The impacts of same day delivery online shopping on local store shopping in Nanjing, China. (June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xi, Guangliang; Cao, Xinyu; Zhen, Feng
• Is Part Of: Transportation research. Volume 136(2020)
• Page Start: 35
• Page End: 47
• Publication Date: 2020-06
• Subjects: Information and communication technology -- E-shopping -- Shopping travel -- Retrospective approach -- Longitudinal design; Transportation -- Research -- Periodicals; 388.011
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2020.03.030
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0965-8564

Abstract

Abstract: Same Day Delivery (SDD) online shopping may generate different influences on physical store shopping from conventional online shopping, but few studies have explored this new and burgeoning channel and its impacts. Using retrospective survey data in Nanjing, this study investigates the impacts of SDD online shopping on local store shopping. Quasi-longitudinal analyses of the retrospective data show that SDD online shopping substitutes for local store shopping, and that changes in local shopping are associated with SDD online shopping frequency. These results suggest that SDD online shopping may change local shopping travel and alter the distribution of commercial land uses over time. Moreover, a comparison between quasi-longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses suggests that cross-sectional results are not reliable. Future studies should move beyond cross-sectional design.