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The Economic Effect of E-Commerce during COVID-19: A Case Study through "H" Shopping Mall's Garlic Sales

COVID-19에 따른 전자상거래의 경제적 효과에 관한 연구: 'H' 쇼핑몰의 마늘 사례를 중심으로

  • Han, JinAh (Department of Business Administration, Sangmyung University) ;
  • Kim, JeongYeon (Department of Business Administration, Sangmyung University)
  • Received : 2021.10.06
  • Accepted : 2021.11.03
  • Published : 2021.11.30
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Abstract

Through processors, wholesale markets, intermediate sellers, and retailers, agricultural products have been distributed in a multi-level customary manner for a long time as they are easy to deteriorate and no not have a standardized system of size and quality. However, with the advancement of Internet networks and logistic services during the 2000s that facilitated the development of offline markets, and the rise of the non-contact purchase preference in direct response to COVID-19, previous offline consumers flowed into the online market to purchase agricultural goods. In other words, the volume of online agricultural transactions exploded since the pandemic. Against this social backdrop, this study focused on the difference in distribution costs as a result of converting from conventional offline distribution channels to online channels, and analyzed the reduced distribution costs through a case study of garlic sales on the online platform "H" shopping mall. The analysis found that considerable economic effects occurred, some of the effects being an approximate 39% decrease in distribution cost when comparing direct online transactions of the online shopping mall with other more traditional means, a reduced distribution cost rate of approximately 28%p, and increased profit for farmers.

농산물은 변질이 쉽고 크기와 품질이 정형화되어있지 않아서 오랜 기간 동안 가공업자, 도매시장, 중도매인, 소매상 등을 거쳐 다단계의 관행적 방식으로 유통되었다. 그러다 2000년대에 들어 인터넷망의 보급과 물류 서비스의 발달로 온·오프라인 옴니 채널 구조로 나뉘는 양상을 보였으며, 2019년 말 발생한 COVID-19의 감염 우려로 비대면 거래 트렌드가 확산됨에 따라 기존에 오프라인 소매시장에서 농산물을 구매하던 소비자들도 온라인 시장으로 다수 유입되었다. 즉, 지속적으로 증가 추세를 보이던 온라인 농산물 거래량이 COVID-19를 기점으로 폭발적으로 증가한 것이다. 본 연구는 이러한 사회적 배경을 반영하여 관행 경로에서 유통되던 농산물이 온라인 경로로의 전환됨에 따른 유통비용 차이에 주목하였다. 전자상거래의 다양한 유형 중 특히 생산자-소비자의 온라인 직거래 경로로 전환되었을 때 유통비용 절감 효과에 주목하였으며 이에 관하여 'H 농산물 직거래 쇼핑몰'의 마늘을 중심으로 실증연구를 진행하였다. 분석 결과, 관행 유통경로에 비해 온라인 직거래 쇼핑몰 경로의 유통비용이 약 39%가량 낮게 도출되었고, 유통비용률 역시 28%p 가량 절감되는 등의 경제적 효과가 발생하였음을 알 수 있었다.

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Acknowledgement

본 연구는 과학기술정보통신부 및 정보통신기획평가원의 대학ICT연구센터지원사업의 연구결과로 수행되었음(IITP-2021-2018-0-01799).

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