Global eCommerce
Shopping Cart Software Product Types In-Depth: , Type I & Type II
Some residents in Sharjah are questioning a popular supermarket in Al Butaina after the shop's management banned them from taking groceries to their nearby homes using the store's
shopping carts.
Often that starts with
shopping carts. "Sometimes retailers don't realize the impact equipment has on customer experience and loyalty," says Paul Giampavolo, founder and president of Safe-Strap Co., based in Wharton, N.J.
Beyond buying: Motivations behind consumers' online
shopping cart use.
A common misconception is that once an online
shopping cart has been set up, sales will come rolling in and the site will take care of itself.
The most futuristic, "Jetsons"-like
shopping cart of the future is the Z-Cart, designed by Mete Mordag at his Mordag Design studio, in Istanbul, Turkey.
Falls from
shopping carts were linked to about 70 percent of the injuries, followed by running into or falling over the cart, cart tip overs and extremities trapped in carts.
* Convenient
shopping cart function: Technicians select products, and buyers request these specific products.
Sunderland-based SaleCycle helps retailers recover lost sales from online
shopping carts from customers who don't complete purchases by contacting them through email and on-site messages.
A couple of aisles away, Jason, a five-year-old Briton, is also on his own with a small
shopping cart. Being older, he knows exactly what he wants: two packets of Apple Elephant biscuits, a cup of Andechser chocolate cream pudding, a plain organic pretzel and a pouch of Sunblast apple and black currant juice.
The Question: Did the 2004
shopping cart safety standards affect the rate of shopping cart-related injuries?