Toys, Books Highest Growing Online Shopping Point

You can't really say this steady increase in online shopping is unexpected. We as a society get lazier and lazier each year for one thing, so conveniences such as shopping from home on the computer are only going to gain more and more prominence as more people become exposed to the advantages of shopping online. Personally, I think shopping from online is one of the few things that better to do on your computer (as oppossed to say downloading a movie and watching it as oppossed to actually going to the theatre). You get to avoid lines and traffic. You get to browse and your leisure. You save wear and tear on your feet and legs from walking all day. It's easy to find whatever you want etc. Plus, small electronic goods like cds, dvds, video games and toys etc. that are easy to indentify online (rather than say a certain bedroom suite) are going to continue to dominate the percentage of sales for the foreseeable future. You would think chains like Wal-Mart and Target would promote their online retail availability more heavily as they are already trusted brand names that people would feel secure doing online business with. I still can't really think of a good reason why they haven't. Even department speficic stores like Best Buy and Circuit City would benefit by reminding customers that you can shop under their brand from the comfort of your own home more often. It wouldn't surprise me if in 50 years all shopping is done online and there are no longer actual stores, only big warehouses to hold all of the goods waiting to be shipped -- but that's a different story altogether.

You can't really say this steady increase in online shopping is unexpected. We as a society get lazier and lazier each year for one thing, so conveniences such as shopping from home on the computer are only going to gain more and more prominence as more people become exposed to the advantages of shopping online. Personally, I think shopping from online is one of the few things that better to do on your computer (as oppossed to say downloading a movie and watching it as oppossed to actually going to the theatre). You get to avoid lines and traffic. You get to browse and your leisure. You save wear and tear on your feet and legs from walking all day. It's easy to find whatever you want etc. Plus, small electronic goods like cds, dvds, video games and toys etc. that are easy to indentify online (rather than say a certain bedroom suite) are going to continue to dominate the percentage of sales for the foreseeable future. You would think chains like Wal-Mart and Target would promote their online retail availability more heavily as they are already trusted brand names that people would feel secure doing online business with. I still can't really think of a good reason why they haven't. Even department speficic stores like Best Buy and Circuit City would benefit by reminding customers that you can shop under their brand from the comfort of your own home more often. It wouldn't surprise me if in 50 years all shopping is done online and there are no longer actual stores, only big warehouses to hold all of the goods waiting to be shipped -- but that's a different story altogether.