Commerce Impact on Businesses & Consumers

Commerce Impact on Businesses & Consumers

This topic relates to the following concepts for this week:

• E-Commerce

Question / Challenge
Select and respond to one of the following questions (no more than 7 responses for any topic will be permitted):

• What are the impacts of e-commerce / e-businesses on traditional "mom-and-pop" / "brick-and mortar" businesses?
• What are the benefits of e-commerce / e-businesses for the consumer?
• What are the benefits of e-commerce / e-businesses for businesses?
• What are the driving factors that have resulted in the growth of e-commerce / e-business within the last decade?
• How has the increase in e-commerce / e-businesses changed the way in which products and services are marketed?

Criteria 
Conferences consist of two components: Topic Response & Classmate Response

1. Topic Response - a response to the instructor's main question
2. Minimum of 2 sources to be used in EACH Topic Response
3. Minimum Topic Response - Word Count = 70
4. Review & Respond to at least two classmate's Topic Responses
5. Cite Sources using APA Guidelines