Online shopping is becoming increasingly popular nowadays. Some people believe that the rise of online shopping will bring a retail apocalypse while others do not. This essay will argue that although there is a steep growth in online shopping nowadays, the niche for retail shopping will exist.
Retail shopping will always take precedence over online because of the touch and feel that it provides to the consumer. Online shopping might be preferred for the purchase of daily consumption items; however, it cannot replace the experiential shopping that retail provides for a want-based purchase. For example, purchase of clothes and shoes would always require a consumer to check the article thoroughly by picking it up and discussing it with the seller rather than randomly ordering it and then ending up with a misfit.
Furthermore, there always remain a transactional risk whenever one is shopping online. While online shopping gives an ease, it also castes significant doubts on the integrity of the data being used owing to increasing concerns over cyber security. In today’s day and age, the online data is never secured as there have been substantial increase in the data leakages and fraudulent activities in the recent times. Facebook and Google, the tech giants, were also making headlines recently regarding their privacy policies and the concerns that the people have over their data security.
To conclude, the trend of retail shopping has no doubt subsided, however, it will not dissipate owing to the experiential shopping and the transactional security it provides to a shopper mission.
Online
shopping
is becoming
increasingly
popular nowadays.
Some
people
believe that the rise of
online
shopping
will bring a
retail
apocalypse while others do not. This essay will argue that although there is a steep growth in
online
shopping
nowadays, the niche for
retail
shopping
will exist.
Retail
shopping
will always take precedence over
online
because
of the touch and feel that it provides to the consumer.
Online
shopping
might
be preferred
for the
purchase
of daily consumption items;
however
, it cannot replace the experiential
shopping
that
retail
provides for a want-based
purchase
.
For example
,
purchase
of clothes and shoes would always require a consumer to
check
the article
thoroughly
by picking it up and discussing it with the seller
rather
than
randomly
ordering it and then ending up with a misfit.
Furthermore
, there always remain a transactional
risk
whenever one is
shopping
online
. While
online
shopping
gives an
ease
, it
also
castes significant doubts on the integrity of the
data
being
used
owing to increasing concerns over cyber security. In
today
’s day and age, the
online
data
is never secured as there have been substantial increase in the
data
leakages and fraudulent activities in the recent times. Facebook and Google, the tech giants, were
also
making headlines recently regarding their privacy policies and the concerns that the
people
have over their
data
security.
To conclude
, the trend of
retail
shopping
has no doubt subsided,
however
, it will not dissipate owing to the experiential
shopping
and the transactional security it provides to a shopper mission.