Online Shopping

Recently a new trend has started, online shopping. Now you can buy anything you want online:
clothes, food, accessories, movies, books, etc. Online shopping makes a lot of things easier, but
sometimes it makes some things harder then they need to be.

Because we are growing up in the age of online shopping, is not unusual, but sometimes it isn’t
as convenient as traditional shopping. When asked most students don’t prefer online shopping
over traditional shopping.

Emma Piaskowski, freshman, said, “The clothes may not fit, shipping sometimes costs more
than clothes, and you can’t get the clothes immediately.”

Although those things may be true, somethings may not always be as easy as clicking a button.

Teddie Turner, freshman, says, “I prefer traditional shopping because I can try things on and I
can see how things look on me.” Freshman, Emma Piaskowski, agrees and also says, “There is
always a possibility of being scammed when shopping online.”

Statistics show that the idea of buying virtually anything online is starting to grow on others.
When people are in a loss of time, feeling lazy, or just don’t want to go shopping, online
shopping is a great alternative.

Forrester Research said, “About 190 million U.S. consumers, more than half the population, will
shop online this year”

Some students will be included in the 190 million people who will shop online this year. They
feel like the pros outway the cons.

“Online shopping is convenient, there is more variety, and sometimes prices are better”
freshman, Anu Yetukuri, said.

Statistics also show that phones are what sparked the growth of online shopping. Phones make
online shopping available at anytime, anywhere.

“Twenty-two percent of consumers spend more as a result of using digital; just over half of these
shoppers report spending at least 25 percent more than they had intended,” CMO by Adobe
says.

Overall, in the past couple of years, people have joined the bandwagon and started shopping
online. Are you going to join the bandwagon or is traditional shopping always going to be what
you prefer?
“It's easy and convenient but it can sometimes go wrong, but it’s super addictive and I can
spend hours doing it,” Yetukuri said.