Tag Archives: showrooming

Best Buy Digs Deeper into Price Discounting

Posted on October 16, 2012 by bermanevansretail

As we’ve reported before, Best Buy is in a battle for its future. As such, the chain’s decision to be more aggressive with its holiday price-matching strategy is a tricky maneuver — and it will be tough on profit margins since … Continue reading →

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Can Showrooming Be Turned into a Positive?

Posted on September 29, 2012 by bermanevansretail

As we have discussed several times, showrooming is a major problem for store-based retailers that are losing customers who visit the store and then buy online. And many retailers continue to fight back. Sometimes, they do so reactively — such … Continue reading →

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Retailers Still Trying to Slowdown the Showrooming Effect

Posted on August 15, 2012 by bermanevansretail

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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