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CYBERCONSOMMATEUR [2 records]

Record 1 2013-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Commerce
DEF

A web-based shopper from an Internet retailer or e-tailer.

OBS

web shopper: The Translation Bureau recommends in its revised 2013 Linguistic Recommendation that “web” not be capitalized when it is part of a compound, whether the compound is written as two words or one, with or without a hyphen.

Key term(s)
  • on-line shopper
  • on line shopper
  • on-line buyer
  • on-line consumer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce électronique
DEF

Consommateur qui achète par Internet des produits proposés dans les boutiques virtuelles, qu'il peut visualiser à l'écran, commander et ensuite payer avec de l'argent électronique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio electrónico
DEF

Consumidor que compra por Internet productos anunciados en las tiendas virtuales, que se pueden visualizar en la pantalla, ordenar y después pagar con dinero electrónico.

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Record 2 1998-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
CONT

In July, for example, astonished e-suppliers from Toronto to Tokyo were left unsure which trade law to turn to, and even who would hear out their complaints, when the European Commission declared that e-consumers would become the first and only Euro-citizens to pay value added tax (VAT) on sales to the EU from abroad.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation
CONT

En juillet, par exemple, des cyberfournisseurs étonnés, depuis Toronto jusqu'à Tokyo, ont été plongés dans l'incertitude lorsque la Commission européenne a déclaré que les cyberconsommateurs seraient les premiers et seuls eurocitoyens à payer la taxe à la valeur ajouté (TVA) sur l'achat de produits et services étrangers.

Spanish

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