Sustainable shopping in the circular economy

Wijnand Jongen

Chapter 5 in The End of Online Shopping:The Future of New Retail in an Always Connected World, 2018, pp 68-88 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: We are now experiencing the dawn of an immense shift, slowly unfolding over the next years and decades: linear economy becoming circular. Society is now faced with hard questions, following years of boundless consuming and the resulting harmful emissions. One person may see the increasing scarcity of resources and environmental damage as a call to action. Others could be more interested in all the possible new opportunities. Retailers in the circular economy have new roles to fulfill, after all — they can start developing new business models to become intermediaries between producers and consumers…

Keywords: Online Shopping; Retail; Ecommerce; Digitization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 L81 M16 M31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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