Paradigm Shift from Attracting Footfalls for Retail Store to Getting Hits for E-stores: An Evaluation of Decision-making Attributes in E-tailing

Abstract

With the advent of e-tailing, there is a paradigm shift in job of the retailers, where the main concentration is on getting more hits to their website (e-store) rather than attracting the footfalls of customers to their retail outlets. In this changing retail landscape, an attempt has been made to find out the new touch points that influence e-sales. The basic objective of the study is to identify and evaluate the attributes of decision-making of online customers. The attributes in pre-purchase stage, purchase process stage and post-purchase stage of online shopping are listed out separately from the previous studies.