Among consumers with a smartphone or tablet, 50 percent used a mobile device to compare prices while shopping, 44 percent looked for a coupon, 33 percent "liked” a retailer on Facebook, and 17 percent bought a product using an app, a new study by GfK shows.
In addition, nearly one-fourth of mobile-enabled shoppers have used brick-and-mortar stores for "showrooming,” checking out a product in person, and then purchasing it online.
Younger adults – ages 18 to 34 – are the primary drivers of these mobile shopping behaviors; these consumers are more than three times as likely to report using a smartphone or tablet for shopping (34 percent compared to 10 percent), compared to those ages 50 to 64.
Friday, June 1, 2012
“Extreme” Shoppers Use Mobiles Throughout Purchase Process
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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