Thursday, 20 March 2014

E-bUSINESS: eVOLUTIONARY PAST, rEVOLUTIONARY fUTURE

Why e-Biz? Is it for the hype that the word is creating or for the ease and low-cost distribution service that it is increasing proving to be capable of? Well, seems like it is inevitable for companies to avoid the virtual space anymore. With more and more participants plunging into the ocean of e-Biz, Digital Marketing and e-Commerce have become indispensable dimensions of any business. Though the usually given reasons of increasing family incomes and time constraints seem to be logical, the real fact is that the companies find it more convenient to sell and market online. A purchaser would go to any extent to buy what he wants but for a seller there is always a thought preceding the act of setting up a store- is this locality good enough to help me make money? With the advent of the virtual space, all they really need to do is create a website, manage the supply chain and keep marketing for their online outlet. Now the market is open at all times to every individual on the face of this earth! Isn't that a reason good enough for a seller / manufacturer to fall for the word e-Biz?

Let’s also take a look at what exactly propelled this change. Globalization is the word. An economy being flooded with products and services from across the world is sure to reach a phase where the real estate prices shoot up to staggering numbers. The virtual space has prevented the world from going into another real estate bubble. Oh yes, it has become the savior for the millions of companies and individuals who would've otherwise. The simple, sensible move of embracing the idea of online selling and marketing has not only brought in greater benefits in terms of the revenues but has also been able to help retain them.
Globalization is synonymous with standardization. And that’s the magic that catalyzes the entire reaction to the e-biz segment. Today everyone knows what a size M, Dolby 7.1, 4 GB… means. That is what drives the business online without a glitch. Though slow the evolutionary past has definitely got a role to play in shaping the virtual space.


English entrepreneur Michael Aldrich invented online shopping in 1979. It has taken the world so long to given into the idea. Increasing networking capabilities that have shrunken the world can perhaps do anything. So, why not use them to run a business from end-to-end? Evolution of the IT infrastructure has indeed contributed to the revolution of the of the business space! The future seems very clearly revolutionary.

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