deals. In recent years, Cyber Monday has become the largest online shopping day in America. So, what exactly is Cyber Monday? Cyber Monday falls on the Monday after Thanksgiving. What started with just a few online retailers trying to capture some of the Black Friday dollars being thrown around by the masses has grown into an incredible opportunity to save money without leaving the comfort of your home. Today, almost every retailer with an online presence offers deals to rival those of Black…
impact in our lives, online shopping has become more popular among consumers. The popularity of online shopping has increased rapidly and it has become a part of a consumer’s life style. Some people prefer the traditional way while other’s prefer the modern way as it is more convenient. It is all based on consumer’s preferences. Both traditonal shopping and online shopping has their own pros and cons. But based on statistic, most consumers in the 21st century prefers online shopping as it is…
Nowadays, eBay is more than an auction site. The company has evolved into a global business and payments platform, enabling $205 billion in commerce volume in 2013. The company has three separate sectors: eBay, one of the world’s largest marketplaces online; PayPal, which enables omnichannel commerce, multichannel retailing and digital marketing in the whole world. EBay now is on a mission to help the siege retail industry to meet consumer’s rising…
The shopping habits of today’s shopper have changed due to technology and lifestyle changes of people today. With many shoppers utilizing online shopping outlets and making company’s like Amazon a top retailer, other major retailers like Target are looking for ways to create balance shopping habits between those who are in-store shoppers and those who are on-line shoppers through cross-channel shopping. In a survey conducted by Cisco Systems on ways to attract cross-channeling shoppers, they…
anything” (Simon). The creation of online shipping, the pros and cons, and the effect it has on brick and mortar. The first computer to come online was in 1969 by the ARPA…
Retailers New Way to Communicate with Customers According to Jennifer Reingold, Fortune magazine writer, brick-and-mortar stores are out and technology is in, that is means of online shopping via technology. So, over the holidays retailers needed to come up with a new way to communicate with their customers in stores, as well as online. Stores such as Target, Macy’s, and Kohl’s all took there brick-and-mortar locations to the next level. Michael Jones, writer for Forbes magazine, tells us about…
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Obfuscation is the process by which consumers find it normal to provide businesses with private information. This process refers to the ways in which that retailers trick consumers into believing how they are being tracked. However, what they don’t know is there are so many other activities that are tracking, parsing and even categorizing them. Consumers normalize sharing private information because they become comfortable being watched through their phones. In other words, as people have…
advanced, it’s becoming increasingly harder and harder for brick and mortar shops to compete with the digital age of shopping. Traditional retailers are much more vulnerable, particularly if they don’t forge relationships with other e-commerce stores. But not to worry. This isn’t a lose/lose situation. While middle class America does do a significant amount of online purchasing, it doesn’t mean you have to go completely out of business. Read on to learn how you can keep your brick and mortar…
shops and brick-and-mortar businesses globally have been hit hard with the rise of electronic commerce (or e-commerce). The high penetration of technology has increased consumers’ consumption on online platforms thus contributing to the rapid increase of e-commerce. Takashimaya, being a traditional retailer, should consider this trend as its weakness is high dependence on its domestic market, Japan. Furthermore, it also faces intense competition in its domestic market, Japan and in Singapore too…