IMPACT OF ONLINE SALES OF MERCHANTS IN ECUADOR IN TIMES OF COVID-19.

Authors

  • Marta Beatriz Infante Abreu Universidad Tecnológica de la Habana José Antonio Echeverría
  • Genesis Nicoless Chávez Macias Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador

Abstract

The commercial strategies of the small businesses of Alajuela Street in the Portoviejo Canton of Manabí in Ecuador in times of COVID-19 have had different impacts. This article seeks to explore and disseminate the main business strategies and their impacts of these business strategies on small business sales in one of the cantons of Ecuador. To carry out the research, the consultation of specialized bibliography, the survey, direct observation and statistical processing are used. As main results, it is obtained that in 99% of the cases, the merchants who applied online marketing strategies in periods of Covid-19 had a positive impact on their income, a behavior similar to that of studies in the Latin American field. 74% of those surveyed decided to keep offering the same kind of item or product during the pandemic and 18% decided to switch products to food. 94.1% of businesses were affected by COVID-19.

Author Biographies

Marta Beatriz Infante Abreu, Universidad Tecnológica de la Habana José Antonio Echeverría

Graduada de Ingeniera Industrial, en la  especialidad Organización de Empresas, Máster en Informática Empresarial,  Doctora en en Ciencias Técnicas y Profesora Instructora. Actualmente se desempeña como decana de la  Facultad de Ingeniería Industrial, de la Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría (Cujae).

Genesis Nicoless Chávez Macias, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador

Estudiante de la maestría de gestión de proyectos de la Universidad Técnica de Manabí en Ecuador.

Published

2022-11-28

How to Cite

Infante Abreu, M. B., & Chávez Macias, G. N. (2022). IMPACT OF ONLINE SALES OF MERCHANTS IN ECUADOR IN TIMES OF COVID-19. Industrial Engineering (Ingeniería Industrial), 43(4), 1–10. Retrieved from https://rii.cujae.edu.cu/index.php/revistaind/article/view/1180

Issue

Section

Management/Administration