Impacts of E-commerce on Shopping Trips: Implications for Urban Logistics with Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Country
摘要
This paper aims to investigate the possible impacts of e-shopping on shopping trips for five types of commodities (foods, clothes and shoes, electronics, books and stationery, cosmetics) with evidence from Vietnam. The study utilized data from structured interviews with 442 respondents in Hanoi, the study implemented the regression models to identify factors affecting e-shopping and shopping travel behavior. The findings indicate that e-shopping and shopping travel behavior of consumers are significantly influenced by socio-demographics, working-travel distance, start-working time, vehicle ownership and size of family. In many cases, the frequency of in-store shopping trips is replaced by online shopping. Therefore, it could be recommended that e-shopping might be a solution for urban logistics to reduce traffic congestion. Considering the longer term, the physical stores and supper markets of five types of commodities might be reduced that might change significantly urban logistics activities.