E-commerce

More and more businesses are selling goods over the Internet. Orders can be placed and payments made - usually by credit card. Deliveries are made directly to your home.

 Advantages to Customers :

• there is no travelling - it can be done from home.
• no sticking to shopping hours - it can be done 24 hours a day.
• it is much quicker to check out a lot of different shops for the best price
• obscure goods may be hunted for globally - your local shop may not stock it!

Advantages to Companies :

• Large savings on warehouse and office space.
• A wider catchment area for customers (the world is the limit!)
• Customers can be kept in touch with by email and informed of new products etc.
• No worries about unsold stock.

Visions of the future :

• Fewer shops on the High Street needing fewer shop assistants.
• People taking less exercise leading to poor health.
• Reduction in private transportation and an increase in commercial transport.