Online Shopping is growing, both in the US and internationally. However, there are pretty notable differences in the ways that people engage the online marketplace, based on such factors as, age, race and gender (among others). This graphic takes a look at who is shopping online, it US data however...please remember to triangulate stats to check for accuracy before using them in your e-book and please remember to reference accurately and complete your bibliography for every item.
Give As You Live suggests that some of the money now spent on buying stuff online could go to charitable causes - very easily The "Give As You Live" campaign is trying to get people to give some of the money now spent on internet shopping to help charitable causes - the idea being that every time someone shops online, a percentage of the spend can be donated to any UK charity of their choice.
An infographic on The History of Online Shopping is an interesting one, and much longer than you might think. Beginning in the early days of the modern computer and only allowing simple B2B transactions it has grown to a multi-billion dollar industry that all of us use everyday… …but where did it all begin?
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73% of consumers surveyed by MasterCard state that enhanced security would influence their decision to purchase online. MasterCard SecureCode encourages online shopping.
31% of consumers surveyed by MasterCard are concerned that their payment card number will be intercepted by hackers.
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There are alternatives to Paypal-Skrill (Moneybookers) is the cheaper way to send and receive money worldwide. Secure and convenient online payments. More than 22.3 million customers and 117 000 merchants.