Life cycle comparison of traditional retail and e-commerce logistics for electronic products: A case study of buy.com

This analysis compares e-commerce versus traditional retail systems energy use and greenhouse gas emissions through a case study of a product chosen to represent the retail process. We conclude that e-commerce has lower energy use and GHG emissions for our case study.

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