Abstract: Background: The internet era has brought tremendous changes in the lives of people. Without any generation gap, people are accepting the internet to ease their lives. One such notable change we see in today's life is a change in buying behavior by shifting towards online buying. The Internet is loaded with information and knowledge, and also enables ease of transactions and social networking via social media. People are connecting with the world through social media they exchange status, and content and share opinions and views, hence there are various external stimuli due to which the buyer may end up in impulse buying. This paper aims at studying the impact of social media usage on online impulse buying especially focusing on the social commerce context........
Key Word: Online Buying Behaviour, Online Impulse buying, Social - commerce, Social media, Social media marketing, Social media community
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