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PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF BUYING PRODUCTS THROUGH ONLINE

  • 1. Associate Professor & Head – Commerce IB, NGM College, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu
  • 2. PG Scholar - Commerce IB, NGM College, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu

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Online shopping that glorious invention which allows people to buy things from the comfort of their homes. No more travelling to multiple stores to find the right product; no more having to deal with over-enthusiastic sales persons; no more standing in long lines at the checkout counter. The e-commerce boom has certainly changed the way we shop for the better. But, like everything else, the world of online shopping is not all roses. Despite all the efforts of e-commerce companies to alleviate them, there are a few problems that customers still have to face while shopping online.

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