SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT

PRESENTATION TITLE: COMIC SHOPS- A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF 2

BUSINESSES OF SAME INDUSTRY IN DIFFERENT

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

GROUP MEMBERS:

Names Student ID Research Report Roles.

Harwinder Singh Girn 0319881 Key summary, comparative analysis of businesses, appendices, video

Carlson Ko 0319564 History of comic book, attachments, comparative analysis of businesses

Aaron Chong Yu Ho 0320270 History of comic book, slides

Darryl Harvey

Lawrence

0322112 comparative analysis of businesses, recommendation, slides

Neville Geoffrey Somi 0317780 brief description of business, bibliography, reference

ENGLISH II / ENGLISH 2 (ELG 30605 / ENG 0205)

LECTURER: CASSANDRA WIJESURIA

SUBMISSION & PRESENTATION DATE: NOVEMBER 25, 2015

CONTENTS1

NO. TITLE PAGE

1. KEY SUMMARY 1

2. HISTORY OF COMIC BOOK TRADE IN MALAYSIA

3. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF BOTH BUSINESSES

(A) Comics Mart - done

(B) Lao Mao Comic Bookstore - done

4. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BUSINESSES

- Number of competitors - done

- Brief biodata of top 3 competitors

- Strategies of businesses - done

- Obstacles faced by new businesses - done

- Nature of business

- Comparative analysis summary table

- Table of similarities between both businesses

- Table of differences between both businesses

- Conclusion

5. RECOMMENDATION

6. BIBLIOGRAPHY

7. APPENDIX

8. ATTACHMENTS

9 REFERENCES

KEY SUMMARY

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The tasks given for our second and last assignment of English 2 is to write a report to compare

and contrast two different businesses within the same industry. One location of the business has

to be in the Klang Valley and another business may be anywhere else in the Peninsula of

Malaysia if there is time. So after doing some research and having discussions with group mates

we decided to interview two comic bookstores which are Comics Mart in Kuala Lumpur and Lao

Mao comic bookstore in Banting, Selangor. The businesses that we are researching on have been

around about at least 10 to 15 years. In this report we will be discussing about the history of

comic book trade in Malaysia and mainly the comparative analysis of the business that are the

number of competitors, their strategies, top competitors and obstacles faced.

HISTORY OF COMIC BOOKS

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Comic books started out as 10 cent books where it tells action “Pulps” heroes going to exotic

places and having adventures. One of these heroes were Doc Samson and The Shadow. Although

they weren’t superheroes like the ones we have in the 21st century, they still had their influences.

Another well-known hero came from the comic strips is Popeye, first appeared in 1929 in a strip

called Thimble Theater created by Elzie Segar.

The Golden Age

In June 1938, Action Comics publish their first Issue of a man in red and blue costume,

Superman. The very first comic of a character with superb powers beyond a normal human

being. An example of such strengths were displayed when Superman could bounce off bullets off

his chests. In the Summer of 1939 Superman was also the very first hero to get a comic fully

devoted to telling his adventures. Because of the success of the tittle, other characters are given

with their own tittles.

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The first Batman comic appeared in May 1939 as Detective comics issue #27. While Superman

was all good and pure, Batman was grim and mysterious. Batman was created by Bob Kane.

Batman had no superpowers, however he relied on his detective abilities. This made his series

more mysterious than a superhero comic. The very first sidekick appeared in April of 1940,

Robin The Boy Wonder, in Detective Comics #38. Batman and Robin the ‘dynamic duo’ were

best known in comic books. Younger readers could relate to Robin which made the character

important and popular. 3 different characters wore the Robin costume. The first was Dick

Grayson, Jason Todd and Timothy Drake.

The Silver Age

The Flash, started with Showcase #4. A revamped version of the Golden Age Flash. Created by

Julius Schwartz and Carmine Infantino. Eventually the speedster received his own tittle. The

success of The Flash caused other golden-age heroes to come back. Bringing back The Flash

brought superheroes back into the mainstream.

The Marvel Age

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The Fantastic Four comics were "The Worlds Greatest Comic Magazine". But one they lived up

to. The Fantastic Four comic made many changes to the comic industry. Much of them was with

their outer space stories, but some of them were right at home on earth. One of them was

allowing heroes to get married. In the Fantastic Four Annual #3 (1965), two of the main

characters, Reed Richards and Susan Storm got married. This was a big change from the times

when the hero wouldn't even kiss the girl. But they went further than that. 3 years later Reed and

Sue had a baby. In Fantastic Four Annual #6 (1968) Franklin Richards was born. Throughout the

comic, and even today, we see this Superhero team have to go through the unique troubles of

raising a super powered child while living a life of adventure.

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The most well-known superhero that Marvel would produce first appear in Amazing Fantasy #15

is Spider-Man. Spider-Man was a youth who kids could relate too. Peter Parker was considered a

geek at school, he had a hard time getting dates, and bullies picked on him. Peter remained

someone readers could easily relate to as he grew older.

The Bronze Age

In 1973-4, a different breed of heroes were produced by Marvel. They are called anti-heroes. The

two that became the most popular are Wolverine and The Punisher. Wolverine was a wild,

formerly psychotic man would kill someone at the drop of a hat. He made his first appearance in

Incredible Hulk #181, he was then introduced as one of the new X-Men in 1975, from there his

popularity sky- rocketed. The Punisher's first appearance was in Amazing Spider-Man #129. The

Punisher did appear in other Spider-Man stories but it would be in the mid 1980's before he

would receive a comic book of his own. These anti-heroes were popular because they were

different; they didn't have the same pure good motives and methods that Superman did. They

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would often kill (or try to kill) the villains they went against. Some parts of their personality

reflected what normal people think but would not act out.

Amazing Spider-Man #121 shocked everybody. In this 1973 issue Spider-Man's girlfriend, Gwen

Stacy was murdered by his enemy The Green Goblin. Never before had readers witnessed the

death of such an innocent and key character. It reminded people that the villains that superheroes

fight are indeed harmful and crazy. Usually we see villains make an attempt to do something

bad, but they never succeed. The superhero always stepped in and saved the day. This time one

was too late, and a fatal price was paid.

The Grim and Gritty Age

In 1979, Frank Miller started penciling Daredevil with issue #158. By issue #168 he was writing

the title and was starting what would be called "grim and gritty" comics. These stories were

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different and more popular because they were more realistic and honest. Frank Miller would go

on to write many other comics using the "grim and gritty" style. Slowly "grim and gritty" would

become more mainstream in the 80's.

In 1986 a new style of superhero comic books came out. These were realistic superhero stories.

One of the Frank Miller books that really brought "grim and gritty" into the mainstream was

done in 1986. It was called Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. This story took place in the future

and dealt with an old Bruce Wayne, coming out of superhero retirement and putting on the

Batman costume one last time.

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In 1984, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 come out. This book was in black and white, and

hugely successful. It was created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird one night by trying to create

the dorkyist, silliest superhero or superhero team they could imagine. After laughing their guts

out at this they re-worked it a little and decided to publish it. They both saved up some money

and borrowed some from their Uncle, and published a magazine- sized black and white parody of

the "grim and gritty" ninja heroes that were becoming popular in comic books.

Also in 1986, DC created a comic book limited series called The Watchmen. In this comic real

people did have superpowers and it had a great effect on the world. The Watchmen was about a

group of vigilantes that were forced to stop their actions by the government after a police strike.

This book also showed changes that the new superheroes would have on some major historical

events, on how our technology would develop, and many other aspects of our society.

The Gimmick Age

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In 1986, a business transaction happened that would affect comics until this very day. The owner

of Heroes World would sell Marvel Comics to a businessman named Ron Perelman. This started

what I call the Gimmick Age. Under the new ownership, Marvel comics would start an

aggressive marketing campaign to sell more comics. They would do this with huge storylines

that would crossover into every title (forcing readers to buy them all if they wanted to read the

story). They would use cover gimmicks like holograms, glow in the dark, extend out into a

poster, and many other ideas. A lot of promotional items were offered with comics, heroes would

die for the short term and then be brought back to life, heroes would turn into villains, and

popular villains into heroes. Marvel comics started this trend, but shortly afterwards all the other

comic companies started doing the same thing. Even though many fans reject and grow sick of

these gimmicks, companies still use them to draw revenue mainly from the new readers.

In 1988, another Batman story line made comic history. This story line was called "A Death in

the Family." In this issue the 2nd character named Jason Todd to be called Robin was killed. This

book is important because Robin's fate was decided by the fans. At the end of the third part of

this series, Robin was blown up by a bomb set by the Joker. At this time fans were asked to call

in and vote for Robin's life or death. The actual vote was 5343 to 5271; a mere 72 votes killed off

the Boy Wonder. Later, a third character (Timothy Drake) was created to fill the Robin role.

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In 1992 Superman died. Well, for a while he died. In Superman #75 he was killed by a

supervillain called Doomsday. This event created major media attention. It also resulted in many

mourners around the world for Superman. Seven issues later (these were devoted to his funeral

and four characters who claimed to be the renewed or reincarnated versions of Superman, such

as 'Superboy'), in Superman #82 the real one was brought back to life. Ever since, DC sold more

comics.

The Image Age

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Another very important event happened in 1992. This was the formation of Image Comics. This

company was started up by a group of disgruntled artists and some artist/writers from Marvel

comics. Their complaint was that they were not given enough creative freedom in regards to new

characters, or enough editorial control over the new characters. So they left Marvel and formed

Image Comics. The new company would take the industry by storm with high-quality artwork

that had never been seen in a comic book. Another improvement to comic art was computerized

color separation. This new technology would enhance the art several times over. The Image

books were printed on higher quality paper, which was better for those wishing to keep their

comic from degrading after a long period of time.

Spawn #1 is the best selling independent comic to date. It has a cover date of May 1992 and it

sold 1.7 million copies. This comic book was created by Todd McFarlane, and it became the first

book to consistently outsell the popular comic titles of the big comic book companies. Since this

book, Todd has gone on to create his own toy company (against all advice) for the purpose of

making Spawn action figures. The company is now called McFarlane Toys and it has made

changes in the entire toy industry by focusing on the design of the figure. Todd's goal is to make

Spawn a household name, like Superman or Spider-man. Currently there is a Spawn cartoon for

adults on HBO, and a Spawn movie in the theaters.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF BOTH BUSINESSES

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(A)COMICS MART

The Comics Mart is located at Lot T-033A 3rd Floor, Mid Valley Megamall, Lingkaran Syed

Putra, Mid Valley City, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It

is a commercial business, which was founded by William Pang in 2004 and later on Mr. Wong

Khai Hong who bought the shop in 2007.

The Comics Mart shop opens daily from 10am to 10pm. The shop deals with various types

of comic books, board games and action figures. According to Mr. Wong Khai, the most comic

books that they usually sell are the Batman comics. To this day, there is only one Comics Mart

shop.

They do have a lot of competitors but in different line of products/partial competition. The customers

of Comic mart shop are in different types regular customers that directly deal with them second are kids

age (8-15) yrs.

This are some pictures of the products that are sold here.

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Action figures

Board games

Comic books

(B)LAO MAO COMIC BOOK HOUSE

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The Lao Mao Comics House is located at 119, Jalan Bunga Pekan 2, Banting, 42700,

Banting, Selangor, 42700, Malaysia. It is a commercial business, which was founded by Lim

Hock Chai in 1993. The shop opens from Monday from 9 30am to 6 00pm, Tuesday to Saturday

9:30am to 9:30pm and Sunday 10:00am to 5:00pm.

Lao Mao Comics House deals with several comic book, magazines and as well as toys but

the most interesting part of the shop is that the owner Mr. Lim Hock Chai has vast collection of

vintage books and also magazines since 1994 when he opened the shop. Most of the selling

products are comics, and then there is going to animations and some model kits. These few years

he has been selling online game cards, which are CIB and Steam wallet.

Mr. Lim Hock Chai told us that he used to own two shops. One is near Nilai College and

the other is at Inti College but they are now closed down. In the past few years Mr. Lim Hock

Chia had 7 competitors but today, there are only 2 due to the rise of technology, the use of

Internet.

The

future

plan

for

Lao

Mao

Comic House is they hope to build a better and strong team and also focusing on their quality of

their product.

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This are some pictures of the products that are sold here.

Comic books

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Online game cards

COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS OF BUSINESSES

NUMBER OF COMPETITORS

Firstly, Comics Mart which is located in Mid Valley Megamall, Lingkaran Syed Putra, Mid

Valley City, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has quite a

number of competitors. Due to the locations of this comic book stores which is mostly in a high

populated area, Comics Mart is one of the many comic book stores who has 4 to 7 competitors.

This is because the demand for products, especially comic books are high.

Secondly, is Lao Mao comic house which is located in Banting, Selangor, Malaysia. This

comic book store used to have many competitors back in the day, they even had a branch which

was located in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, but when the use of technology became more common

many comic book stores started to close down. Lao Mao comic house still has competitors but

very few, which is around 1 to 2 these days. The Lao Mao comic house is located in the outskirts

of Selangor, therefore the demand for this type of books is quite low but there are some people

who still buy this things.

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BRIEF BIODATA OF TOP MAIN COMPETIORS

Competitors of Comics Mart:

1. Meeples

Meeples is located at Jalan SS15/4D,

47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor,

Malaysia. Meepls is a European café

where people from all walks of life

can play board games. This shop has

many types of board games from all

around the world.

2. Kinokuniya

Kinokuniya is located in Suria

KLCC, Jalan Ampang, 50088 Kuala

Lumpur, 55100, Malaysia. This is a

renowned international book store

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from Japan and has many stores like this around the world. This store contains various

types of books such as magazines, comic books, graphic novels and many more.

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3. BookXcess

BookXcess has two oulets,

one is located in Amcorp Mall,

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia and

the other one is in Jalan Bukit

Bintang, Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia. BookXcess was

founded in 2006. Their dream

is to help Malaysians kick-

start their reading habits and

they founder store of the

world’s biggest book sale, the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale who sell books at a very low and

reasonable price so everyone can buy. They also sell all types of comic books.

Competitors of Lao Mao Book House:

1. Bamboo Comic Book house

2. HQ Book store

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STRATEGIES OF BOTH BUSINESSES

Comics Mart does advertising by putting up signs around their shop. The strategies they use is

they have limited edition products that other stores don't have, such as action figures. They also

rent out board games in their store, and they teach their customers how to play the board games.

They have paintings workshops for young kids or for customers who are interested in painting.

All these are the strategies for Comics Mart.

For Lao Mao comic store, they have limited edition manga which publishers these days don't

have or publish anymore, this makes their shop so unique. Lao Mao also does advertise their

products through the use of social media like Facebook. One of their strategies is selling other

products rather than the main ones such as a steam wallet which are online gaming coupons. Lao

Mao provides good services. They rent out their books to customers and also children, customers

can choose whatever manga they want and rent it for one week. Lao Mao will usually try to get

their products earlier than their competitors. They do also have a membership for customers the

rent or buy their books on their birthday or normal day. They also do have events for children's

school holiday in their shop. This way, he can keep his customers happy.

OBSTACLES FACED BY NEW BUSINESSES

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The obstacle faced by new business who wishes to enter the comic's market is a lack of publicity.

They are not well-known from the start since it is a perfectly competitive market. They need to

put a lot of effort in promoting their shop through social media. Besides, they will not have many

customers or even no customers visiting their shop in a day. Usually, customers will just read

their book or maybe rent one or two comic books. Customers now also read comic's through the

internet is much easier by not going to the shop or even pay money to rent book's to read. Their

location is also part of an obstacle which is they need to find a perfect spot to place their shop.

Comic book's must collect and keep the older generations to make the shop have that price. This

is how much obstacles that must face opening a comic book shop.

NATURE OF BUSINESS

The nature of both of this businesses is monopolistic competition, this is because it is very

difficult for new firms to enter this type of business. They also sell slightly different products and

each of them are independent when it comes to the pricing and makes the profit based on the

product that they sell. At the same time, the start-up cost is also high to start this business.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS SUMMARY TABLE

Competitive Traits Both business

Number of Competitors 2 to 7

Barrier to Entry The barrier to entry is weak for both of the businesses. This is because other competitors can enter the market easily. At the same time the start-up cost is also high to start this business.

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Differentiated or Standardized Products

Both businesses have differentiated products. This means they sell slightly different products in their business.

Pricing Power Both businesses are the price maker that is the ones who set their own price. They are very independent when it comes to pricing.

Other Characteristics They both provide memberships to their customers. They get their products earlier than their competitors.

Verdict Both businesses have monopolistic competition.

TABLE OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BOTH BUSINESSES

Comics Mart Differences Lao Mao Comic House

Mid Valley, Megamall, Kuala Lumpur

Location A shop house in Banting, Selangor

2 Number of founders 1

Mr. Wong Khai Hong Current Founder Mr. Lim Hock Chai

2004 Year business was founded

1993

RM 500 000 Capital needed to start this business

RM120 000

5 Number of employees needed

2

7 Number of competitors 2

10.00a.m. to 10.00p.m. daily

Business hour Monday – 9.30am to 6.00pm Tuesday to Saturday- 9.30am

to 9.30pmSunday -10.00am to 5.00pm

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Western comic books, board games, action figures,

miniatures

Types of products Asian Comic books, online card games, toys

No Rental of products Yes

Knowledge in board games, miniature painting, English

Basic requirements to be hired

Able to speak in the Chinese Language

TABLE OF SIMILARITIES BETWEEN BOTH BUSINESSES

CONCLUSION

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Comics Mart Similarities Lao Mao Comic House

Comic books Main products Comic books

Yes Membership Yes

No branches Number of branches No more branches.

Branches have been

closed down.

No Future plan No

Commercial Type of business Commercial

Passion Motives for starting

business

Passion

Based on our analysis, we conclude that Comics Mart is more commercially successful. Firstly,

it’s because the shop is located in a very well-known shopping mall which is Mid Valley which

is the city so they have more customers compared to the other comic book business. Secondly,

the Comics Mart doesn’t only sell comic books, it also sells other products such as board games.

There are also sessions where customers can come and learn how to play this board games.

There are a lot of interesting things to look at in the shop such as action figures and miniatures.

The products sold here are very unique, some are hand painted by the employees themselves and

there are also limited edition products which is hard to find. Therefore, the customers will have

much more interest when coming into this shop to buy the products.

RECOMMENDATION

Our recommendations for the 2 businesses are as follow:

Comics Mart:

- As the store becoming too compact, we recommend it to increase the space of the shop so that

they can store more things inside the store as well as able occupy more customers. We

recommend that, Comics Mart should move their shop to a better and more strategic location in

the mall as currently their shop is quite unnoticeable because it’s located somewhere at the end

of the mall where very few people come to shop. Even though, it’s a niche business they should

try to advertise more about their shop by putting up posters around the mall and maybe use the

popular social media such as Facebook so that people who are interested can see what are being

sold at the shop and know some basic information about the shop.

Lao Mao:

- When we enter the place, we noticed most of the books on shelf are dusty. Hence, it is

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important to keep the environment clean as dust can damage a person's respiratory system.

Secondly, the owner should renovate the place like a new paint wall, decoration or furniture

since the place feels dull. By doing so, it could lighten up the mood of the environment making

the customer happy. Other than that, we also recommend them to extend their shop with more

space so that they could store more books and magazines as the place are becoming too compact

with books.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Cetorelli, N., & Strahan, P. (2004). Finance as a barrier to entry bank competition

and industry structure in local U.S. markets. Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of

Economic Research.

2. Nassy, J. (n.d.). Monopolistic competition. S.l.: [s.n.].

3. Goulart, R. (1986). Ron Goulart's great history of comic books. Chicago:

Contemporary Books.

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APENDIX

PHOTOS

(a) Comics mart

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(b) Lao Mao comic bookstore

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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

(a) First interview questions in English

1. When was your business founded?

2. Who is the founders for your business?

3. What are your main products in your outlet?

4. Which comic books do customers usually buy?

5. Can you rent your comic books to customers or kids? If the book’s are damaged what are

the terms and conditions?

6. If you do not rent a book, but in the future will you plan to do it?

7. How many branches/ outlet’s do you have in Malaysia?

8. Do you have many competitors? How many? Can you list it out?

9. What are the things that your competitors have and you don’t have

10. What are the things that your competitors have and u don’t have?

11. Is the business constantly facing strong competition from other competitors? What

strategies have they used to compete with you?

12. How does GST affect your business?

13. How much capital do you need to start your business? What type of products do you

bring in when you first started?

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14. Generally, do you feel it is easy or hard to enter this market? Why?

15. Does technology these days affect your business? Does it help promote your products?

16. Are your pricing strongly affected by your competitors? Will you bring down your

pricing / maintain or give promotions?

17. Do you have membership if customers buy stuff? What are their benefits?

18. What are the amount of employees do you need to run this business?

19. What are the basic requirements to be hired here?

20. What is the future plan of your business? Do you plan on expanding your business?

21. How long have you been doing this business?

22. How often do you release new products?

23. Since it’s a hobby shop, do you plan to sell gundam model kit’s? Or is it bad to sell

gundam model kits? Any opinion?

(b) Second interview – Chinese version

1. 您的企业几十成立的？

2. 谁是创始人为您的企业？3. 什么是你的主要产品在出口？4. 哪一个漫画书做客户通常会买?

5. 你可以租你的漫画书给客户或孩子吗？如果这本书的损坏有哪些条款和条件？6. 如果你不租书，但在未来你会打算做吗？7. 有多少分支机构/出口你有在马来西亚？8. 你有很多的竞争对手吗？多少啊？你能列几个出来吗？9. 什么是你的竞争对手有的东西，你没有？10. .什么是你和你的竞争对手所不具备的东西呢？11.是企业不断面临着来自其他竞争对手的激烈竞争？有什么样的战略，他们拿来与大家竞争？

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13.多少资金，你需要开始你的公司吗？你带来什么样的产品，当你第一次开始？14.一般情况下，你觉得很容易或很难进入这个市场？为什么呢？15.请问技术，这些天影响你的生意？它是否有助于促进你的产品？16.是你的定价很大程度上受到你的竞争对手？你能打倒你的定价/维持或提供促销活动？

17. .你有会员，如果顾客买东西吗？他们有什么好处?

18.什么是员工的数量，你需要运行此业务？19.有哪些基本要求，在这里雇用？20.什么是您企业的未来计划？你打算扩大你的业务？21.你是否经常发布新产品？因为是一个爱好店，你是否计划出售高达模型套件的？或者不好卖高达模型套件？任何意见吗？

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MINUTES OF MEETING

MEETING 1:

DATE: 28/10/2015, Wednesday

TIME: 4.00p.m.

VENUE: Block D.8.15, Taylors University

ATTENDANCE: Full

DISCUSSION TOPIC: Selection of business, find location of business

MEETING: 2

DATE: 4/11/2015, Wednesday

TIME: 4.30p.m.

VENUE: Block D.8.15, Taylors University

ATTENDANCE: Full

DISCUSSION TOPIC: Preparation of interview questions, contact

business managers/boss, video planning

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MEETING: 3

DATE: 9/11/2015, Monday

TIME: 9.00 a.m.

VENUE: Starbucks, commercial block, Taylors

University

ATENDENCE: Full

DISCISSION TOPIC: Planning of interview, role distribution for

interview

NAMES OF GROUP

MEMBERS

TUTORIAL

GROUP

ROLE

Harwinder Singh Girn Wednesday Videographer & Photographer

Carlson Ko Wednesday Interviewer

Aaron Chong Yu Ho Wednesday Interviewer

Darryl Harvey Lawrence Monday Record notes during interview

Neville Geoffrey Somi Wednesday Record notes during interview

MEETING 4:

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DATE: 14/11/2015, Saturday

TIME: 10.00a.m.

VENUE: Taylors library

ATENDENCE: Full

DISCISSION TOPIC: Gather information from interview recordings,

carry out research about selected business

history

MEETING 5:

DATE: 18/11/2015, Wednesday

TIME: 9.00a.m.

VENUE: Taylors library

ATENDENCE: Full

DISCISSION TOPIC: Role distribution, report writing

NAMES OF GROUP

MEMBERS

TUTORIAL

GROUP

ROLE

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Harwinder Singh Girn Wednesday Key summary, comparative analysis

of businesses, appendices, video

Carlson Ko Wednesday History of comic book trade in

Malaysia, attachments, comparative

analysis of businesses

Aaron Chong Yu Ho Wednesday History of comic book trade in

Malaysia, slides

Darryl Harvey Lawrence Monday comparative analysis of businesses,

recommendation, slides

Neville Geoffrey Somi Wednesday brief description of business,

bibliography, reference

MEETING 6:

DATE: 20/11/2015, Friday

TIME: 10.00a.m.

VENUE: Starbucks, commercial block, Taylors

University

ATENDENCE: Full

DISCISSION TOPIC: Finalize report, preparation of presentation

slides

MEETING 7:

DATE: 23/11/2015, Monday

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TIME: 10.00a.m.

VENUE: Taylors University

ATENDENCE: Full

DISCISSION TOPIC: Presentation rehearsal, report and presentation

slides printing

ATTACHMENTS

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