peer-review] in Internet Research, published by and copyright Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. …Shopping bots are an important new innovation which support consumers with the product search and identification stage … in e-shopping. This paper reviews the search facilities offered by shopping bots. A number of shopping bots that include …

other stages of the buying process information seeking becomes more structured and constrained in the e-shopping environment … challenges of e-shopping. This article first visits models of the consumer buying process. It then explores the two approaches to …

multiple (store based) formats depending on the shopping situation operationalised by the type of shopping trip. Design … retail area.Findings – The results reveal a considerable moderating effect of the shopping situation on the relationship … investigates the moderating effect of the shopping situation – operationalised by different types ofshopping trips – on store …

Local shopping is a topic that has been neglected for many years by both retail researchers and policy makers. However … Manchester on 13 September 2002. They fall into three main groups: local shopping areas; business strategy and operations; and …

customers and transactions. Two key tools in this transformation are loyalty cards and electronic or e-shopping over the … Internet. How can the customer and transaction data collected through these arenas be fully utilised? This article reviews the … contributions of the different types of marketing information systems. Loyalty cards and e-shopping can be used to provide answers …

computer-based information systems today. Discusses the impact of the Internet, changes in the IT industry, and changes in …

disciplinarydimensions. IT helps to enable researchers to address some of the complex problems thatare most important to society, and …

"The term 'Internet' is used broadly to describe a global collection of multiple, inter-related resource facilities …, each of which may be analyzed as a common pool resource (CPR). The Internet is comprised of a physical network … Internet. "This paper focuses on the physical network infrastructure and ways in which this aspect of the Internet functions …