Shopping is an expression which crafts an all
together different feeling, eagerness or appetite in each human heart
irrespective of the age factor and more surprisingly when it is mingled with
imagination , I need not to explain, how radically thrilling it will be?
Since the time, I started sensing the literal mean
of shopping; the same has transformed itself immeasurably. Not so long ago.
Whenever the idea of shopping used to come in our mind, we imagined going to a
market where so many shops, sellers would welcome you with different -2
products and you need to approach a particular shop for the things you desire
to take home. But now, either calls it globalization effects or technological advancement,
the concept of shopping has changed a lot. On one hand, shopping malls have progressively
surpassed the single commodity market, on other side, online shopping or
e-shopping has made its foothold alongside conventional shopping.
It
is 2013 and no one can deny the blessings of
internet technology which made it possible to purchase the things sitting at
home. Obviously we should be very grateful to the e- shopping sites like e-bay
and lot more which let us shop within minutes with variety of options to choose
from. Few clicks and your shopping is
done. No wastage of time and no tension of bargaining. You need not to go
anywhere and life seems so easy. And it is very apparent that within 10 or 20
years, online shopping will come out as a big mean of purchase as busyness or
laziness whatever case will push us to sit at home and let the things drive
human kind.
But
when it comes specifically to imagine the concept of shopping in 2030,
it takes us on utterly singular prospect, because imagination has no limits,
its deeper then sea and higher then sky and above all, human imagination is
most dangerous things ever.
I am sure, at the first glance of this question;
many of people will take themselves in totally different world where robots are
doing their all tasks, digitalisation all around and world is digitalized with
wearable technology ahead of the age of small screens, though Smartphone, tab
will still be there but with some more advancements. All will be enduringly
connected with digitally connected glasses, watches and contact lenses and lot
more. Where you need not to even click, you just command and your shopping is
done.
Alongside, there is surely a group of people who
will think about expansion of traditional shopping with superior shopping
malls, where though they need to shop walking in the store, personalized references
will be the principle influence of their buying decision.
Well, coming to my imagination of shopping in 2030,
I being practical say that although 2030 will mark huge transformation in the
shopping ways in form of digitalization, the traditional means of shopping will
still be there alongside. Yes, it is true, the dependency on online purchasing
will be higher but we can’t leave the other side of coin unseen which says,
mass of the population does not trust the e- shopping concept. They doubt the
payment mode; they still don’t accept the trustworthiness of online sites and
their means of selling things. It’s acceptable that mindset of people is
changing, but the very question is how much? We need to admit the fact that crowd
still like to go for traditional shopping stores, where they can look, judge,
try the stuff personally and then take them home after being fully satisfied.
However, it may happen that with population
increasing at a rapid pace and limited area to survive, there will not be
enough space to build new shopping malls and people will gravitate towards
online shopping, but saying the complete digitalization will not be true. And
in the country like India, where hardly 1/10 people go for online shopping, the
conventional shopping will still be on top, as here people not only willing to observe
look, ambience, presentation, but quality and quantity also matter a lot. And,
it is masses we talk about, so shopping in 2030 will be both online and
traditional.
Nevertheless, shopping in 2030 will exclusively be
different concept and it may be even like that, where our imagination can’t
reach right now. As my imagination say, it may be like that we even won’t need
to click, we would just fix our eyes on the desired thing and it will be ours,
the virtual screen will talk with us directly. It may be like that you need eye
glasses, the virtual screen asks few questions and figure out your eye number
and in few minutes, your specs are at your hand.
So to sum up, whet will be there in 2030, it’s all
about future and future is unknown puzzle and as people say, let it be
future, otherwise present will seem boring. So, until we get a clue,
