What impact does b2c e-commerce have on current physical stores?

B2C e-commerce refers to the general name of e-commerce activities carried out by enterprises for individuals, such as providing online medical consultation and online commodity purchase for individuals. According to the latest statistics up to 2009, there are more than 400 million netizens in China, among which underage netizens account for 1/3. Future mainstream consumers will choose online shopping. IResearch predicts that the online shopping market in China will reach 567 billion in 20 10 and 798 billion in 20 12, with an annual growth rate of over 80%, making it the strongest growth engine of the new Internet economy.

The impact of B2C e-commerce on physical stores is as follows:

1, cost

E-commerce electronizes and digitizes traditional business processes. On the one hand, replacing real logistics with electronic flow can greatly reduce manpower and material resources, thus reducing costs; On the other hand, it breaks through the limitation of time and space and improves the transaction efficiency.

2. deal.

E-commerce can provide rich information, consumers can compare prices online at will, and use the third party to pay, making the whole transaction process transparent and fair.

3. As far as online services are concerned

Because online sales are conducted on Internet pages, unlike personal sales, anyone can look up product-related information, place an order or consult online at any time, which solves the worries of office workers who have no time to go shopping.

4. Openness and globality

Internet is open and global, which can create more trade opportunities for enterprises and promote mutual economic growth in different regions.

5. In terms of procurement efficiency.

Because of the openness and globalization of e-commerce, consumers can quickly find the products they want. In other words, we can buy more satisfactory products with less time and energy, which caters to the fast-paced life of modern people.

6. As far as intermediate links are concerned.

E-commerce redefines the traditional circulation mode, reduces intermediate links, and makes direct transactions between producers and consumers possible.

7. Interaction.

Through the internet, businesses can communicate directly with consumers, and consumers can feed back their ideas to businesses in time, which is conducive to improving the quality of products or services of businesses.