One of those social challenges was the change in preference. The change in preference shows that “one-third of consumers had switch to buying their food and household essentials from discounters” (Parnell, 2014, pg. 404). The second social challenge was the change in demographics. According to Parnell, “Hanover is a mix of students, college related professional, and low to moderate income households” (Parnell, 2014, pg. 399). As a result, the demographic of consumers is more prone to shopping at discounters as oppose to the higher prices of Bob’s Supermarket. The third social challenge was advertising. Since, Bob and Sam did not know how to advertise they simply didn’t do it. As a result, this was probably one of the reasons why Bob’s Supermarket didn’t have lots of customers coming in and out of the store like Wal-Mart and Aldi. Their fourth social challenge relates to Bob’s Supermarket internal environment. Their internal environment suffered because both brothers were spectacle about incorporating any new ideas. As a result, it prevented Bob’s Supermarket from
One of those social challenges was the change in preference. The change in preference shows that “one-third of consumers had switch to buying their food and household essentials from discounters” (Parnell, 2014, pg. 404). The second social challenge was the change in demographics. According to Parnell, “Hanover is a mix of students, college related professional, and low to moderate income households” (Parnell, 2014, pg. 399). As a result, the demographic of consumers is more prone to shopping at discounters as oppose to the higher prices of Bob’s Supermarket. The third social challenge was advertising. Since, Bob and Sam did not know how to advertise they simply didn’t do it. As a result, this was probably one of the reasons why Bob’s Supermarket didn’t have lots of customers coming in and out of the store like Wal-Mart and Aldi. Their fourth social challenge relates to Bob’s Supermarket internal environment. Their internal environment suffered because both brothers were spectacle about incorporating any new ideas. As a result, it prevented Bob’s Supermarket from