e-commerce
Sign in to saveE-commerce (electronic commerce) refers to commercial activities including the electronic buying or selling products and services which are conducted on online platforms or over the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. E-commerce is a part of retail. It is the largest segment of the electronics industry and is in turn driven by the technological advances of th
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E-commerce is the buying and selling of products and services over the Internet using technologies like mobile commerce, electronic payments, and online transaction processing. It matters because it represents the largest segment of the electronics industry and is a major part of modern retail, driven by ongoing technological advances.
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- Defining e-commerce
- Forms
- Governmental regulation
- Global trends
- China
- Europe
- Arab states
- India
- Brazil
- Logistics
- Impacts
- Impact on markets and retailers
- Impact on supply chain management
- Impact on employment
- Impact on customers
- Impact on the environment
- Impact on traditional retail
- E-commerce during COVID-19
- Business application
- Timeline
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
E-commerce (electronic commerce) refers to commercial activities including the electronic buying or selling products and services which are conducted on online platforms or over the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. E-commerce is a part of retail. It is the largest segment of the electronics industry and is in turn driven by the technological advances of the semiconductor industry.
== Defining e-commerce == The term was coined and first employed by Robert Jacobson, Principal Consultant to the California State Assembly's Utilities & Commerce Committee, in the title and text of California's Electronic Commerce Act, carried by the late Committee Chairwoman Gwen Moore (D-L.A.) and enacted in 1984.