E-Commerce & Online Auctions in the US IBISWorld Industry Report 45411a The E-Commerce and Online Auctions industry captures the activities of retail businesses selling solely online (also known as pure play). The internet is used as the primary selling platform either via a retailer's online store or an auction site. Those that operate a brick and mortar store and have also set up a website in conjunction with the physical outlet are excluded from this report.
Internet retailing: the past, the present and the
future.Doherty, Neil F.,Ellis-Chadwick, Fiona By Neil F. Doherty and Fiona Ellis-Chadwick International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management Vol. 38 (11/2) 2010, p943-965, 23p Publication Type:Academic Journal Subjects: INTERNET,RETAIL trade,ELECTRONIC commerce,SALES
promotion,MARKETING,COMPETITION,Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web
Search Portals,Wired Telecommunications Carriers,Data Processing, Hosting, and
Related Services,All Other Telecommunications,All Other Miscellaneous Store
Retailers (except Tobacco Stores),Electronic Shopping,Business to Business
Electronic Markets
Abstract: Purpose -- The primary aim of this paper is to critically review the
literature that explicitly addresses the adoption, application and impact of
internet technologies, by retailers, for the promotion and sale of merchanidise.
In particular, this paper seeks to present a holistic and critical review of the
early predictions, with regard to the uptake and impact of internet retailing;
critically reappraise these claims in light of current trends in internet
retailing; and explore where e-tailing may be heading in the coming years.
Design/methodology/approach -- The paper adopts an extensive and critical review
of the literature, with regard to the adoption, uptake and impact of internet
retailing, as... Database: Business Source Premier
