Malaysia Fashion : The advent of online shopping portals

Apr 19
07:25

2012

Jenny Jonson

Jenny Jonson

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Online shopping has definitely risen in the past few years especially in the Asian countries but there are still many countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and even Korea who haven’t really had an impetus in the world of online shopping.

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Online shopping has definitely risen in the past few years especially in the Asian countries but there are still many countries like Malaysia,Malaysia Fashion :  The advent of online shopping portals  Articles Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and even Korea who haven’t really had an impetus in the world of online shopping. There are many reasons why the state of online shopping in such countries hasn’t been up to the mark. It could include privacy issues, credit card safety issues as well as lack of adequate knowledge. However, countries like India and others have welcomed the trend of online shopping pretty well .Malaysia fashion and clothing as well as in Singapore has been amazing and stylish but buying it online has always been skeptical due to many reasons.

One of the main reasons why Malaysia fashion has been constantly on the rise is because people prefer to explore and find out what suits their style the best. They prefer to go outdoors and shop at their favorite malls and retail outlets instead of choosing products online.Also the most amazing reason is the fact that Asians have always loved to bargain for their products they wish to buy. Wherever they go or whichever retail outlets they would visit, they make it a point to bargain at least a bit from the current price. Sadly this cannot be done on any online portals as the rates are fixed unless there’s some sort of a discount or offer for the same. Also, the average Asian often prefers to see the product, feel it and then makes a decision whether to buy it or no. This too is a big limitation in terms of online shopping as the only way the consumer can get his hands on the product is after delivery of the product.  Online portals that at present exist in countries like Singapore and Malaysia don’t really excel in the delivery system. The product delivery distribution is slated to be poor and thus an average product takes at least 1 to 2 weeks to reach the consumer which is pretty slow when compared to other countries like India and China.

Despite all such factors, Malaysia fashion and clothing has seen a bit of improvement in terms of online shopping. There are a few obstacles but the future isn’t that bleak for online shopping in these two countries. The past few years witnessed rapid growth in the number of online stores. Most of the retail outlets today themselves have a web presence with intuitive websites to make customers shop online. Thus there has been an increase in the number of online shoppers with the initiative. Singapore online shopping too has increased on the World Wide Web with more and more web portals being opened to not only give product in formation and analysis but subsequently let them buy it as well.

As these factors are pretty evident, the trend to shop online in Malaysia and Singapore as well as other Asian countries is surely going to keep increasing. But to successfully establish the online shopping trend, online retailers will have to remove the fear amidst the shoppers with ease.