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The Complete Omni-Channel Retail Report: What Brands Need to Know About Modern Consumer Shopping Habits

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It’s a complex process, and it’s why omni-channel selling is so important. What is omni-channel retail? Square defines it as: “Meeting people on the channels where they are shopping and buying, whether it’s in a physical store or an online store or on social media, and connecting the dots between those channels.

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Study: More Than Half of Shoppers Across All Generations Prefer Email Communications

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When consumers receive communications from a company, 96% feel loyal to the brand and 84% engage with its advertising. But the difference between a message that’s welcome and one that’s an intrusive annoyance differs between both generations and platforms, according to a study by Data Axle. To me, email is the new address.

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‘Shopper Promiscuity’ Forcing Brands to Completely Reimagine How they Connect with Consumers 

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Shopper promiscuity] is at levels unprecedented in the history of studying shoppers, and it’s only going to continue to get worse, or better depending on your perspective.”. To track this, she looks at the number of consumers that start a shopping journey with a specific brand in mind and then actually buy that brand.

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5 Ways COVID-19 has Reshaped Consumer Behavior

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With COVID-19 case counts declining and vaccination efforts underway, eager consumers and retailers are both looking hopefully toward a future return to normal. The pandemic has forever altered consumer behavior, and this year in particular consumers find themselves in a kind of limbo — hope is on the horizon, but “normal” isn’t here yet.

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Study: Why Marketplaces Attract Valuable ‘Power Shoppers’

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Given that many of these expectations were first set by customers’ experience with Amazon , it should come as no surprise that third-party marketplaces have become a key tool for many retailers to meet these consumer demands. consumers said they shopped exclusively, or a lot, on marketplaces. Why Consumers are Turning to Marketplaces.

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Consumer Surveys Confirm: COVID-19 Shaking Traditional Retailer And Brand Loyalties

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One common thread among many of the studies: fewer trips to brick-and-mortar stores in favor of increased online shopping. However, other potentially even more significant trendlines show fundamental changes in consumers’ decision-making process related to picking brands and demonstrating customer loyalty. The survey of 809 U.S.

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10 Consumer Trends Shaping the Future of Retail

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Seismic shifts in consumer trends accelerated by the pandemic will have long-lasting implications for the retail industry at large. Future Commerce partnered with Method + Mode to conduct broad consumer research over a period of three months ending in January 2021. The desire for more, not less, is winning the battle for our psyches.

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