ShoppingFuture is a site about new and emerging trends in shopping and online shopping, e-commerce and retail.
About current and future trends in the fast changing world of online shopping and on the Internet. About new technologies and developments, consumer behavior and research, business to business, and RFID.
New content and new resources are added daily.
We can expect a more or less spectacular increase in online shopping in the next few years. New and advanced technologies for online shopping convenience are becoming available. For the sophisticated shopper Superfast Internet and far better software for the home computer is an important factor. Huge online shopping malls and advanced delivery and payment systems are on the horizon.
The amount of women online is rapidly increasing and is already larger than the amount of men online. Global ‘climate change’and the economic developments are expected to change habits of shoppers in favor of online shopping. Real challenges and opportunities for producers, marketeers, consumers, retailers and ‘niche’ retailers are emerging fast.
Business Low Spending Is Taking Toll on Economy By PETER S. GOODMAN - Published: May 1, 2008 Beleaguered American consumers appear to have succumbed to the pressures of falling home prices and shrinking paychecks.
Nederlandse Internetshopper winkelt vooral in de VS (Bron, www.thuiswinkel.org) Eén op de drie landgenoten winkelt online over de grens. Vooral computers, software en reizen zijn populaire koopjes uit het buitenland. Webwinkels in de Verenigde Staten zijn favoriet onder Nederlandse online shoppers. Dat alles blijkt uit een onderzoek door TNS NIPO onder 850 Nederlandse consumenten in opdracht van MasterCard. Een top 10 van producten en diensten die Nederlandse consumenten online aanschaffen laat zien dat boeken, bioscoop- en theaterkaartjes en kleding de ranglijst aanvoeren bij Nederlandse webwinkeliers. Uit het onderzoek komt verder naar voren dat, hoewel 87 procent van de respondenten online winkelen als veilig ervaart, één op de drie Nederlandse consumenten de veiligheid van websites niet goed kan beoordelen. MasterCard heeft daarom een richtlijn online betalen voor consumenten gepubliceerd, die wordt gesteund door Thuiswinkel.org.
Gartner Analysts Share Bleak Outlook On Vista By Doug Caverly - Fri, 04/11/2008 - 9:33am. Windows as a whole in serious trouble, too Vista is crap, according to a number of users; Google gives over 20,000 results for that exact phrase. And thanks to Vista, two Gartner analysts have gone so far as to say that Windows is collapsing. "For Microsoft, its ecosystem and its customers, the situation is untenable," stated Michael A. Silver and Neil MacDonald at a recent conference. "Windows as we know it must be replaced." The next version of Windows is already being discussed, of course, but its release is probably two or more years away. In the meantime, Microsoft's stuck. Adoption of Vista has, from any sane point of view, lingered somewhere between "embarrassing" and "terrible." Numerous pushes to keep XP alive haven't made the situation any better.
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