The Role of E-commerce on Sales in Selected Countries

E-commerce is an activity aimed at selling goods and services using information technology based on network interactions between the buyer and the seller. E-commerce tools allow consumers to organize trading in securities, transactions between legal entities, conduct activities on electronic exchanges, realize an order and payment for consumer goods, tourist and educational services, and pay utility bills. E-commerce is a parts of the economy, which includes all financial and trade transactions carried out with the help of computer networks, and business processes associated with the conduct of such transactions. It is known that in recent years an increasing number of transactions have been carried out remotely, using electronic devices. This is due to the fact that electronic payments are more convenient and faster than payment in cash. This thesis deals with e-commerce and its impacts on sales in developed countries. The secondary data used for this study is extracted from official statistical sources. It is found out that in the five leading countries in e-commerce, sales and e-commerce is positively and strongly correlating. The main essence of the research was to be competitive in the market companies should include e-commerce into their system together with retail trade and gradually move to an electronic business management system. The recommendations developed in this thesis consist of the fact that companies need to integrate their business with users of mobile devices as their use is growing.