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This research proposal explores the concept of online shopping and its impact on the business environment. It discusses the scope, trend, and influence of online shopping, and includes research questions, methodology, and data analysis. The aim is to identify the scope and trend of online shopping and examine its influence on the business environment.

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Abstract
The below presented research is developed on the concept of online shopping and impacts of
the same on current business environment. The below presented research proposal comprise
of various segments that are describing the various aspects of the topic.An online shopping
system is a service which allows the customers to purchase anything from their desired stores
by sitting at their through their mobile. This system is getting more popular these days
because of the technology people prefer to do most of their work online which their time and
efforts of going physically to the stores. The online shopping gives them an ease and comfort
to shop and use the services in better way. Through online shopping people saves lot of time,
efforts and also save money due to the discounts and promotions available on the products.
At the time of festivals and different occasion these E commerce platforms provide their
customer some deals and offers which increase their purchasing rates and attracts more and
more customers to shop online.
In the process of shopping online the ecommerce platforms display the product on their
platform with its pictures, price, the delivery time and a tutorial video as well for some of the
products. On the same page the discount coupons are also available which makes it easier for
the user to get complete details of the products? People are getting depending on the online
shopping more nowadays and it has became a great source of income for the business persons
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Contents
Abstract......................................................................................................................................2
Contents......................................................................................................................................3
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Literature review........................................................................................................................4
Research questions...................................................................................................................10
Methodology............................................................................................................................10
Data analysis............................................................................................................................14
Conclusion................................................................................................................................15
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................16
Appendix: 1..........................................................................................................................18
Appendix: 2..........................................................................................................................19
Appendix: 3..........................................................................................................................20
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Introduction
With the advancement of technology every individual is addicted to mobile phones and want
their work to be done over the phone whether it is food, taxi booking or online shopping. The
online shopping reduces time and efforts as by sitting at one place people can visit various
stores at the same time and can also compare the prices of goods and services they want and
through a single click from their phones the products will be delivered to their doorstep at
their desired date and time.
With the evolution of various online shopping applications, people spend most of their time
browsing the products online as they love to check the ratings and reviews before purchasing
the products. Also, many customers prefer to visit the stores online before visiting the shop
itself. Also, online shopping gives the customer's facility or a number of discounts and cash-
backs while purchasing online which makes people happy and tempted to purchase more.
Payment is also an easy task while shopping online; customers can use their cards, net
banking, and many more methods while they proceed to checkout when placing an order.
Even they can use an option to pay through cash at the time of delivery. These are some of
the reasons that are why people love online shopping. The below presented are the aim and
objectives of the research on which the proposal will be developed:
Aims
 To identify the scope, trend, and use of online shopping for the long run
Objectives
 To analyse the business environment for identifying the scope of online shopping
 To determine the current trend of online shopping
 To examine the influence of online shopping on the business environment
Literature review
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According to Bacik, Gavurova and Fedorko, (2015), the evaluation of the Internet has given
birth to thousands of new ways to expend the businesses online which plays a major role in
the growth of the business. Because of the busy schedules, people prefer to use the services
online and get the products and services at their home which saves their time and efforts.
Most of the people prefer to use the services online to buy stuff, to order food, to book a taxi,
to pay their bills and many more services to save their time and to get better offers at any
time. Customers even love to do window shopping on online stores to get updated with the
latest trends and fashion with the prices they are offering and the advertising, offers, and
marketing of online services attract people more to use them.
The Internet has changed the way people do business and compete in the market for online
shopping or e-commerce. Online business is becoming a great source of earnings and
covering a remarkable portion of GDP across the globe. Even cyberspace is gaining more
significance rather than the offline stores in markets. Business around the world are getting
greatly attracted towards this virtual market which does not limit their reach, they can avail a
variety of products with various offers, details, and specifications and can also adopt a
number of marketing strategies to increase the customer's visit and reach. The operational
exercises and the functionalities which are outfitted by using the online instruments and
apparatuses and this can be considered as the procedure of web based business. Quick
improvements have been seen in the idea of web based business and furthermore the greater
part of the global partnerships is getting related with this idea for making achievements of the
hierarchical objectives and goals. Online shopping plays a leading roe in development and
advancement of a business corporation with a rapid speed.
Moreover, the author also observed that customer's like to visit and use the services on online
stores. They love the facilities they get while they are sitting at one place, they can have a
look at the products and services available on any far away shop in the real market. The
customer also enjoys the convenience of the home delivery with the speed, ease of transport
which they get in just a single click through the mobile application. Customers always prefer
to compare the prices and qualities of their desired products with a number of choices and
also without the pressure of the sales-person. This provides much greater significance and
offers advantages for small and medium-size businesses.
As per the view point of Eisend, (2015), the real market dealers should move their business
towards online platforms for better growth and development. The business person must
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consider all the points and they should take the right decision for the solution required for the
development of the business online. The salesperson should take care of the accountancy
package and inventory system of their business. The business person will have a database to
store the information related to the products, pricing, customer details for login so that they
do not face any issue while they purchase something next time. The making plays a vital role
in the growth of any organization, for whatever e-commerce business the sales-person
decides to launch should focus on planning a marketing strategy. SWOT analysis is also
important for the development of the business; the business person should know the strengths
and weaknesses of their organization and should also consider the opportunities and
challenges they need to face in upcoming years with the competition in the market.
The Internet is one of the great sources for the business persons to expand their business to
provide the number of choice in their products with reasonable prices, offers, and discounts
and is an irreplaceable technique to save and earn more money. The online stores are highly
in competition in the market nowadays not only the other online stores but also with the price
comparison websites which makes the bargaining easiest for the customers and also enhances
the reputation of the online stores of the shoppers because of the reviews posted by the
customers and the other shoppers. Customers search for the ratings and reviews of the
product as well as stores and then compares the price before selecting any product or book
any service online.
On the other hand Kuvykaitė and Tarutė, (2015), analyzed the other techniques which make
more customers to visit and use the shopper's stores are good deals, point of sale advantage
which offers the facility of free shipping stores options and the cash-back or discount offers
to purchase more than one product at the same time. Also, some stores do not apply the sales
tax it is not required by the state to their customers, which increase the chances of savings for
the people who prefer to go online for even small things.
As per the opinion of the author there are always two sides of every coin similarly every
business also have its own pros and cons which need to be considered and focused by the
shoppers for the benefit of their business. Some of the advantages of online shopping are:
The online stores are always open 24/7, the customer does not need to face parking hassles,
the customer does not need to face crowd purchase certain products. they do not need to wait
in long lines to check out, customers can shop freely without any salespeople's pressure or
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aggressiveness, they do not need to bargain as they can compare prices her, customers can
share their reviews about their experience the product, customer can check reviews from the
customers who have used that product before, they can purchase the refurbished products as
well, the sales representatives also have flexibility with applying coupons, check competitor's
prices and imposing shipping charges.
Sometimes online shopping also becomes hectic for the customers as the problem solving
with the employees or shopkeepers at the local store is easier, faster and more satisfying than
the online stores. Contemporary consumers are mostly found attracted towards online
shopping by the various advantages offered by this concept of marketing. On the basis of the
research it is also observed that there will be a rise in the generation of the overall revenue
from online shopping in the coming years and this will be due to increase or greater
availability of choices for the consumers and reductions in pricing of the products and
services.
Apart from all of the above mentioned advantages Samiee, Leonidou, Aykol, Stöttinger and
Christodoulides, (2016), identified some of the disadvantages of online shopping include, the
customers are unable to check the product physically and try the items before purchase, the
customers are unable to bargain and negotiate the prices of the products, the return and refund
is a time taking task in online shopping, many people do not trust the products and services
by just seeing the advertisement for the product, some people do not agree with the payment
methods and payment details of the product or service they want, customer is unable to talk
to the same person for the problem he/she was dealing with before.
The online shopping has become a significant part of many people across the world. The
people whether they are students or employees who have a busy lifestyle and tight schedules
they rely on the internet for most of their day-to-day to be done. The students and parents
prefer to sell and purchase books at reasonable prices and to save time. As these virtual stores
give the facility to shop without any salespersons pressure and comfort without facing any
crowd and with ease of shopping (Wu, 2013). The online stores provide more convenience to
customers for purchasing, watching reviews and exchanging all type of products and services.
The customers and the sales persons both prefer online sales as a more convenient and easy
technique to shop and use services but anything associated with the internet has their own
benefits as well as risks. That's why they need to consider all the points while using this kind
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of handy resource. Today, no one needs to buy or sell the product in the traditional way, the
people can simply just on their arm-chair, by clicking the mouse a few times, entering the
card details and just need to wait for the products to get delivered on their doorstep on their
preferred date and time.
According to Sherry and Fischer, (2017), the steps that buyers need to follow while
purchasing online are, search the product, ordering the product, check out for payment:
Searching the product: When customer intends to purchase any product online, he/she starts
by searching the product on the website or over the application in their mobile phones. If the
customer is not aware of any of the store that has a particular product he or she is searching
for and also would like to compare the prices over other platforms, they can always use the
search engines and can compare the results on most of the company websites they will have
the pictures, prices and features description of the product (Sigurdsson, Larsen and Menon,
2016). If some company does not want to have their own website or online platform then they
will prefer to display their products on any of the popular e-commerce platforms like-
Amazon, Flipkart, etc. These stores also have their virtual customer service centers on their
platforms, so that customer can call, email or chat with a live customer support executive
regarding their query for any of the product.
Ordering the product: After selecting the particular product customer was searching for, he
will then chose the option to proceed to checkout (Soopramanien, 2010). If a customer wants
to buy more than one product they will have the option to add to cart the product and then the
customer can proceed. While checking out the user will get a list of shipping and payment
options. In that shipping will include standard, expedited and overnight shipping and these
options will be available as per the delivery location (Wilson, 2014). And these different
shipping options have their own delivery charges and timings for delivery to the customer's
desired location.
Check-out for payment: After selecting the shipping option user will get a list of payment
methods he/she can use for payment of purchasing their product (Solomon, Dahl, White,
Zaichkowsky and Polegato, 2014). These payment methods can include credit/debit card, net
banking, UPI or cash on delivery, etc. depending on the platform customer is using. After
selecting the payment method and filling the details customer will get the notification of
order confirmation. This is how online shopping works.
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E-commerce trends to enhance the Earnings
The trends and fads are two different words and people are getting confused as fads with the
e-commerce trends. But the fads are like craze which starts and ends like trends on twitter but
the genuine trends stay for a longer time (Mohammed, 2014). The fads can be ignored but
trends should not be ignored. The trends in the business of E-commerce appear from the
number of things. When the customer's purchase products online, the things that they
purchase and the way they respond to those products are the marketing strategies
implemented by the businesses. The well-known E-commerce platforms like, Amazon,
Flipkart and Alibaba have been focusing on such trends since a long time for the benefit of
their business. The trends are basically to understand the customers’ demands and their
lifestyles so that it can help the business to plan the strategies for marketing accordingly.
According to Akroushand Al-Debei, (2015), some of the latest e-commerce trends that may
arise in 2019 are, Intensified Shipping options: In the past years Shipping has become one of
the reasons for the growth of e-commerce businesses. Free shipping is the source for small
improvements but then the option of same-day delivery came into action in 2013. Amazon
which is a renowned name in the e-commerce industry uses drones to search the shortest
routes possible for fast delivery. As technology improves these trends also grow in the
corporation and this is how the shipping option is considered a trend (Sreejesh, Mohapatra
and Anusree, 2014).
Voice search for the lead: In the advancement of technology with the artificial intelligence a
new option of voice search has been introduced in the daily life of people which has its own
impact on the E-commerce business (Al-Debei, Akroush and Ashouri, 2015). The voice
search has opened a platform to search for the people who do not know how to type, now
they can also use mobile phones to search anything over the internet. As per the Google
guidelines, the voice search option should also include more textual content so that more
people can visit and enjoy online shopping.
Personal assistants are available as chat-bots: From some recent years, every industry is
using the chat-bots for various communication purposes. The chat-bots are getting cheaper,
smarter and widespread worldwide in the upcoming years. The chat-bots are smart enough to
communicate in real time and provides a response way faster and reduces time (Buchanan,
2011). For example, Starbucks is using the chat-bots for users to place the orders through
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voice commands. They also communicate with users by telling the time taken and the total
cost of their order.
Have various payment options: online shopping is an easy task nowadays with also ease
with the payment methods. Users can select the method of their choices such as credit or
debit card, net banking or cash on delivery and many more. E-commerce stores are now also
accepting the crypto-currenciesand also providing the digital wallets in the application of
their stores which makes the payment process simpler for the online shoppers (Crawford,
2012). Localize and Customise Customer Experience: Localization is just a form of
customization. The customization allows the business to use some of the data points of
customers to personalize the website to know more about the lifestyle and customer demands
to deliver the products accordingly (Cai and Krishnamoorthy, 2015) The data points include
customer's purchase history, search history, their social behaviour with the help of these
points the salesperson can deliver best to the customers.
Huge diversity is found in terms of products and services in online shopping in comparison to
the real market and also offers better prices that are why it is more convenient for users. The
online shopping has one negative impact on the environment because of the packaging
process which uses plastic and cardboards to pack their products (Chung and Austria, 2012).
Also sometimes the product gets damaged during the shipping and delivery of the products.
Online shopping also faces an issue with a high possibility of fraud actions as there are no
local retailers available. Some people spend most of their time browsing products online at
various stores (Merriam and Tisdell, 2015).
Research Methodology
This research evaluates at evaluating Australian population impressions and perceptions
towards online retail shopping, and exploratory kind of research suits best to highlight the
most crucial factors which could affect the online shopping and to assure and refute the
hypothesis of the research (Zikmund, Babin, Carr and Griffin, 2013).
The main questions are descriptive in nature and its main objective to collect the data by
using primary data method along with the quantitative research design (Explorable 2018).
100 respondents are taken from different locations of Australia by using random sampling
method. The age group of respondents ranging from 15 from 45 years as these are the real
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potential consumers who could buy money. The demographic characteristics of the sample is
given:
Gender
Male 45.5
Female 54.5
Gender
Male 45.5
Female 54.5
Marital Status
Married 68.2
Single 31.8
AGE
Year Percentage
18-25 45.6
26-35 35.1
36-40 15.1
41-45 4.2
Research questions
The research prepare numerous hypothesis which investigate the influences of diverse factors
on the online retail shopping. These are mentioned as under:
Primary Question (Dependent variable)
1. Online shopping system meets your expectation
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Secondary Question (Independent variable)
2. Online shopping limits travel needs
a. Strongly Agree
b. Agree
c. Neutral
d. Strongly disagree
3. Online shopping helps to lowering down the energy consumption.
a. Strongly Agree
b. Agree
c. Neutral
d. Strongly disagree
4. Online shopping saves time
a. Strongly Agree
b. Agree
c. Neutral
d. Strongly disagree
5. Product can be available at a cheaper price.
a. Strongly Agree
b. Agree
c. Neutral
d. Strongly disagree
6. Variety of product range is vast in online shopping.
a. Strongly Agree
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b. Agree
c. Neutral
d. Strongly disagree
7. It offers easiness while buying.
a. Strongly Agree
b. Agree
c. Neutral
d. Strongly disagree
8. Online payment is not secured.
a. Strongly Agree
b. Agree
c. Neutral
d. Strongly disagree
9. It offers various information related to product.
a. Strongly Agree
b. Agree
c. Neutral
d. Strongly disagree
Questions for measurement
of usability and customer
satisfaction on online
shopping
Percentage of respondents answer
Strongly
disagree
Disagree Neither
agree
nor
disagree
Agree Strongly
Agree
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01 Online shopping system
meets your expectation 0 7 5 62 26
02 Online shopping limits
travel needs 5 14 7 56 18
03 Online shopping helps to
lowering down the energy
consumption.
0 3 12 65 20
04 Online shopping saves time 1 11 4 45 39
05 Product can be available at
a cheaper price. 4 7 19 66 4
06 Variety of product range is
vast in online shopping 5 8 21 48 18
07 It offers easiness while
buying 0 2 5 67 26
08 Online payment is not
secured 35 21 24 12 8
09 It offers various
information related to
product
4 4 14 63 15
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Research results: In this research, multiple regression analysis and anova is implemented in
order to render pattern of link between the set of predictors and outcome factor. In order to
achieve the objective of the research this model is emerged. Here, one dependent variable
(consumer satisfaction) and 8 independent variables (product information, security. Time,
energy consumption, comfort, variety of product, travel necessity, cheaper price). After
gathering data via survey these data has been evaluated via SPSS and MS excel. From the
research, it is found that optimum respondents mutually agreed with the fact that the online
shopping meet their expectation. From the survey, it is interpreted that R=0.683, R
characterizes multiple correlation among the variables (Explorable, 2018). R²= 0.466
signifies 46.6% of the variance in satisfaction of consumers is importantly elaborated by
independent variable of product, time, energy consumption, cheap price, travel necessity.
Adjusted R²= 0.362 signifies number of independent variables and sample size to account for
diminishing return. After the end of first few of the variables, the extra independent variables
make much contribution (ITHACA College, 2017).
Appendix: 1
Action
s
Procedures Essentials Start date End date Duration
A. Identification of
topic on which
research is
required to be
executed
Analyzing the issue
and on the basis of the
research topic needs to
be selected
3.05.2019 4.05.2019 2 Days
B. Examining
project topic as
per the selected
methods
Findings extracted
from the research
5.05.2019 9.05.2019 5 Days
C. Utilization of
primary resource
for executing the
Qualitative
methodology used and
under which
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7 Days
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research and
secondary source
questionnaire needs to
developed by using
primary source
D. Collecting data by
using effective
technique
Extracting and
gathering information
from internal and
external sources of
information by filling
questionnaire (Hair,
2015)
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2 Days
E. Analyzing and
explanation of
information or
information
Investigation of
findings
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9
4 Days
F. Postulation and
Commendation
Recommendations for
the analysis of the
impact of online
shopping
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Appendix: 2
Gantt chart
Data analysis
In this accounting research, multiple regression analysis is used to offer relationship pattern
between the outcome factor and the set of predictors. The model is developed to meet the
objective of study in an appropriate manner. This model involves only expectation of
customer as dependent variable and covers 8 independent variables like security, time, energy
consumption, variety of product, cheap price, product information, comfort ability and travel
necessity.
Model Summary
R R
Square
Adjuste
d R
Square
Standard
Error of
the
Estimate
Change Statistics
R
Square
Chang
e
F
Change
Df1 Df2 Sig. F
Change
1 .683a .466 .362 .68487 .466 4.474 8 41 .001
a. Predictors: (Constant), security, time, energy consumption, cheap price, product
information, travel necessity, comfortability and product variety.
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ANOVAb
Model Sum of
Squares
Df Mean
Square
F Sig.
1 Regression
Residual
Total
16.789
19.231
36.020
8
41
49
2.099
.469
4.474 .001a
a. Predictors: (Constant), security, time, energy consumption, cheap price, product
information, travel necessity, comfortability and product variety.
Dependent variable: Expectation
Dependent variable: Expectation
There were 100 respondents of the questionnaire that all specified their demographics.
Majority of them were female (54.5%) and % of respondents were in the age of 18-45.
Demographic profile of respondents (n = 100)
Model Unstandardized
coefficients
Standardized
Coefficients
T Sig.
B Std.
Error
Beta
1 (Constant) 1.573 1.106 1.422 .163
Time .256 .178 .183 1.437 .158
Cheap price .241 .111 .303 2.169 .036
Travel necessity -.225 .199 -.154 -1.130 .265
Variety of
product
.135 .124 .146 1.094 .280
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Energy
consumption
.122 .108 .151 1.128 .266
Product
information
-.050 .127 -.061 -.392 .697
Security .257 .090 .355 2.870 .006
Comfortability -.016 .127 -.016 -.124 .902
a. Dependent variable: Expectation
The following hypotheses are proposed:
H1 = Time has an optimistic influence on satisfaction of customer
H2 = Travel necessity has an optimistic influence on satisfaction of customer
H3 = Cheap price has an optimistic influence on satisfaction of customer
H4 = Energy consumption has an optimistic influence on satisfaction of customer
H5 = Product variety has an optimistic influence on satisfaction of customer
H6 = Comfortability has an optimistic influence on satisfaction of customer
H7 = Security has an optimistic influence on satisfaction of customer
H8 = Information of product has an optimistic influence on satisfaction of customer
In this section the main emphasis is to observe the independent variables effect on
expectation of customer. Time, travel necessity, cheap price, energy consumption,
comfortability, security, variety of product, product information as independent variable,
while multiple regression analysis is performed with expectation as dependent variable.
The initiation model is formulated as follows.
Y (Expectation) = βο + β1 time + β2 travel necessity + β3 cheap price +β4 energy
Consumption + Β5 variety of product + β6 comfortability + β7 security + β8
Product information + E
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Expectation
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid- Strongly
Disagree
1 2.0 2.0 2.0
Disagree 2 4.0 4.0 6.0
Neutral 3 6.0 6.0 12.0
Agree 27 54.0 54.0 66.0
Strongly Agree 17 34.0 34.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0 100.0
Time
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid- Disagree 1 2.0 2.0 2.0
Agree 25 50.0 50.0 52.0
Strongly Agree 24 48.0 48.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0 100.0
The above data specifies that time is one of the most significant components that driving
expectation (β=0.256).
Travel necessity
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Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid- Neutral 3 6.0 6.0 6.0
Agree 28 56.0 56.0 62.0
Strongly Agree 19 38.0 38.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0 100.0
The above data specifies that travel necessity is adversely important that drive
expectation (β=-.225).
Cheap price
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid- Strongly
Disagree
3 6.0 6.0 6.0
Disagree 4 8.0 8.0 14.0
Neutral 9 18.0 18.0 32.0
Agree 24 48.0 48.0 80.0
Strongly Agree 10 20.0 20.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0 100.0
The above data specifies that cheap price is one of the most important factors that
driving expectation (β=0.241).
Energy Consumption
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
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Percent
Valid- Strongly
Disagree
1 2.0 2.0 2.0
Disagree 4 8.0 8.0 10.0
Neutral 10 20.0 20.0 30.0
Agree 15 30.0 30.0 60.0
Strongly Agree 20 40.0 40.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0 100.0
The above data indicates that energy consumption is one of the most significant factors
that driving expectation (β=0.122).
Variety of product
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid- Strongly
Disagree
1 2.0 2.0 2.0
Disagree 4 8.0 8.0 10.0
Neutral 4 8.0 8.0 18.0
Agree 28 56.0 56.0 74.0
Strongly Agree 13 26.0 26.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0 100.0
The above data specifies that variety of product is one of the most significant factor that
driving expectation (β=0.135).
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Comfortability
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid- Disagree 5 10.0 10.0 10.0
Strongly Agree 8 16.0 16.0 26.0
Agree 26 52.0 52.0 78.0
Strongly Agree 11 22.0 22.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0 100.0
The above data specifies that comfortability is adversely important part that driving
expectation (β=-.016).
Security
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid- Strongly
Disagree
6 12.0 12.0 12.0
Disagree 17 34.0 34.0 46.0
Neutral 5 10.0 10.0 56.0
Agree 20 40.0 40.0 96.0
Strongly Agree 2 4.0 4.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0 100.0
The above data specifies that security is the most significant part that driving
expectation (β=0.257).
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Product Information
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid- Strongly
Disagree
1 2.0 2.0 2.0
Disagree 5 10.0 10.0 12.0
Neutral 8 16.0 16.0 28.0
Agree 19 38.0 38.0 66.0
Strongly Agree 17 34.0 34.0 100.0
Total 50 100.0 100.0
The above data specifies that information of product is adversely significant element
driving expectation (β=-.050).
Note: Product information Comfortability, and travel necessity was adversely significant in
the estimated model. So, the hypothesis H2, H6 and H8 will be rejected.
Result Summary
In this research report, anova and multiple regression is used to offer relationship pattern
between the outcome factor and the set of forecasters. The model is developed to meet the
objective of the study (Hewson and Stewart, 2016). This model involves only satisfaction of
customer as dependent variable and includes 8 independent variables (product information,
security, variety of product, time, energy consumption, comfort, travel necessity, cheap
price).
By doing analysis it can be observed that R= 0.683, R signifies the multiple correlations
among the specified variables. Here R = 0.683 means medium level of correlation among the
variables. R2 = 0.466 measures 46.6% of the variance in consumers satisfaction is
significantly explained by the independent variable of security, time, comfortability, cheap
price, product variety, information of product, energy consumption and travel necessity.
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For diminishing return, adjusted R2 = 0.466 measures the number of variables which are
independent and the sample size to account
Outcome
After making research report, it is observe that all independent variable has a strong influence
on the dependent variable, and it is also observe that 46.6% of the variance in consumer
satisfaction is described by the independent variables. So, this survey states that there is a
strong usability of online shopping in Australia which is mostly promoted by the customers
which involves women, men and students (Hicks, Leeuwen and Gallart, 2015).
Conclusion
In the limelight of the above-presented analysis it is inferred that online shopping has
emerged as a revolutionary concept in the modern business environment. In earlier times,
people used to do manual shopping going to the stores by checking the products physically
but the time has changed and people got busy in their lifestyles and due to which has evolved
a new solution i.e. Online Shopping. As the days passed the online shopping became a major
part of people who have a tight schedule and do not have time to go to the physical markets.
The online shopping on e-commerce stores has become feasible for people to purchase
anything by just sitting at their place in just a single click using various platform for
shopping. The customers have many advantages for using the online shopping stores and it
saves their time, efforts and money. These are the reasons which are held liable for the
development in the E-business industry. The acquiring behaviour of the buyer is affected by
different components while obtaining things over online sections. A bit of the primary
contemplations are the discount coupons, the organization rendered by the association, the
reputation of the firm, the use of web media and some more. Therefore, the investigation
revolves around understanding the factors that effect electronic procuring and propose
convincing on the web models for the improvement of online business associations.
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Appendix: 1
Action
s
Procedures Essentials Start date End date Duration
A. Identification of
topic on which
research is
required to be
executed
Analyzing the issue
and on the basis of the
research topic needs to
be selected
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B. Examining
project topic as
per the selected
methods
Findings extracted
from the research
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C. Utilization of
primary resource
for executing the
research and
secondary source
Qualitative
methodology used and
under which
questionnaire needs to
developed by using
primary source
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7 Days
D. Collecting data by
using effective
technique
Extracting and
gathering information
from internal and
external sources of
information by filling
questionnaire
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9
2 Days
E. Analyzing and
explanation of
information or
information
Investigation of
findings
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4 Days
F. Postulation and Recommendations for 23.05.2018 26.05.201 4 days
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Commendation the analysis of the
impact of online
shopping
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