Almost every Saturday morning, families move frantically all over the world, heading to their favorite mall or department store. Of course, shopping's still done everyday, but how many ways can it be done is the question. More than ever, traditional retailers are feel more threatened by the dot COM beast. Many issues include debating time, money, and availability between online and traditional shopping. Although shoppers today flood the malls as much as the Internet, the real question remains, will online shoppers divide and conquer, or will traditional shopping outlive a trend? .
Ever stop and wonder whether one day shopping for a Louie Vuttion bag in pajamas, while taking care of a husband, three children, and a cat with an overactive bladder at home was possible? Well thanks to twenty first century technology, anything's virtually promising and shopping at home has become apart of everyday life as going to work or school. Differences between online vs. traditional shopping exists between time management. Online shopping has truly changed the lives of many and become tremendously convenient to thousands. With online shopping, almost all time busters and long shopping days can be executed by the click of a button, leaving time for more important things. Take for instance purchasing gifts online for friends, all that is needed is an idea of what kind of gift that is to be sent, half the time you would have spent looking for the gift, and an address. However, as opposed to purchasing items online, traditional shopping may take more time but have the convenience of actually interacting with the item. In addition, traditional shoppers have the advantage of customer service, which would be very difficult if at all to find online. Choosing a certain shoe or belt size? Returning an item would never be a problem because trying on the items, and a sales associate would prevent purchasing the incorrect item.
