TY - JOUR AB - Examines the importance of e‐commerce in the retail economy. The analysis is placed in the broader context of economic and social change and provides a theoretical framework for evaluating the growth of e‐commerce as a major distribution channel. By exploring the results of the recently released “Household Internet survey of Canadian households”, the paper documents the actual shopping behaviour of Internet shoppers from a variety of perspectives. The Canadian experience should provide analysis with a series of benchmarks and trends on which to evaluate the adoption of e‐commerce in other markets. VL - 31 IS - 1 SN - 0959-0552 DO - 10.1108/09590550310457809 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09590550310457809 AU - Michalak Wieslaw AU - Jones Ken PY - 2003 Y1 - 2003/01/01 TI - Canadian e‐commerce T2 - International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 5 EP - 15 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -