Retailing and E-Tailing

Substitution or complementarity? How the Internet changes city centre shopping

“…These results are important because many researchers have highlighted the competitive advantages traditional retailers have over virtual retailers when operating a Web store in addition to their network of physical stores (see e.g. Steinfield et al, 2001;Currah, 2002;Wrigley et al, 2002;Boschma and Weltevreden, 2005).…”

“…Many studies in the above types of literature are conceptual contributions or literature reviews (see e.g. Guy, 1985;Salomon, 1985Salomon, , 1986Salomon and Koppelman, 1988;Mokhtarian, 1990Mokhtarian, , 2002Mokhtarian, , 2004Westlake, 1990;Rowley, 1996;Alba et al, 1997;Dholakia et al, 2000;Reynolds, 2000a, b;Gillespie et al, 2001;Golob and Regan, 2001;Lyons, 2002;Wrigley et al, 2002;Anderson et al, 2003;Burt and Sparks, 2003;Couclelis, 2004;Daduna and Lenz, 2004;Dholakia, 2004;Visser and Lanzendorf, 2004;Boschma and Weltevreden, 2005;Dixon et al, 2005). This paper draws on the work of Mokhtarian, which clearly delineates the concepts of substitution, complementarity, and other likely impacts of e-shopping.…”

“…The Internet has the potential to alter daily activities such as work (through telecommuting) and shopping (through e-shopping). Especially for retailing, the Internet can have serious consequences, as it has the potential to make existing retail business models redundant (Wrigley et al, 2002;Burt and Sparks, 2003). In 2005, online sales accounted for approximately 3.8% of the total retail expenditure in Germany, 3.1% in the UK, 2.8% in the Netherlands, and 2.3% in the US.…”

Internet strategies and performance of Dutch retailers

“…Contrary to virtual retailers, traditional retailers had a wellestablished brand identity and a network of physical stores on which they could draw to establish their presence online. Indeed, many scholars highlight the advantages traditional retailers have over virtual retailers when adopting the Internet (Steinfield et al, 2001;Currah, 2002;Wrigley et al, 2002).…”

The key factors for selecting C2C Logistics Companies by using Fuzzy AHP in Thailand

“…C2C online market is an electronic internet-facilitated that involves transactions between customers to customers. These C2C e-commerce market, including: the use of online auctions, web forums, chat rooms, online shopping, or e-shopping, and bid to purchase the goods (Burt and Sparks, 2003;Wrigley et al, 2002;Weltevreden, 2007 andKiku, 2008). Besides, C2C also is a modern platform of barter, flea markets, yard sales and swap meets, but it has some disadvantages such as limited payment options and lack of quality control.…”