ONLINE E_COMMERCE FOR COSMETIC

ABSTRACT

The Thesis/Research Online E_commerce for cosmetics is a complete multi-user website. The system helps in buying of goods, products and services online by choosing the listed products from website (E-Commerce site). This system provides an efficient way of adding almost all the features of the online shopping. In the cause of writing this research, HTML, CSS, PHP, JS and Sublime text were used to design the system (front end) and Xampp Server was used to store the database (back end). The website has a large memory of storing all the goods in the shop and also keeping record, it is highly effective and accurate.

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Overview

Modern-day Kanuri are the descendants of the Sayfawa Dynasty of the Kanem Empire. As a result of civil war, rebellion and outright invasion by the Bulala, the Kanuri people were forced out of Kanem in the fourteenth century and after nearly ten decades of bitter conflict, the Kanuri established a new empire southwest of Lake Chad. Currently, the majority of the Kanuri live in the Borno province of North Eastern Nigeria, where they are the dominant group.

This empire was and is known as Bornu. They are also located in the countries of Niger, Chad, and Cameroon. Moreover, the region to which the Saifawa moved was inhabited by various peoples about whom very little can be said. Today they are known collectively as the reputedly a race of giants.

The Kanuri people can be said without doubt to be the most respected people in the Northern part of Nigeria. They value well their culture. Kanuri women are distinctively superb when it comes to caring. Their hairstyle and tattoo which is known as lalle in hausa language can only be described as ‘Epic’.

Chiefly, a Kanuri man prides himself high; and this makes him despised by other Northerners. They rarely beg. From the sweat their brows they source their bread. In addition, the Kanuri dance steps are gracious and wonderful. They resemble the magnificent colors of their attire.

1.2 WORLD CONSUMPTION OF COSMETIC PRODUCTS 

In the last 20 years Global Beauty Market has grown by 4.5% a year on average (CAGR), with annual growth rates ranging from around 3% to 5.5%. Also known as Cosmetics and Toiletries or Personal Care Products, this market has proven both its ability to achieve stable and continuous growth as well as its capacity for resilience in unfavorable economic conditions. The Global Beauty Market is usually divided into five main business segments: skincare, haircare, color (make-up), fragrances and toiletries. These segments are complementary and through their diversity they are able to satisfy all consumers’ needs and expectations with regard to cosmetics. Beauty products can be also subdivided into premium and mass production segments, according to the brand prestige, price and distribution channels used. In a global view the mass segment represented 72% of total sales in 2010, while the premium segment accounted for the remaining 28%. The majority of global premium cosmetics sales is concentrated within the developed markets (mostly US, Japan and France) (Barbalova, 2011). For what concerns the geographic aspect, this market can be divided into dominating – whose share in the global revenues is most meaningful – and peripheral regions, whose share is rather small. Among the former the following regions stand out with biggest shares in global revenues: North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Western Europe. Since the turn of the century the cosmetic markets of the BRIC countries (Brasil, Russia, India, China) have been growing very fast. The beauty and personal care markets there actually expand and thus contribute significantly to the growth of the global market on the whole. In 2010 these four countries alone accounted for 21% of the global beauty industry and their share is to increase to 25% of the total market value in 2015 (Leonard, 2011). At present most of the major international cosmetics manufacturers are focusing on expanding their presence in the BRIC’s. Their main challenge is, however, how can they make their brands relevant to shoppers in the markets where consumers’ habits and cultures differ so much from what the companies are familiar with. The BRIC countries are the main force within the so-called emerging markets. In 2011 all those countries generated 81% of the global cosmetics sales growth, according to Euromonitor International’s data, more than half of which (54%) was attributed to BRIC. Further emerging markets, among others Mexico, Argentina, Indonesia, Thailand and Turkey, have shown incremental growth of about 8 billion dollars (Walker,2012) . At the end of the nineties the global cosmetics market went through a slight slowdown. In 1998 global cosmetics and toiletries retail sales dipped to 166.2 billion USD , down from 171.5 billion in 1997, mostly due to a decline in sales in Asia-Pacific. In spite of that, other regions reported further growth, a prime example being the US market which grew 3% to 5%, primarily due to the population growth and increasing demand for premium products (Bucalo,1999). Throughout the first decade of the 21st century sales of cosmetics and toiletries grew steadily, reaching the level of 4.5% (CAGR) in the first half and 4.4% (CAGR) in the latter half. Just like almost everything else, the beauty industry was affected by the 2009 recession but recovered already in 2010 as the global economy improved. Nevertheless, the recession did not have an equal impact on all the markets, the emerging countries did not suffer a lot and during their recovery some of them (China, India, Indonesia) managed to reach more than 25% growth in sales already in 2010. What the recession did influence is a rapid change in consumer behavior, who – the trend being visible even before 2009 – started to increase the home consumption as opposed to taking treatments outside. Another new trend was the consumers starting treating cosmetics’ purchases as investments rather than indulgent purchases (In-cosmetics, 2010). When in 2010 the spending on cosmetic products returned to the level from before the recession and exceeded it by 5%, a strong demand impulse was recorded, making room for growth in beauty and personal care.

1.3 Background and Motivation

In the past two decades, the increase in the use of personal computers and information & communication technology has revolutionized the way the world works. This digital revolution has changed the work domain greatly affecting sectors like agriculture, education, transportation, manufacturing, communications, healthcare, finance, trade and commerce at all levels – locally and globally. ICT has a far-reaching impact on almost every aspect of human life. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the Internet have become a powerful tool in today’s business world; in such a way that it is now becoming the ‘heart’ of business, without which most businesses cannot stay competitive in today’s ever competitive business environment. In this regard, it has globally transformed the way production, market access and distribution of goods and services are organized, leading to changes in the way enterprises relate to consumers.

An online system will be developed to enable online buyers buy without any inconveniences or any difficulties. By developing an online system, we are bridging gap between consumers to help them move their business efficiently and effectively.

1.4 Problem Statement

1. 60% percent in Borno state don’t have quality of stuff, sometimes they spend more money on transport than the product.
2. So many people can sell the product under me that means they have to register.
3. Lack of literacy is very high in rural areas because the people there can’t really use their mobile or smart phone to market their product.

1.5 Aim and Objectives

The Major objective of this project are to discover following thing

1. To recognise Present challenges.
2. To Study, design and develop an Online system that ensures that buyers are all pleased.
   • Significant of the Project

The implementation of this project “Online system” will allow buyers to overcome environmental restraints, purchase and sell products anytime from anywhere over the internet. Online system provides the buyer with great benefits of suitable prices, greater product selection opportunity, and better efficiency compared to the usual traditional offline markets.

• Project Risks Assessment

You do risk analysis for only one reason: Would you manage the project differently if any of your risks happened?  Especially look, for risks that could put us out of business, or prevent us from shipping product.

• Risks to getting the project completed. (The machine availability problem above is a great example of that risk.)

• Risks of using the product in the field. (I find use cases or other forms of customer-scenario generation work well here.)

• Risks to the business from using the product in the field. (If your customers find this problem, could their reaction impair your ability to do business?)

Then you make plans to deal with the risks you never want to come true. In this project, for example, the lack of the machine when it was needed would prevent them from doing load testing. How bad a problem is that, really? Would company have to the product shipped anyway? If so, then there was no risk. (I’m not saying this is good business, but if Team A’s company already decided that the potential down side, the severity, is not high enough, then there is only limited business risk if a server is not available and the testing is not done.)

Table 1.1 Risk Assessment Matrix

Identified Risk	Likelihood of Occurrence	Difficulty in time detection	Potential Impact	Overall Risk of Project
Change of system requirement by the client	Medium	medium	High	High
Developers need to Hw/Sf requirement	Low	Low	Medium	Low
Exceeding Budget	Medium	Medium	Medium	High
Testing and Debugging of Errors	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Incompatible Technologies	Low	Medium	Medium	Medium
Integration of system modules	Low	Medium	Medium	Medium
Failure of Server	Low	Low	Low	Low
Delay in delivery of the overall system	Low	Medium	Low	Low

 

Table 1.2 Risk Assessment Matrix

Identified Risk	Preventive Action	Contingency Plan	Trigger	Owner
Change of system requirement by the client	Agreement with clients	Extra charges as compensation	Unambiguous Requirement	Mrs. Kaltuma
Developers need to Hw/Sf requirement	Select the best available Hw/Sw component	Customization from Vendor	Performance of Hw/Sw component	Mrs. Kaltuma
Exceeding Budget	Cost Monitoring	Request Funds	Expectation to qualified deliverables	Mrs. Kaltuma
Testing and Debugging of Errors	Qualitative and competent programmers/Testers	Outsource and re-usage of component	System Complexity	Mrs. Kaltuma
Incompatible Technologies	Use Compatible Technologies	Stable Framework	Deliverance of High Technology	Mrs. Kaltuma
Integration of System Modules	Integration plan from early ages	Involve system testers from early ages	Improper integration plan	Mrs. Kaltuma
Failure to server	Backup system database regularly	Keep Backup server ready as standby	Congestion of Traffic and or hacking activities	Mrs. Kaltuma
Delay in delivery of the overall system	Set Deadline	Increase working hours	Delay in Deliverables	Mrs. Kaltuma

ONLINE E_COMMERCE FOR COSMETIC