The Geography of e-commerce in Brazil: the retail example

Authors

  • Silvia Aparecida Guarnieri ORTIGOZA UNESP
  • Cristhiane da Silva RAMOS UNESP

Abstract

This work aims to expose the development of e-commerce, especially concerning its social-spatial relations, understanding the new commerce consumption patterns in the “network era”. The growing of the world wide web and of the e-commerce, both business-to-business and business-to-consumer, brings new social-spatial relations, from what this text explores that which are related to retail business. Key words: E-commerce; Internet; Networks; Consumption and space.

Published

2008-04-15

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