Week 4: E-Business & M-Business on the Internet
The holiday season is approaching, and I'm sure that most of us are really excited to enjoy the accompanying festive goodies, bond with our families and friends, or to just bask in the festive atmosphere. But this season also entails something that some of us may dread: holiday shopping . Ten years ago, most of us would have done our holiday shopping at physical stores — perhaps at "brick-and-mortar" shops or shopping malls. But now, retail has evolved, launching us into the age of "online shopping". This has become all the rage in recent years, and has actually become a threat to physical retail commerce. Online shopping is a form of e-commerce that allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from sellers over the Internet. Consumers find a product of interest by visiting the website of the retailer directly or by searching among various vendors using a search engine, which displays the same product's availability and pricing at different reta...