Online business hits retailers in Shillong

The online business is growing fast as many people are buying clothes, shoes and other daily use products online, making business hard for retail market. With the growth of online business it also throws up plenty of new challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurs. Recently during the festive season of Christmas and New Year this scribe spoke with a few shop owners in major market places in Shillong at Iewduh and Police Bazar.A shoe shop owner at Police Bazar said, “The number of people shopping online is increasing and this has greatly affected our business and this year the market has decreased.” He said last year during the festive season the number of customers visiting the shop were good but with the growth of online market the number of customers this year in particular has greatly decreased.