* electronic commerce or e-commerce essentially is any type of business, or commercial transaction,...

*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.