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Both Retailers and Shoppers Losing Interest in Daily Deal Sites

A couple of years ago, daily deal sites such as Groupon seemed to be the wave of the future: retailers would get new customers to stop by to try out their wares and shoppers would get big bargains. Yet, today, … Continue reading

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Retailers Still Trying to Slowdown the Showrooming Effect

As we’ve blogged about before (see, for example, https://bermanevansretail.com/2012/07/05/more-retailers-engage-in-multiple-channels-as-a-response-to-showrooming), store-based retailers are working feverishly to combat showrooming, whereby shoppers visit stores to get more information and then purchase online. Recently, as reported by eMarketer, InsightExpress “found that more than one-half of smartphone owners … Continue reading

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Why Shoppers Don’t Complete Online Purchases

Many shoppers surf the Web to look for and purchase products. But, often they get sidetracked on their way to completing the purchase — for a variety of reasons. Recently, comScore looked into the phenomen of shopping cart abandonment. Milo Local … Continue reading

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