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Vishal R. Bhimani and Ramesh B. Lakhana
Vishal R. Bhimani and Ramesh B. Lakhana
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Directorate of Research & Dean Post Graduate Studies, 2ASPEE Agribusiness Management
Institute, N.A.U., Navsari (Gujarat), India
*Corresponding author
ABSTRACT
To assess the socio-economic profile, consumer experience towards online shopping, and
identifies important issues affecting consumer preferences to buy groceries online in Surat city
in India. The present study is based on primary data collected from 150 respondents of the
Surat city of Gujarat state. This study regarding consumers’ attitude towards online shopping is
descriptive research. Considering the nature of the study, the primary data were collected with
the help of a structured questionnaire. The questions are taken from previous literature on
consumers’ attitudes towards online shopping with a view to validate the research. The
questionnaire consists of two main parts and one subpart, the first part is mainly focused on
Keywords socioeconomic profile and online buying experience of online shoppers and the second part of
the questionnaire will cover factors and issues that influence consumers to shop online. For data
Online shopping, e- analysis, percentage analysis, simple and tabulation tools are used to understand the Attitude of
retail, Grocery, the respondents for online shopping. Result of the studies shows that the majority of the
Consumer behavior, Respondents who shop online are male in Surat city. Age indicates that there is a relatively
Attitude strong negative correlation between age and attitude to online shopping, i.e. elderly people are
not so keen to shop online. Maximum respondents are married and live in a nuclear family.
Article Info Correlation is also done on Education to see the trend of online shoppers with different
education levels. The result showed that which is a very high positive correlation between
Accepted: education and attitudes towards online shopping and would indicate that higher education
04 February 2021 makes online shopping more attractive. The majority of respondents under the service
Available Online: professional and income found Rs. 20,000 to 40,000. Household items are the major products
10 March 2021 purchased by respondents. the Customer has not shown much interest in dairy products,
vegetables, and fruits, meat, and poultry, which indicates that the Customer does not have the
confidence to buy perishable products through online grocery shopping. A high level of
internet usage frequency indicates the potential of Online Grocery Shopping in India. The
majority of the respondents prefer cash on delivery as a payment mode in online shopping.
Among the various variables of perceived risk towards online grocery shopping, it is observed
that the quality of the products delivered and slow website or application are the main obstacles
to prefer online grocery shopping. This study is one of the very few attempts that examined
attitudes toward online shopping in Surat city (Gujarat). Importantly, it revealed the drivers of
online shoppers’ attitudes in Surat. National and international online retailers planning to
expand their operations to Surat Region have now valuable empirical evidence concerning the
determinants of online shopping attitudes and online shoppers’ behavior in Surat upon which e-
marketing strategies can be formulated and implemented.
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The table 2 shows that, maximum 33% of the The table 6 shows that 46 % of the Customer
respondents under the age group of 20-29 were under-graduates, 33 % of the Customer
years shop online, 23% of the respondents were HSC,13 % of the Customer PG, 7%
under the age group of between 40-49 years, Customer were SSC Or below, and the rest
19 % of the Customer were age group of 30- 1% are others. It is concluded that the
39 years, 13% of the respondents were age Qualification of the respondent influence the
group of below 19 years, 11 % of the attitude towards online grocery shopping. It is
respondents were age group 50-59 years and noted that the Customer carries the Graduate
of and the rest 1 % of the Customer were age and HSC qualification is more inclined
group of above 60 years. towards online grocery shopping.
This means that majority who shop online fall Monthly household income of respondents
in the age group of 20-29. It is concluded that
the young aged people have positive attitude The table 7 shows that 35 % of respondents
towards online grocery shopping as compared who shop online fall in the income group of
to middle and old aged people. 20,000 to 40,000 monthly household incomes
while only 3% of respondents fall in the
Marital profile of respondents income group of more than Rs 100,000
income. This shows that majority of the
The table 3 shows that 67 % of respondents respondents who shop online fall in the
who shop online were married while only 33 income group of Rs. 20,000 to 40,000
% of respondents were single.
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The table 8 shows that 43% of the The table 12 shows that 35% of the
respondents were weekly purchasing online respondents used the internet 1-2 hours every
followed by, 21% of the respondents were day for personal usage followed by 32%
fortnightly, 17% of the respondents monthly, Customer for 2-3 hours, 24% of the
and 13% of respondents were daily rest 6% of respondents used the internet less than 1 hour
the respondents were quarterly purchasing and 9% used more than 3 hours. This high
from online shopping. level of internet usage frequency indicates the
potential of Online Grocery Shopping in
Frequency of grocery shopping India.
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Delivery Charges (Rank 4) it is observed in attitude of the customer for online grocery
this study that majority of the people would shopping on different parameters. Customers
not mind paying extra delivery fee for perceived that Slow Websites or applications
groceries and value services followed by (Rank 1)) were the main obstacles to prefer
Delivery of products without add on in Online grocery shopping, followed by the
scheme/offers (Rank 5) and Difficult ordering Transfer of Money Problem (Rank 2)).
Process (Rank 6). Some other issues money However, the customer found that the Internet
transfer out of stock items (Rank 7), Hacking Accessibility problem (Rank 3) Unfamiliarity
of Personnel information (Rank 8) & of Website or application (Rank 4)) and
Mismatching of items ordered (Rank 9), Forget Password (Rank 5) also seem to be
Problem in Transferring Money have (Rank obstacles for the preference of online grocery
10) and Difference from actual image (Rank shopping.
11) the least important among the consumers
to influence their attitude towards online Though, Complicated Design of website or
grocery shopping. application, (Rank 6), Speed of Internet (Rank
7) compulsory User ID (Rank 8) does not
Technical issues have that much influence on consumer’s
attitude towards online grocery shopping in
The please omit above, below, left and right terms of perceived technical barriers and
to indicate the table; use the numerical customer least bother about the No Mob Apps
number (Table 15) table shows that the mean (Rank 9) in terms of the perceived technical
and rank of factors related to perceived barrier.
technical issues that are influencing the
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This study investigated Surat (Gujarat, India) high in online shopping (57 %). 33 % of the
consumers’ attitudes toward online shopping respondents under the age group of 20-29
and their intention to adopt this kind of shop online while only 1 % of the
shopping in the future. The study considered respondents under the age group of the above
the factors that most influence customers’ 60-year shop online this indicate that
decision to shop online. The results indicate correlation results of age indicated that there
that the main factors influencing Surat is a quite strong correlation between age and
consumers’ behavior toward online shopping attitude towards online shopping, i.e. elderly
are: age, education, household income, people are not so keen to shop online. This
product categories, internet accessibly, online will help online retailers to make strategies
payment and quality of product, Website and according to different age brackets. 67 % of
application. In addition, human resources and respondents who shop online are married
shopping experience were associated with while only 35.4% of respondents are
both attitudes toward online shopping and Unmarried. 73% of the respondents who shop
intention to shop online, consistent with online live in a nuclear family while 27 % of
previous studies [7]. the respondents live in the joint family. 59 %
of the respondents who shop online are under
The result of the study by Dahiya (2012) and postgraduates while only 41 % of them
concluded that online shopping in India is are HSC, SSC, or below qualification. The
significantly affected by various demographic result showed that which is a very high
factors like age, gender, marital status, family positive correlation between education and
size and income. Youth is the major segment attitudes towards online shopping and would
using internet shopping (Sharma and Mehta, indicate that higher education makes online
2014). The ratio of male respondents is very shopping more attractive. 34 % of
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respondents under service profession shop phenomenon in India. With the use of internet,
online while 5% respondent who is consumer can shop anywhere, anything and
professionals shop online 35 % of anytime with easy and safe payment option
respondents who shop online fall in the (Sharma C, 2015). Perception towards online
income group of Rs. 20,000 to 40,000 monthly shopping is getting better in Surat.
household incomes while only 3 % of Understanding customer’s needs for online
respondents fall in the income group of more selling has become a challenge for marketers.
than Rs. 100,000. 49% of the respondents are Especially understanding the consumer’s
weekly purchasing grocery from online. 29 % attitudes towards online shopping, making
of the customer having a monthly expenditure improvements on the factors that influence
of Rs. 5001 to Rs.7500 on purchasing grocery consumers to shop online will help marketers to
from online. Household items are the major gain a competitive edge over others. Besides
products purchased by respondents. (110 that, this study also identified that men are
Responses). Respondents (40 Responses) have more likely to shop groceries online and the
not shown much interest in dairy products, major online grocery shoppers are the young
vegetables, and fruits, meat, and poultry, which consumers 20-29 years age group, and these
indicates that respondents do not have the might be because they are more tech-savvy and
confidence to buy perishable products through driving the online market rather than older
online grocery shopping. 59% of People have consumers. Online grocery shopping in Surat
experience of 2 -3 years of online shopping. was still relatively small as compared to other
35% of the respondents 1-2 hours every day metro city of India. The entry of e-commerce is
using the internet for personal usage. The low in India as compared to markets like the
internet as a global medium is quickly gaining United States and the United Kingdom but is
interest and attractiveness as the most growing at a much faster rate with a large
revolutionary marketing tool [8]. 32 % of the number of new entrants (Malhotra, 2014).
respondents prefer cash on delivery payment However, those who used to shop grocery
method. Among the various variables of online said they had an enjoyable experience
perceived risk towards online grocery shopping and would most probably do it again in the
it is observed that the quality of the products future. Therefore, it is important for online
delivered is the most significant variable grocery retailers to provide their customers
perceived by the respondents. Respondents are with a seamless shopping experience from ease
also concerned about the other variables i.e. of making a purchase to successful delivery and
refund on bad quality and delay Del of order. ensure customers’ satisfaction to guarantee the
competitiveness of the industry.
Respondents perceived that Heavy Website is
the main obstacle to prefer online grocery Limitation of study
shopping, followed by Transfer of Money
Problem However, the customer found that The survey and research has been done based
Internet Accessibility problems. One of the on whatever information provided by the
most influencing and attractive factor respondents. The respondents were reluctant to
influencing consumers to shop online is website answer some questions, as they took them as
design/features [9]. Similar result was observed personal and consequently increasing the
by Chandini and Nagendra (2018). possibility of error. The project work was
required to be completed in 3 months. So the
This research shows that online shopping is limited time available and therefore only
becoming more popular day by day with the limited respondents (150) were included in
increase in the usage of the internet. Perception study. The project was mainly focused on
towards online shopping is a changing survey of Surat district so the outcome of the
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