Sustainable Business and Society in Emerging Economies Vol. 1, No 1, June 2019
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Sustainable Business and Society in Emerging Economies
ISSN: 2708-2504 ISSN (E) 2708-2172
Volume 1: No. 1, June 2019
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Consumers’ Attitude towards Use and Adoption of Online Shopping in Bahawalpur,
Pakistan
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Muhammad Zeeshan Muneer
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The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan, zeesidhu@gmail.com
ARTICLE DETAILS ABSTRACT
History
Revised format: May 2019
Available Online: June 2019
The purpose of this study is to understand consumer attitude
towards online shopping in Pakistan and the subsequent increasing
ratio of online shopping. The study describes the consumer attitude
towards online shopping. Promotion and Culture Refund has
significant positive relationship with consumer attitude and price
has negative relationship with the attitude of consumer. Data was
collected through a questionnaire. Around 250 questionnaires were
pitched to those who used the internet extensively for online
shopping. Said data was then analysed with the help of SPSS. The
data was gathered mainly from Bahawalpur, Pakistan. The
generalization of the model and findings to other developed areas
required additional research. The findings suggest improvement in
consumer attitude towards online shopping. Attitude is the most
important factor among the four other variables. Online vendors
should ensure to provide Refund options and increase the ratio of
promotion as prices highly effect consumer attitude.
© 2019 The authors, under a Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial 4.0
Keywords
Online Shopping, Attitude,
Price, Refund, Culture,
Promotion
JEL Classification:
E31, E39,M14, M19
Corresponding author’s email address: zeesidhu@gmail.com
Recommended citation: Muneer, M. Z., (2019). Consumers’ Attitude Towards Use and Adoption of
Online Shopping in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Sustainable Business and Society in Emerging Economies, 1(1), 1-14
DOI: 10.26710/sbsee.v1i1.997
1. Introduction
Internet is one of the several channels of medium for selling and buying goods and services online. Online
shopping means to place the order to buy the goods or services and the consumer can receive it while
staying home. Consumers can use their credit cards and gain awareness about product features from
different websites. Now-a-days it is becoming more and more convenient for the masses. Online shopping
can be done through diverse sources like OLX, amazon, and daraz.pk by visiting the websites of different
brands. Online shopping is a time saving process because people are too busy with their schedules which
doesn’t leave them with enough time to go visit the stores and peruse through shelves. Many people are
satisfied and feel comfortable with online shopping because they are psychologically satisfied by using
the online products, by their quality as well as by their pricing.
Every type of product or accessory can be purchased online these days like, electronics, transportation
booking, stationery, food items, clothing etc. Even selling of products is done on online websites. E-trail