<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Non-store retailing is the selling of goods and services outside the confines of a retail facility . It is a generic term describing retailing taking place outside of shops and stores (that is, off the premises of fixed retail locations and of markets stands). The non-store distribution channel can be divided into direct selling (off - premises sales) and distance selling, the latter including all forms of electronic commerce . Distance selling includes mail order, catalogue sales, telephone solicitations and automated vending . Electronic commerce includes online shopping, internet trading platforms, travel portals, global distribution systems and teleshopping . Direct selling includes party sales and all forms of selling in consumers' homes and offices, including even garage sales . </P> <P> Non-store retailing, sometimes also labelled' home shopping', is consistently achieving double - digit growth, and slowly taking a bigger share of overall retailing . In the first quarter of 2014 online sales in the US represented over 6% of all sales . However, in product niches such as travel, books, and media, the share is significantly higher . As of March 2014, 19.5% of all book sales made by Amazon are for their Kindle e-book reader . Fashion and lifestyle brands have entered the non-store retailing space including Everlane, Dollar Shave Club and Tieks . According to Eurostat, 38% of European consumers consider the internet as the most important source of information about travel and 42% of consumers purchased travel services over the internet in 2008 . </P>

Difference between store based retailing and non store based retailing