Why Do People Shop Online? A Comprehensive Framework of Consumers' Online Shopping Intentions and Behaviors

Why Do People Shop Online? A Comprehensive Framework of Consumers' Online Shopping Intentions and Behaviors
Author: Viswanath Venkatesh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
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Purpose: Consumer adoption of online shopping continues to increase each year. At the same time, online retailers face intense competition and few are profitable. This suggests that businesses and researchers still have much to learn regarding key antecedents of online shopping adoption and success. Based on extensive past research that has focused on the importance of various online shopping antecedents, this work seeks to provide an integrative, comprehensive nomological network. Approach: We employ a mixed methods approach to develop a comprehensive model of consumers online shopping behavior. To that end, in addition to a literature review, qualitative data are collected to identify a broad array of possible antecedents. Then, using a longitudinal survey, the model of consumer shopping intentions and behaviors is validated among 9,992 consumers.Findings: We identified antecedents to online shopping related to culture, demographics, economics, technology and personal psychology. Our quantitative analysis showed that the main drivers of online shopping were congruence, impulse buying behavior, value consciousness, risk, local shopping, shopping enjoyment, and browsing enjoyment.Originality: The validated model provides a rich explanation of the phenomenon of online shopping that integrates and extends prior work by incorporating new antecedents.

Online Impulse Buying and Cognitive Dissonance

Online Impulse Buying and Cognitive Dissonance
Author: Giovanni Mattia
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2021-02-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030659232

Consumers’ beliefs and attitudes towards online sales significantly influence buying behavior on the internet. However, the impact of these thoughts and beliefs on the decision to make an online purchase is not direct. It can be moderated by the emotions experienced while browsing an e-commerce website. Impulse buying in particular is influenced by a number of factors, for example how stimulating the e-shopping platform is, and how easy it is to click on the cart a certain product, for instance a smartphone. But what happens after an online impulse buy is made? Often the customer can regret the purchase and in the throes of anxiety, look for reasons to justify the choices made. Consumer behaviour scholars and pyschologists call this phenomenon cognitive dissonance, and certain individuals are more sensitive than others in developing this than others. This book offers a deep investigation around online impulse buying and subsequent cognitive dissonance. Specifically, the authors present a research case study of a group of millenials who are shopping for smartphones to study whether an initial positive state can reduce the onset of cognitive dissonance in consumers. Based on substantial research and a sample of 212 impulsive millennial buyers, the book provides a comprehensive, but simple and synthetic framework of impulse buying, cognitive dissonance and positive affect state, highlighting their relationships.

A Focus on Consumer Behaviours and Experiences in an Online Shopping Environment

A Focus on Consumer Behaviours and Experiences in an Online Shopping Environment
Author: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2015-11-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1785608703

A Focus on Consumer Behaviours and Experiences in an Online Shopping Environment is a collection of key articles offering insights across a range of sectors. Some of the topics the book looks at include: - Influences of socioeconomic characteristics in online shopping behaviour - The role trust plays in an online shopping environment

Enhancing and Predicting Digital Consumer Behavior with AI

Enhancing and Predicting Digital Consumer Behavior with AI
Author: Musiolik, Thomas Heinrich
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2024-05-13
Genre: Business & Economics
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Understanding consumer behavior in today's digital landscape is more challenging than ever. Businesses must navigate a sea of data to discern meaningful patterns and correlations that drive effective customer engagement and product development. However, the ever-changing nature of consumer behavior presents a daunting task, making it difficult for companies to gauge the wants and needs of their target audience accurately. Enhancing and Predicting Digital Consumer Behavior with AI offers a comprehensive solution to this pressing issue. A strong focus on concepts, theories, and analytical techniques for tracking consumer behavior changes provides the roadmap for businesses to navigate the complexities of the digital age. By covering topics such as digital consumers, emotional intelligence, and data analytics, this book serves as a timely and invaluable resource for academics and practitioners seeking to understand and adapt to the evolving landscape of consumer behavior.

Online Shopping Intentions

Online Shopping Intentions
Author: Anne Fota
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2022-05-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3658376627

In this book, the drivers and barriers that motivate or inhibit consumers to participate in e-commerce are investigated, differentiating between the e-commerce subareas of cross-border e-commerce, voice-commerce, conversational-commerce and rental-commerce. This specification is both scientifically and practically relevant, as the different subareas of e-commerce serve different consumer needs and motivations, resulting in a diverse set of antecedents to form consumers' online shopping intentions. Both the respective literature reviews as well as the empirical results of six conducted research studies illustrate the relevance and ubiquity of the four subareas of e-commerce in consumers' everyday online shopping. On the one hand, the results represent an important basis for marketing and consumer research to support a better understanding of the behavioral psychological motives of consumers and better evaluate correlations in shopping behavior. On the other hand, practitioners benefit from the newly gained insights, as online retailers in particular can use them to better adapt their offers to consumer needs and optimize consumers’ online shopping experience.

Online Shopping Habits and Consumer Behavior

Online Shopping Habits and Consumer Behavior
Author: Murali Guruswamy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2014-02-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9783656598121

Master's Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Business economics - Marketing, Corporate Communication, CRM, Market Research, Social Media, grade: 64.6, University of Lincoln (PG-Business School), course: MBA, language: English, abstract: In the last few decades, the internet has been a powerful tool. The advent of internet has removed major industry barriers and made shopping much more easily. The development of internet from last 5 years has significantly increased the web-users which are due high speed data transmission and other technology developments have created an advantage for the firms to promote themselves more significantly. In the current era of internet customers use internet for varied purpose and activities; searching information about products/ services, companies, product features and prices, availability of the product, selection of products, placing order and paying them online ensuring a smooth transmission of the complete process. According to the UCLA centre for communication policy, online shopping has become the third popular internet activity which further followed up by e-mails and web browsing. Many researches have indicated that the internet shopping particularly in B2C has risen and online shopping become more popular to many people. According to The Emerging Digital Economy Report, in some companies the weight of e-commerce sales is high (Dell computer reached $ 18million sales through internet). This advent of internet has made the marketers to realise that the consumer behaviour transformation is unavoidable and thus they have to change their marketing strategy.

Drivers and Barriers for Online Consumer Behavior

Drivers and Barriers for Online Consumer Behavior
Author: Dr. Anita Maheshwari
Publisher: Shashwat Publication
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2023-02-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9393557292

Who doesn't love shopping? Of course, most of us. Evolution of internet and digitalization in all walks of life have created a paradigm shift in shopping patterns from bricks and mortar to online shopping. Though consumers have started welcoming and adopting this new phenomenon but still the move is not in its full swing. Consumers are somewhat reluctant to use it as they are facing various kinds of obstacles. Since consumers are central point of any business to achieve success, it is imperative to analyze and understand consumers behavior and attitudes to make them satisfied. The book makes an attempt to assess the web-based shopping behavior of consumers in India. Specifically it presents a clear picture of concerns and issues that exist in the adoption of online shopping. The main objective of this study is to explore major factors which consumers consider while making online purchases and to expose the factors which create hindrance to online shopping. The present work is a modified version of author's research work for which she has been awarded a Doctorate degree by Department of Business Administration, University of Kota.

Factors Influencing Consumers' Intention to Purchase Clothing Online

Factors Influencing Consumers' Intention to Purchase Clothing Online
Author: Natalie Bluschke
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 61
Release: 2011-04-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3640884736

Master's Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Offline Marketing and Online Marketing, grade: 1.0, Thames Valley University, London, language: English, abstract: This dissertation is a study in the area of e-commerce. The aim of this study was to examine the adoption of online shopping and online shopping for clothing in particular and factors influencing the intention to purchase clothing online. A quantitative research method was used and a questionnaire designed on the website www.surveymonkey.com and then distributed by sending out the link leading to the survey via facebook and emails. 94 useful questionnaires were gathered from female and male UK students. SPSS 17 was used to analyse the collected data by conducting chi-square tests and Spearman’s rho correlation tests to examine the relation between different variables. The constructs of the technology acceptance model (TAM) were used as a framework and basis for this research and were extended by further constructs. Therefore, the impact of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, prior online shopping experience, perceived risk and product involvement on the intention to purchase clothing online was analysed. Perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and prior online shopping experience had positive effects on the intention to purchase clothing online. Perceived risk had a negative effect on the intention to purchase clothing online. These findings supported the hypotheses. Other than hypothesised, clothing product involvement did not have a significant positive effect on the intention to purchase clothing online.

Online Shopping Habits and Consumer Behavior

Online Shopping Habits and Consumer Behavior
Author: Murali Guruswamy
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2014-02-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3656598150

Master's Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Business economics - Offline Marketing and Online Marketing, grade: 64.6, University of Lincoln (PG-Business School), course: MBA, language: English, abstract: In the last few decades, the internet has been a powerful tool. The advent of internet has removed major industry barriers and made shopping much more easily. The development of internet from last 5 years has significantly increased the web-users which are due high speed data transmission and other technology developments have created an advantage for the firms to promote themselves more significantly. In the current era of internet customers use internet for varied purpose and activities; searching information about products/ services, companies, product features and prices, availability of the product, selection of products, placing order and paying them online ensuring a smooth transmission of the complete process. According to the UCLA centre for communication policy, online shopping has become the third popular internet activity which further followed up by e-mails and web browsing. Many researches have indicated that the internet shopping particularly in B2C has risen and online shopping become more popular to many people. According to The Emerging Digital Economy Report, in some companies the weight of e-commerce sales is high (Dell computer reached $ 18million sales through internet). This advent of internet has made the marketers to realise that the consumer behaviour transformation is unavoidable and thus they have to change their marketing strategy.