Handmade Purses Totes & Organizers

Question: Discuss about the Handmade Purses Totes Organizers. Answer: Applicable Environmental Factors: The production of an item affecting the environment and harming the ecological balance of the nature is not a desirable idea. Since the product chosen to be sold at Oxfam shop is the handicraft bag, it can be said that its production will have the least harmful impact on the environment. Unlike the disposable plastic bags, which can be deemed as a major source of pollution, the handicraft bags can be reused and recycled, and consequently will not contaminate the landmass or the water bodies (Mousa 2016). The handicraft bags will employ the use of a piece of cloth or paper that even if disposed will cause the least harm, and will never clog the water. Economic Factors: As far as the economic factors are concerned, it should be noted that these handicraft bags are usually the craft works, whereby the products will be made without the minimum intervention of machines or equipment. Consequently, these hand-made products can be produced at a very minimal cost. However, the people if Sydney usually have high preferences for stylish leather bags, and elegant plastic bags. Hence, of these bags are not sufficiently promoted, the bags are likely to lag behind (Lin et al. 2015). However, it is to be noted that with a limited number of distributors and sellers, the bargaining power of the seller and the distributor is likely to increase, leading to high labor rates and cost price and low profitability. This can be seen to be economically disadvantageous. Natural or Physical Factors: The lack of natural resources can be seriously threatening for an industry that is based on the production of naturally hand-made products. The handicraft bags usually need to employ the use of jute, paper, leather for the production purpose. For making the products aesthetically appealing, the use of paper mills as well as water mills becomes indispensible. In fact for the production of a dozen of handicraft bags, the use of a minimum of 400 gallons of water is a must. Besides, jute is also highly important for the production of fancy jute bags. Although Australia cannot be regarded as a highly water-abundant nation, the regions in Australia have sufficient water to facilitate the production of these bags (Donohue 2016). Besides, although Jute itself I not found abundantly in Australia, the same is imported from its top trading partner, Bangladesh, and hence these natural resources can be abundantly found and used for the production of these handicraft bags in Australia. Technological Factors: lthough as compared with the other products, the handicraft materials are usually manufactured and produced involving the dexterous skills and artistic power of the artisans, the use of new technology will help in improving the quality of the output. Although the primary target market is Sydney, global positioning of the product will help in drawing the attention of greater number of consumers. Hence, latest technology will need to be adopted for improving the durability of the fragile products, and for changing the manufacturing process as a whole. Besides, it is important to invest in technologically innovative machines to ensure that the final products have a perfect finish and glossy fabric so as to compete with the rival leather firms of Sydney. Cultural and Social Factors: The most important cultural factor likely to affect the production of handmade bags in Australia is that the nation enjoys a multicultural and dynamic population, as a result of which the residents of Sydney or Melbourne love exploring the traditional and cultural history of the rural and less known regions of the world (Kremmer and Symmons 2015). A large part of the Australian population comprises of the inhabitants of the Torres Strait, and thus is inherently drawn to the hand-made materials and will tend to buy the products having a rural association in them. The upper class and the upper middle class people of Australia have a natural love for things of fine texture and exquisite taste, and hence will tend to opt for the handicraft bags. However, since the price of the bags will be moderately high, the middle strata of the society are likely to have a lukewarm response to these products (Zivanpovick and Luck 2016). Micro Environmental Factors: The micro environmental factors of a product also largely affect the business prospect of an organization or the profitability of a product. First of all, as far as the employees are concerned, they are to be hired at a moderately high rate, as the production of hand-made bags would require intense labor. However, the unemployed youths of Australia should be employed and trained, as his would be cost-effective as well as an act promoting a social cause. The suppliers supplying the jute materials would be comparatively low in number, and hence they would always have an upper hand in the negotiation process (Donohue 2014). The competitor factor would play an important role, as the higher class of Australian people may tend to buy products from Bundy Bag, BagWorld and Crumpler, and hence media vehicles such as TV ads and social media tools should be used for promoting the social cause these products intend to support. The Sellers: Avenue Fair Trade can be chosen as the seller of the products, and as social enterprise, the organization employs the help of less privileged and physically challenged Australians for producing the handmade bags and other products. The vision of the selling organization is that the consumers are not only helping the organization, but are also supporting the food and life of the underprivileged residents of Australia. The Customers: As mentioned earlier, the consumers of the handmade products would be usually the residents of Sydney belonging to the upper middle class or the upper class of the society. This group of consumers, mostly the elite socialite class, would not only prefer to have distinguished products marked by a fine aesthetic taste, but would also like to uphold a social cause. The Public: The public, aware of the concerns of the Fair Trade would try its best to come forward and help the less privileged people in their own trivial ways. However, it is important to make the public aware of the fact how the production and sale of these articles help the poor and disabled people, and the same can be done via powerful promotional strategies. References Donohue, N., 2014. 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