* electronic commerce or e-commerce essentially is any type of business, or commercial transaction,...
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*E-COMMERCE
*What is e-commerce?
*Electronic commerce or e-commerce essentially is any type of business, or commercial transaction, that involves the transfer of information across the Internet. *Ecommerce allows consumers to electronically exchange goods and services with no barriers of time or distance.
*Examples of e-commerce
*How has e-commerce
changed how we do business?*E-commerce has changed business by
making products and services from a company easily accessible to more people*E-commerce has made it possible for
companies to market in store locally and on the internet internationally
*How will e-commerce change
business in the future?*E-commerce will continue to expand
worldwide marketing and availability to trade and sell instantly and more easily
*Advantages to doing business
this way*E-commerce makes it easier for people to shop by making it possible to buy from your home rather than taking a trip to a store that may be 5 minutes to an hour away or no where close to you at all*Shopping online allows you to have a more
broad stock and selection of merchandise enabling you to sell more of something with out selling out*Offering e-commerce also helps to bring in more
profit to a company by making it more available
*Disadvantages to e-
commerce*A disadvantage is that online shopping
lacks human contact so there is no forced persuasion on the buyer*A customer is showed a picture of the
product and they have to trust the product they are sent is good quality*Shopping online charges additional
shipping fees and can take a while to ship to you
*HOTTOPIC
*Success?
*Hot topic originated as a teen retail accessory store that was music inspired*Hot topic sells music and pop culture related
apparel and accessories*The company expanded from a popular store in
malls to having an online website that offers all the same and more*Hot topic has made appearances on FORTUNE®
Magazine's 100 Best Companies To Work For and Forbes Magazine's 200 Best Small Companies
*Jobs
* There are over 690 locations throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico
*With over 675 Hot Topic stores nationwide, hot topic offers a variety of positions available in sales, store management, district management and regional management.