Social Implications of E-Commerce

The social implications of ICT have changed the world greatly and affect almost all of us around the globe, an important factor in the social implications of ICT is that of E-Commerce. E-Commerce is the exchange of goods for money over the internet and through chip & pin devices. 

E-Commerce has changed the landscape of trade by giving a customer the ability to buy something, pay for it and even have it delivered to them without leaving their house. This has been made possible by the internet which connect customers and retailers together, alongside the fact that a lot of people would prefer to rule out the social aspect of shopping to do it from the comfort of their own computer chair which is not a surprise considering the amount of people that tend to complain about the business of the high street during shopping rushes. However, while E-Commerce is a brilliant innovation that encompasses ease of access with speed and the reliability and security of it is constantly being upgraded upon there arises the problem that while E-Commerce is busy thriving, smaller local high street shops begin to lose business and a nation wide high street takeover by large companies with chains of shops like Tesco and Morrisons begin to come and our little local shops which have been around for years are suddenly out of business and now you're either in Lidl or your on the computer for Tescos Click & Collect.

People no longer need to leave the house to buy things and they certainly don't need to carry wads of cash around with you, with an ATM round every corner and almost every shop having chip & pin it makes the whole buying thing a whole lot simpler for many people.   

Do you find that Credit and Debit cards make things simpler?