ICT in Business

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ICT in Business

The main aim of this assignment is to establish the growth of E

Commerce within British Retail. In order to do this appropriate

research methods must be carried out which will mainly be done via

internet. The two main E Commerce businesses I have chosen to research

are Amazon and eBay, which are the two major e commerce stores

currently dominating the online market.

British Retailing is also named as ‘E Tailing’, e-commerce consists of

the buying, selling, marketing, and servicing of products or services

over computer networks. The information technology industry might see

it as an electronic business application aimed at commercial

transactions.

Out of the two chosen e commerce companies it has proven that eBay is

one of the main dominating companies it has been predicted that by

April 2010 online shopping will have expanded by 320% resulting £60

billion a year and accounting for 20% of all UK sales.

Amazon was launched in 2000 and has taken on alliances such as ‘Cars

Direct’, ‘drugstore.com’ and ‘wireless phones.com’ which has a

connecting link to other British retail stores online. By Amazon and

eBay using e commerce as source of British Retail it will enable

consumers to access products a lot faster which will save time as

opposed to going out and physically going to have to buy them. The

benefits of using ICT within this specific area of British Retailing

will enable customers to see the new ranges of products and services

in which eBay and Amazon are offering.

Amazons key features as a website as a whole are it has easy browsing

facilities, useful product information for customers which saves them

time researching products or services elsewhere. Amazon also provides

a broad selection, low prices, one click order technology, secure

payment systems and efficient order fulfilment.

Another method of ICT which plays a great role within E Commerce is

making E payments, i.e. paying for goods online via credit/debit card.

This is a more efficient and secure way of purchasing goods as there

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