Online-shoppingberoende : En kvantitativ studie om sambandet mellan e-handel och shoppingberoende.

This quantitative study examines consumers shopping behaviour in relation to the digitalization of retailing. The focus of this study is to examine if the increased availability of online shopping can be connected to compulsive buying behaviour. The purpose is to research if those who prefer to consume fashion products online also have a greater tendency to an excessive shopping behavior, which we classify as compulsive buying behaviour. The study also research an online-shopping addiction related to gender and age. Through an online survey, shared on social networks, with questions and claims that measures compulsive buying behaviour, the studys question formulations have been answered. The result shows that people who prefers and do most of their shopping online have a greater tendency to develop a compulsive buying behaviour. We also found that the respondents from the younger generation who participated in this study, have a greater tendency towards developing online-shopping addiction and buy more products online compared to the older generation, where women are in majority.