Online shopping trend among women of Ludhiana city
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Date
2017
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Abstract
The present study was undertaken with the objectives to assess the online shopping behaviour
of selected respondents and to gain insight into the factors contributing to online shopping
preferred products for online purchase and to study the problems related with online
shopping. The study was conducted in Ludhiana city of Punjab. Five localities viz; Punjab
Agricultural University Campus, Sarabha Nagar, Kitchlu Nagar, Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar
and Model town were selected purposively. From each of the selected locality, 35 households
having internet connection and experience of online shopping were selected through snow
ball sampling technique. Thus 175 women constituted the sample for the study. The findings
of the study revealed that around 90.00 per cent of the respondents used internet daily for
communication/chatting and for online shopping as per their requirement. Majority of the
respondents i.e 60.00 per cent did online shopping for self and 81.71 per cent respondents
made payments for online shopping through cash on delivery mode. The findings further
revealed that the most influencing factor for online shopping was convenience, followed by
discount/offers, wider choice, easy delivery of products and easy return policy. The
respondents mainly purchased small items of their personal use but they were still hesitant to
shop online for major household items. The results regarding problems of online shoppers
revealed that out of 175 respondents 50 respondents faced problem while online shopping.
their main problems was difficulty in inspecting the quality of products. But still they were
satisfied with online shopping experience and showed their willingness to shop online in
future.