Essay

The annotated bibliography

Milly Yang

12/01/2015

1. Book

Mack, B. (2003, November 7). Holiday Shopping Online? Retrieved from https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2003/11/holiday-shopping-online

Black Friday, the biggest shopping festival in North America, has just pasted. Millions of individuals buy goods during Black Friday, because almost goods have good discounts. I am one of the member of this huge group, on this Black Friday, I would like to buy online. First, shopping online is more convenience for me, because I have not bought a car yet. On the other hand, the weather is too freeze to go shopping outside. So, shopping online is the best choice for a lot of people. However, what do they need to mention for online shopping? In the Book of “ Holiday Shopping Online”, I get a really good answer. “Know the seller”, “ Know exactly what you are buying”, “ Compare prices”,” Check the privacy policy”,” pay with a credit card”,”Use a secure browser”,”Consider shipping and handling costs”,” Print records of your online transactions”,” Understand the return policy”,” Check the delivery dates”..........

Journal Article

Wolfinbarger, M., & Gilly, M. C. (2001). Shopping Online for Freedom, Control, and Fun. California Management Review, 43(2), 34-55. doi:10.2307/41166074

Consumers shop online for both goal-oriented and experiential reasons. However, goal-oriented motives are more common among online shoppers than are experiential motives. The number of consumers buying online and the amount being spent by online buyers has been on the rise; Forrester Research has estimated Internet sales in 2000 to be more than double that of 1999, $45 billion. In comparison, overall retail sales in the U.S. totaled $13 trillion in 2000. Why do more and more people decide to shopping online? Because shopping online has so many advantages, shopping online for freedom, control and fun.

Website

G, R. (2013, March 4). Top 5 Benefits Of Online Shopping. Retrieved from http://quartsoft.com/blog/201303/top-online-shopping-benefits

Renita G is a constant online shopper as same as I. She has determined the top 5 benefits of online shopping, which are “better price”,”convenience”,”variety”,”fewer traps”,”discreet shopping”. I totally agree her opinions. During this black Friday, I want to buy a tote bag for my mom on Coach.com, but the tote bag is out of stock so that I call the Coach, and they help me to deal with this problem. They still give me 60% off discount although they bag will be send by the end of December. Online shopping is more convenience.

4.Website

Miller, G. (2012, February 14). 8 Reasons Consumers Like To Shop Online – Cater To Them For Online Retail Success. Retrieved from http://upstreamcommerce.com/blog/2012/02/14/8-reasons-consumer-likes-shop-online

Because of the numerous advantages and benefits, more and more people say they prefer online shopping over conventional shopping these days. It’s important to understand the psyche of the online shopper. There are many reasons for online retailers to be sanguine about the future of online retail. 

Website

Papageorgiou, K. (2013, November 15). 9 Things That Make Online Shops Successful.0Retrieved0from0https://blog.paymill.com/9-things-make-online-shops-successful/

The online shopping is developing so fast, what make it improve? There are several reasons in this article, product review, quality images, easy payment process, fast loading times, quality design, related products, easy store navigation.... In my opinion, related products is the most important thing, because I can see the other customers’ comments for the product which I want to buy, they may give me some useful suggestion.However, I cannot see or hear any comments from the other customers in the store shopping.

Website

McDermott, T. (2013). Online shopping

In November and December 2011, people spent $37.2 billion shopping online. This marked a 15 percent increase from the year before and is indicative of the rapid and accelerating growth in the popularity of online shopping, which has steadily been gaining market share since 2000. Though online retailers are a fairly new entrant in the market, their success has been astonishing, and the development of new mobile technologies has only made them stronger.

7.Website

Gong, W., Stump, R. L., & Maddox, L. M. (2013). Factors influencing consumers' online shopping in china. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 7(3), 214-230. doi:10.1108/JABS-02-2013-0006

China now has 420 million internet users ([18] CNNIC, 2010), representing the highest per country usage in the world. With growing disposable income, the hundreds of millions of netizens[1] are spending more and more on information and communication products and services compared to their daily necessities, thus creating huge prospects for the development of e-commerce and a digital economy in China. While many countries worldwide were severely hit by the global recession, China's online retail market appeared to be unaffected and has actually been growing steadily. Recent data reveal that China had 87.88 million users shopping on the Internet compared to 74 million the previous year ([17] CNNIC, 2009). This rapid growth represents opportunities as well as challenges for both domestic and international marketers operating in the e-commerce space. 

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Doland, A. (2015). FOR CHINA'S ONLINE SHOPPING GIANT ALIBABA, E-COMMERCE ISN'T ENOUGH; titan's upcoming mega-event will be all about connecting the online and offline worlds. Advertising Age, 86(21), 24.

ALIBABA'S ANNUAL ONLINE shopping festival last Nov. 11 generated $9.3 billion in sales in 24 hours, more than four times the size of Cyber Monday in the U.S. For this Nov. 11, Alibaba has decided straightforward e-commerce isn't enough. It's tackling a new front with omnichannel retailing, usually known in China by the easy-to-pronounce buzzword "O2O." That stands for "online to offline," or connecting internet users to shops and services in the real world.

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Gefen, D., Karahanna, E., & Straub, D. W. (2003). Trust and TAM in online shopping: An integrated model. MIS Quarterly, 27(1), 51-90.

Forrester Research estimates that U.S. online retail will reach $262 billion and $370 billion by 2013 and 2017, respectively, representing a compound annual growth rate of 10% (Mulpuru, 2013). One of the primary reasons consumers go online is to search for information (Horrigan, 2008). Given consumers rapid adoption of various Internet-accessible devices (e.g., tablets, smartphones), understanding how they perceive online information relevant to their shopping needs is crucial. 

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S.Shalini, & Kamalaveni, D. (2015). a study on factors favouring online shopping. Golden Research Thoughts, 5(2), 1-9.

With the technological development in internet technologies and increased ease in using them, the scope of internet is constantly increasing. It has already acquired a significant share of commerce i.e. buy and sell transactions for various products and services. Although there is an increase in the number of researches in this area but still being a multi-disciplinary area, its exact positioning is often not very clear.