The impacts of E-retail on the choice of shopping trips and delivery: Some preliminary findings
| Autor: | Ilan Salomon, Orit Rotem-Mindali |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Telemedicine
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Information technology Transportation Advertising Management Science and Operations Research Delivery mode Product (business) Telecommuting Conceptual model TRIPS architecture Marketing business Database transaction Civil and Structural Engineering media_common |
| Zdroj: | Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 41:176-189 |
| ISSN: | 0965-8564 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tra.2006.02.007 |
| Popis: | E-retail, like many other information technology-based activities (telecommuting, telemedicine etc.) offers a potential substitution of travel by telecommunications. Traditional shopping activities typically consist of a visit to a store in which product information is sought, and a decision on purchase is made. Pending that decision, the product is obtained and most often self-delivered by the consumer. Certain types of products are store-delivered to the consumer premises. In the face of E-retail, consumers can acquire information, make a purchase transaction and choose a delivery arrangement from a remote location. These options may result in a reduction of transport activity, as a delivery by the supplier is potentially more efficient than the traditional process. The current study presents a conceptual model of the decisions households make with regard to information gathering, purchase transactions and delivery mode. Data on revealed behavior and various socio-demographic and economic characteristics of shoppers was collected in the Tel-Aviv Metropolitan area in the summer of 2004. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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