from bankruptcy as Tru Kids.
In this case study, assume that Toys "R" Us hired you as the new chief information officer (CIO) to help relaunch the company into a global e-commerce multinational company. Create a PowerPoint presentation containing the IT strategic plan that will address Toys "R" Us' ecommerce initiatives
The following information should be covered in the presentation.
1. History of Toys "R" Us
2. What were the issues and challenges that caused the collapse of Toys "R" Us in2018?
3. What are the issues and challenges with Toys "R" Us latest e-commerce initiative?
4. Discuss the major competitors in global e-commerce.
5. How would IT deliver value to the business?
6. Proposed the IT infrastructure required to support global e-commerce
7. Proposed the IT budget for the e-commerce initiative
8. Discuss the IT based risks associated with global e-commerce
9. Discuss how IT can leverage innovative technologies such as social media, big data and business intelligence to provide value to the business
10. Discuss the future or emerging technologies that would be leveraged to give Toys "R" Us a competitive advantage.