1. Containerisation and Amazon… accelerating Globalisation
20 mins
Containerisation and Amazon… accelerating Globalisation
Task 1
List the benefits and problems of
The increasing size of container ships
Online shopping
Task 2
Create a venn diagram to summarise the economic, social and environmental impacts of e-tailing.
Task 3
Summarise how both containerisation and the rise of online e-tailers such as Amazon are accelerating globalisation and contributing to the ‘shrinking world’ effect?
Challenge – do you think this is a positive or negative contribution?
Consider
What happened to traditional retailers such as Woolworths and Blockbusters?
What have companies such as Nike started to do?
How have amazon actually helped small businesses?
Why do companies offer free delivery?
Any issues with flexible employment laws?