Traditional Shopping Malls: Literature Review Of Online Shopping

Chapter-4 Literature Review

A marketplace is a location where goods and services are exchanged. The traditional market square is a city square where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the stores. This kind of market is very old, and countless such markets are still in operation around the whole world.
In some parts of the world, the retail business is still dominated by small family-run stores, but this market is increasingly being taken over by large retail chains .Most of these stores are called high street stores. Gradually high street stores are being re-grouped at one location called Malls. These are more defined and planned spaces for retail stores and brands ,i.e.- Walmart.

Figure 4.1 Traditional Shopping Mall

The customer can shop and order through the internet and the merchandise is dropped at the customer's doorstep or an e-tailer. Here the retailers use drop shipping technique. They accept the payment for the product but the customer receives the product directly from the manufacturer or a wholesaler. This format is ideal for customers who do not want to travel to retail stores and are interested in home shopping. However, it is important for the customer to be wary about defective products and non-secure credit card transaction. Examples include Amazon.com, Flipkart.com, and eBay.

Figure 4.2 Online Shopping System

There is another option for shopping available, Automated retail. It is the category of self-service, standalone kiosks in heavily trafficked locations such as airports, malls and resorts.
Consumers select products using a touchscreen interface, pay for purchases using a credit or debit card and then the product is dispensed, sometimes via an internal robotic arm in the machine.
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...tive Module :
a) The system must have a graphical environment of store including various departments, sections, and racks.
b) The system must provide the handy interaction in real time 3D environment through which customer can interact with the system and allow to do shopping.
c) The system must allow customer to roam around a store virtually, customer can see the 3D view of entire store.
d) The system could able to display the products , along with their description after the selection of particular product.
e) The system must provide a cart as a temporary repository for multiple products.

5.1.2 Motion Detection System :
a) Identifying the mechanism through which a system can be connected with Infrared Sensors.
b) To develop a system which can track a user’s movement.
c) Assignment and mapping of various motions to the various actions that are to be performed.