Below you can find the following information:
* This is us
* Introduction to the topic
* Hypothesis
* Results
* Conclusion
* This is us
* Introduction to the topic
* Hypothesis
* Results
* Conclusion
This is us:
From left to right: Björn, Thijme, Janick, Max and Max
Hello, my name is Björn and i am 13 years old. I live with my mom and dad, older sister and younger brother. My hobby's are playing soccer and playing video games.
I’m Thijme and I’m 14 years old. I was born in Zaandam at January 23 2006 and now I live in Nijland. My hobby’s are playing hockey and wakeboarding
Hello, I am Janick. I am 14 years old and I am in the 3rd grade. I love to play soccer and in the weekend I like to watch Formula 1.
Hello, I am Max. I am 14 years old and I was born in Alkmaar in 2006. My hobbies are playing football and sailing and in the weekends I like to look to Formula 1.
Hello, I am Max and I am 13 years old. I live in Pingjum. My hobby’s are gaming and watching anime. I have a cat and he’s called Loekie. And I don’t do a sport. I play games on my pc and have been gaming for 6 years or so.
Hello, my name is Björn and i am 13 years old. I live with my mom and dad, older sister and younger brother. My hobby's are playing soccer and playing video games.
I’m Thijme and I’m 14 years old. I was born in Zaandam at January 23 2006 and now I live in Nijland. My hobby’s are playing hockey and wakeboarding
Hello, I am Janick. I am 14 years old and I am in the 3rd grade. I love to play soccer and in the weekend I like to watch Formula 1.
Hello, I am Max. I am 14 years old and I was born in Alkmaar in 2006. My hobbies are playing football and sailing and in the weekends I like to look to Formula 1.
Hello, I am Max and I am 13 years old. I live in Pingjum. My hobby’s are gaming and watching anime. I have a cat and he’s called Loekie. And I don’t do a sport. I play games on my pc and have been gaming for 6 years or so.
Introduction to the Topic
The main question: Do shop owners suffer due to the trend of online shopping?
Hypothesis
We think online shopping strongly affects local shops.
People like to shop online because it is very easy and you can find everything with just one search. Take for example Amazon, Amazon is one of the biggest online shopping with it being worth 1.52 billion dollars and it’s only expanding. Because now you can get everything from clothes, furniture and even groceries online there are less people going to local shops. So we think local shops do suffer because of online shopping.
We think that in India they also shop more online because this trend happens in lots of countries. Especially with covid-19 people tend to shop online more. Since the beginning of the virus people search up online stores more. So we think it also affects the local stores in India.
People like to shop online because it is very easy and you can find everything with just one search. Take for example Amazon, Amazon is one of the biggest online shopping with it being worth 1.52 billion dollars and it’s only expanding. Because now you can get everything from clothes, furniture and even groceries online there are less people going to local shops. So we think local shops do suffer because of online shopping.
We think that in India they also shop more online because this trend happens in lots of countries. Especially with covid-19 people tend to shop online more. Since the beginning of the virus people search up online stores more. So we think it also affects the local stores in India.
Results
During this research we will research to which extent the shops in Bolsward are affected positively or negatively by online shopping.
Local shops in Bolsward:
Shops to be found in the city centre of Bolsward are:
Local shops in Bolsward:
Shops to be found in the city centre of Bolsward are:
Popular online shops:
- Bol.com: Bol.com is a website where people can buy all kinds of nonfood items. From clothing to toys, from toilet paper to books and electronic devices. Local suppliers can sell their new or second hand products online via Bol.com as well.
- Coolblue: Coolblue is a website on which you can buy electronics like laptops and smartphones.
- Albert Heijn: Albert Heijn is a grocery store in the Netherlands and since a couple of years you can order your food online and pick it up at the store or choose to get it delivered at home.
- Zalando: Zalando is a webstore to buy clothes or accessories, such as watches or backpacks
- Wehkamp: Wehkamp is a online store which sell a lot of different things. Varying from clothes to garden equipment.
- Amazon: Amazon is a big website where all businesses can sell their products.
- Jumbo: Jumbo is a large grocery store. They also have got an online shop in which you can order you groceries and come pick it up at the moment you select. You also can choose to deliver it at home.
- About you: About you is a online clothing shop.
- De bijenkorf: De Bijenkorf is a large shop in the Netherlands. They usually sell clothes, but also accesoires. They´ve also got a successful online store.
- De H&M: A clothing store with mainly simple and cheap clothes.
Most people will make use of both local and online shops depending on what they want to buy, what the price differences are, how much time they have and perhaps whether they want to/are allowed to due to COVID 19.
This combination of local and online shopping can already be seen when looking at where we, team members of this research group, buy our clothing:
Pro's and cons
Both regular and online shopping have their advantages and their disadvantages. Below we list some of these:
Why online is better:
Why local stores are better:
This combination of local and online shopping can already be seen when looking at where we, team members of this research group, buy our clothing:
- Max L: Sakestore Bolsward, Hema Bolsward and Lodeweik Franeker.
- Janick: Superdry.com, Champion.com, Fossil.com Sakestore Bolsward, actiesport Sneek and Footlocker Leeuwarden.
- Max P: C&A, Sport2000, athletesfoot and Wehkamp.
- Bjorn: Zeeman and Sakestore.
Pro's and cons
Both regular and online shopping have their advantages and their disadvantages. Below we list some of these:
Why online is better:
- Online shopping is cheaper, since the urge to buy more is greater in a real shop than in an online shop, because of everything around you
- Online shopping is 24/7 available
- It is a lot easier for customers, because they don’t have to go all the way to a real shop It saves a lot more time than local shopping, because you don’t have to travel in between different shops because all the shops can be found in the same computer
- Retailers can reach a larger audience because of the internet
- Online shops don’t cost as much because they do not have to pay rent, employee salary, and procuring supplies It can be hard to find a certain product in a local store.
- It is easier to find something online
- It is easier to compare prices to other stores
Why local stores are better:
- Customers can try out things like merchandise, and that gives them more confidence to purchase something
- The customer can immediately try out the things they bought
- Most of the customers enjoy going to different stores to find an item they like
- No shipping costs
- Customers will return items less likely because they can try it on in the shop
- You have more brands to choose when talking about food