A STUDY OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ONLINE SHOPPING WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO RATNAGIRI CITY, MAHARASHTRA INDIA.
- Asst. Professor,GogateJoglekar College,(Affiliated by University Of Mumbai.)Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
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Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce, refers to the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the internet and other computer networks. Internet is the rapidest growing media during the past decade. It has changed the look of new era. Especially, online shopping is a rapidly growing e- commerce area. Online stores are usually available 24 hours a day, and many consumers have internet access both at work and at home. A successful web store is not just a good looking website with dynamic technical features, listed in many search engines but it always look forward for consumer satisfaction. This study aims to establish a preliminary assessment, evaluation and understanding of the characteristics of online shopping. An effort has been made to investigate online consumer behaviour, which in turn provides E-marketers with a constructional framework for fine-tuning their E-businesses? strategies.
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[Meenal Khandake and Naziya Maldar. (2017); A STUDY OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ONLINE SHOPPING WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO RATNAGIRI CITY, MAHARASHTRA INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Dec). 1058-1068] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Gogate Joglekar College, (Affiliated by University Of Mumbai.) Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
