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Abstract

Online retailing in India has shown tremendous growth in the recent years. However as compared to the other countries leading in online retailing, India is still in its initial stage of development. The purpose of this study was to explore the factors influencing the online buying behavior of the college students. Convenience sampling method was used to select the sample of 25 college students and qualitative content analysis was used for analyzing the textual content of the depth interview data. The main influencing factors for online shopping were identified as availability, low price, promotions, comparison, convenience, customer service, perceived ease of use, attitude, time consciousness, trust and variety seeking.

Keywords

Online Buying, Qualitative Analysis, College Students, Depth Interview

Author Bio(s)

The first author, Vilasini Jadhav, is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai, India.

The second author, Dr. Monica Khanna is an Acting Director and Professor of Marketing at K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai, India.

Correspondence regarding this article can be addressed directly to: Vilasini Jadhav at, vilasini@somaiya.edu; Phone: 91-22-67283020; Address: K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Vidyanagar, Vidyavibar, Mumbai 400 077, India.

Publication Date

1-4-2016

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2016.2445

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