India, Feb. 27 -- Study by European researchers assessed three types of shopping including traditional and two types of online

Are you an avid shopper? What influences your puchases? Chances are price, quality, convenience and time frame. But what about the climate cost? Should you visit the nearest mom-and-pops' or supermart, or should you go online?

A recent study indicated 'brick-and-mortar' stores emit less greenhouse gases (GHG) than one type of online shopping but more than another.

Researchers from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom (UK) and Sweden compared GHG footprints of three types of shopping:

* Bricks and mortar, or physical stores

* 'Bricks and clicks' - customers ordering online from a physical store

* Pure-play onl...