In the past few years, a great deal of people created an online shop and exploit the online purchasing market in Hong Kong. Not only had some general residents do that, but also some large-scale chain stores, such as, IKEA and Sasa. These stores have also established their own online shopping system. In addition, the online shopping phenomenon has continuous increase. While some online shopping system’s users welcome this new technology that provides a convenient purchasing platform, others doubt the risks that follow to appear. This paper examines both the arguments for and against on consumers shopping online and provide suggestions based on these arguments.
A number of consumers strongly advocate the use of online shopping system brings convenient to purchase products. Fabiola (2006) notes that, “the Internet is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year”. As customers could surf the Internet every moment and everywhere, they could shop in the time which is the most suitable for them. Therefore, the development of online shopping system helps people who need to work until very late at night and when a large amount of shops are closed already. Besides, consumers are likely to buy products that are unsold in Hong Kong. Diamond and Pintel (2008) illustrate that due to buyers can surf some overseas stores website, they may gain those products’ information and buy them. Moreover, air transportation and transshipment are supporting logistics: products can be transport to Hong Kong from far away easily. Thus, Internet solve the limitations on shopping time and place, consumers might purchase more convenient.
The next argument in favor of online shopping is that consumers might enjoy a lower selling price. A recent survey conducted by Giu...
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When comparing two different ways of shopping most people do not even think about the difference, they do both and not even realize it. In today's society people shop while at work, after work and on the weekends, whenever time permits. Stop and think how can I get more time in the day for family or just myself? The best way to figure that out with all the recourses we have is to go into a store and spend time looking through racks and waiting in endless lines to just purchase something. I compared going into a store verses online shopping; to see which one will save you time and money.
Brick-and-mortar retailers can also offer knowledgeable sales staff, in-store Wi-Fi, smartphone discounts, and same-day in-store pickup of online orders to beat out the online-only retail firms. These measures can entice customers into spending more than they would online. In fact, “40% of shoppers spend more than they had planned to while shopping in stores, while only 25% of shoppers do so when shopping online.” (Botelho,
Advances in technology, particularly in regards to social media and online shopping, have ‘dramatically changed the way we collect and use personal information.’ Personal information can be transferred globally and more rapidly now than ever before. ‘This has influenced the way we think about privacy and the protection of personal information.’ (Australian Government, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner) Despite the advantages of online shopping, such as the large availability and convenience it brings, it also presents consumers with a number of risks, which are not apparent in the traditional retail environment.
Online buyers also have many concerns about shopping online. From the same article mentioned above, the following were tallied:
With the development of technology and the internet, online-shopping gradually comes into our lives, and it becomes more and more popular. Now, online shopping competes fiercely with traditional in-store shopping. The passage will analyze and compare the merits and demerits of each of the shopping methods. Their advantages are generally equal, and their strengths and weaknesses form a complementary relationship.
Online shopping has become a new trend when it comes to purchasing good and services. It was developed by marketers which they had studied consumer’s behaviors and identified possible trends. By developing the trend, retailers have identified some benefits, retailers can take advantage of and limitations that may cause some consumers to not consider purchasing online.
To save some time shopping in market, people prefer things come at their door steps. That’s is why online shopping trend is getting at full throttle. In spite going to market and finding the right thing, people are now Googling a few queries and they get the right thing in right price, which in return gives them good thing at better price and hours they would go shopping are now saved. Figures from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in 2007, show that six out of ten British adults use the internet to buy products such as food, clothing, music or holidays [1]. But that was in 2007, figures have grown much more than that.
The purpose of this chapter is to review the relevant literature review about the factors influence student online shopping behavior. In this chapter, this study wills going to discuss on the previous empirical studies that consist all of the four variables to examine in this study. These four variables classified into independent variable and dependent variable that are involved in this research. The first section explains about the independent variable that is the factors that influence student online shopping behavior, they are perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, online ads, and privacy and security. The second section explained dependent variables.
Online and in-store shopping differentiates in various ways. However, they both are convenient ways to shop. Recently, online shopping has been most convenient for me, but I enjoy both ways of shopping. I believe that shopping preferences change depending on a person’s situation. I noticed that many people are starting to prefer online shopping more than in-store shopping.
The Internet is rapidly becoming widespread and widely used as a tool for globalization across the world. As the Internet became more easily accessible by most people in the world, the web is bringing significant implications and changes to the way we live, including the way we shop. There is a rapid growth with e-commerce and moving businesses onto the web and retail success is no longer about stores and shopping centers. In developed countries, about two thirds of the population have access to the Internet making the option of online shopping is easily accessible to most people (Valerio). With the ease of shopping in your own home there are many benefits of doing your shopping online. Consumers can easily compare prices online, there is a larger range of products on the web, you can save time by having your shopping delivered right to your doorstep and it also overcomes physical barriers. Over the last decade online shopping has challenged and replaced the traditional means of physically going into shops as the digital world has provided customers with further convenience, flexibility and comfort from shopping from your own home.
In the case of Asia, the survey reported 77.6% of Internet users had online shopping experiences in 2003 (as cited in To, Liao & Lin, 2007). Online shopping is very different from traditional shopping. Consumers cannot touch and check the product before purchasing it, which means they are at a higher risk of fraud than traditional shoppers. Consumers also have other concerns, such as credit card security and online shopping. Then questions should be raised: what are the advantages of online shopping?
1. Convenience: Online shopping provides convenience to the customers as it is available around the clock and is open 24*7. Many people choose to shop online because they could shop after hours, when traditional stores are closed & also they want to avoid traffic jams, crowds, waiting lines etc. Customers not only see products available but also online services that are provided to them. Good service will retain the customers for longer time. Some people want to avoid face to face interaction with the salespersons so they do online shopping. This is true for those people who have had negative experience with salesperson or they just freely want to make decisions by themselves without interruption of the
Have you ever bought something online? Did you think about the possibility of the internet scamming you into paying more than you needed to? The next time you shop online, you will likely do a bit more research before taking the risk. The author of "How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All," Jerry Useem, attempts to influences the reader through various issue, arrangement, and style elements that online shopping, and its largest representative amazon, threatens both the economy as a whole and the readers wallets.
As the author of the article concedes, the online shopping has flourished in the past years. Many customer have seen the advantages of e-commerce in the ways of time and money saving. Whit a simple click on the keyboard the goods are uploaded in a virtual cart and from there are delivered to the customer address. Also, the online stores have the opportunity to create a customer database and a customer profile. The customers receive periodic reminders of the new offers and sales via email or mobile phone messages. In the meantime, many classic stores have struggled to maintain the business keep up. According to the article, the brick and mortar stores will implement new features that conduct customers to an easy and pleasant shopping. For instance, the retailers will use the customer mobile phone as a concierge application. The customer will be informed about latest products and their availability. Furthermore, the customer will have the possibility to track needed items inside the store with the help of store mapping and products locations. If the customer will change the shopping list, the app will provide the route to the new item. Also, when a customer will passing a store the app will remind the last customer visit into the store and
Nowadays, online shopping is a phenomena that all people are into and it is one of the greatest aspects of the internet. (Wong, 2013) found 91 percentage people shop online. Out of 9 percentage did not shop online, it is because they do not trust the shop online and another reason why because they cannot touch and feel the product. Shopping is being habituated in a student’s life, especially online shopping. Shopping and students, especially girls cannot be separated. The advantages of shopping online are like high-speed internet service and 24/7 availability that encourage students to update their fashion style which communicate meanings that it has individual and social significance. Besides that, save time is one of the reasons why students