CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ONLINE SHOPPING IN INDIA
Alen Johny Thomas1 Thashma A.P2 & Rajani P.N3
Abstract:
In today’s world, with the increased internet literacy, the prospect of online shopping has increased in India. Online shopping or E-tailing has made life simple for individuals and groups. Online shopping is the use of technology for better marketing. Most of the company s has started using the technology to cut down their marketing costs, and thereby reducing the price of the products in order to stay ahead in the competitive markets. To attract online customers, it is essential to understand the consumer behaviour and determine what they need and desire. This study concentrates on understanding the buying behaviour of online customers and determining the factors affecting the perception of online buyers in India. This paper is mainly based on secondary data. The type of research is conceptual in nature. This research also provides the organisations and firms standpoint, which helps them to improve and manage their strategies in order to survive in the competitive world.
Keywords: Consumer Behaviour, E-tailing, Internet Literacy, Online Shopping.
All the authors are the students from M.Com (IB), St. Joseph’s College of Commerce (Autonomous)
Introduction
The world is changing at momentous speed and no aspect of our life is being spared from the change. Today, the online shopping has become a trend in India and we are in the phase where online
This is important in driving traffic and creating awareness of the availability of online purchases, which is convenient to most people. Therefore, the customers will not have to travel to the company’s physical stores since they can easily make purchases from the comfort of their
As a result of online retail, there has been a shift in how we do our shopping and is making its way to being THE way of shopping. Online retail has strong cost advantages in comparison to its offline competitors. It is rapidly taking precedence in many categories due to better pricing, selection
What does colour really mean to the consumer, or how does colour really affect consumer behavior? Colours can have a powerful psychological effect as there is a strong connection between colour and feelings. Colour enhances the sales of products. Hemphill (1996) mention that colours is a powerful marketing tool that significantly encourages consumer purchases, which accounts up to 85% of the reason why someone decides to purchase a product. Businesses must apprehend the psychology of colour in order to use it effectively.
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Causes According to Amin & Noor (2013), the E-consumers generally refer to the purchaser of goods and services over electronic systems such as Internet and other computer networks. This new group of consumers is increasing in number over the years as on-line shopping become a trend and manifestation of modern life style. Based from the Paynter & Lim (2001), E-commerce would provide consumers with benefits such as interactive communications, fast delivery, and more customization that would only be available for consumers through online shopping. Product information in the Internet is more compact and it ranges from various sites.
Consumer is one who consumes the goods & services product. The aim of marketing is to meet and satisfy the Consumer needs and wants. The modern marketing concept makes customers the centre stage of organisation efforts. The focus, within the marketing concepts is to reach target and largest customer’s sets ball rolling for analysing each of the conditions of the target market1. Consumer behaviour can be defined as “the decision making process and physical activity involved in acquiring, evaluating, using and disposing of goods and services”.
(Niazi et al 2012) A survey was conducted on effective advertisement and how it impacts consumers buying behaviour. This brought an outcome that advertising is one of the most effective tool to attract consumers positively towards the product. When a consumer gets emotionally attracted towards the product, he tries his best be use and try the product at least once. When the purchasing power of a consumer changes, it affects the purchasing level too side by side.
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The justification of this study lies on two main reasons: Mauritius' relatively new in the e-commerce sector and the lack of real study in the Mauritian context. The research will also help in understanding the level of adoption of Ecommerce, identifying the different factors which affect or contribute to the success of e-commerce in the retail industry. The study will investigate the prospective of e-commerce in the Mauritian retail industry and determine if this can be a potential reality. Hopefully, the findings of this thesis will help discover where Mauritius stands and what strategies it can employ to enhance the growth of this sector. The paper has been structured as follows: firstly we have a thorough literature review that critically examines the different factors affecting the consumer behaviour as regards to e-commerce in the retail industry.