Bain estimates 556 million Chinese are online this year with 34% of them shopping online.
And when it comes to shopping at a big box vs. shopping online?
At its best, shopping online is easy, fun and offers greater choice at a lower price.
At least for now, consumers with iPads are shopping online more than other tablet owners.
Shopping online, for example, with round-the-clock access and no crowds, traffic or pesky salespeople, lends itself to self-service.
"If I'm shopping online, I'll get toys in one place, because the shipping will cost less, " she says.
Shopping online offers plenty of benefits like increased selection and often better prices.
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Like Amazon, eToys's European subsidiaries emphasised the convenience and efficiency of shopping online.
Shopping online for the first time is like being in a strange town.
Credit cards are useful tools in several situations, like booking travel, paying for gas at the pump and shopping online.
With the Chinese middle class growing sizably and relocating to urban centers, McKinsey sees Internet users spending more time shopping online.
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"The top-quality malls have continued to do very well despite the fear that everyone is going to be shopping online, " Mr. Goldfarb said.
More than a quarter (28%) are working with their third-party hosting provider to make sure customers can keep shopping online during high-traffic periods.
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If you're shopping online, it won't push you toward the next dress in the collection, or even something that other customers looked at.
Cyber Monday, a term coined by Shop.org in 2005, began after retailers noticed a trend of people shopping online on the Monday after Thanksgiving.
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Gerstein notes that the industry is dealing with its fair share of challenges, as customers increasingly avoid brick-and-mortar establishments in favor of shopping online.
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The average shopper plans to do about 36% percent of their holiday shopping online, up from 32.7% last year, according to the National Retail Federation.
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If you're shopping online, however, beware any club set whose price seems too good to be true especially if the order will be shipped from China.
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It found that 49% of all workers expect to spend some time in the office this holiday season shopping online, on par with past years.
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Likewise, time spent watching sport was time not spent shopping online.
The only difference now is that there is a whole other retail landscape shopping online that makes this practice more enticing than ever before.
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But the longer nothing is done, the more customers will become accustomed to avoiding taxes when shopping online and the more unpopular will be any attempt to change that situation.
By 2013, China should have 715 million people online, with 40% shopping online for an increase of nearly 100 million new online shoppers in China over the next two years.
Outlet centers provide a one-stop shop that offers great brands at a value price, in one location, in contrast to shopping online where consumers have to search for deals for their favorite brands individually.
"In addition to learning more about what your customers want, you can provide exclusive Twitter coupon codes, link to key posts on your blog, share tips for shopping online, and announce specials at store locations, " the site reads.
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