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These Major Retailers Are Most Threatened By Mobile
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-major-retailers-threatened-by-mobile-2013-4
The practice of “showrooming,” or viewing an item in a retail store and then buying it online, has brought the e-commerce threat directly to bricks-and-mortar retailers.
Mobile raises the showrooming threat to a new level since price comparisons are available to shoppers immediately, as they make decisions and browse e-commerce websites in stores.
In a recent report from BI Intelligence, we analyze mobile showrooming’s influence on retail, and examine the various different types of consumer behavior that make up showrooming.
We also look at what the big retailers are doing to combat showrooming, and identify the five broad strategies that will help brick-and-mortar retailers win business from showroomers.
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Take a look at this chart from our report:
Estimates of how much retail volume is influenced by smartphones vary wildly, but here are some numbers that gauge mobile showrooming’s influence:
- IDC predicted that smartphone use would influence between $700 million and $1.7 billion in U.S. holiday season retail sales in 2012. Fifty-nine million U.S. shoppers will use their smartphones to showroom in 2013.
- Deloitte Digital believes smartphones influenced $159 billion in U.S. store sales over the course of 2012 or 5 percent of the total, and will influence $689 billion of store sales in 2016.
- A recent study revealed that JC Penney — which just announced a disastrous 32 percent decline in same-store sales for the fourth quarter of 2012 — is at risk from showrooming because showroomers visited its locations 14 percent more frequently than the average U.S. shopper did in January 2013.
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This Chart Shows Why Best Buy Should Be Particularly Terrified Of ‘Showrooming’ (BBY)Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/showroomings-consumer-electronics-best-buy-2012-6 Brick-and-mortar retailers are scared of being reduced to a “showroom” where shoppers go to try items out before going online to make the final purchase. Some feel that the showrooming panic is totally overblown, but there’s one segment of retailers that’s particularly affected. Consumer electronics retailers are experiencing more showrooming than any other category by far. More than 6-in-10 customers who have used showrooming bought an item online in that category, according to a slide from comScore’s “State of the Internet in Q1 2012” presentation by senior director Tiffany Walker. No other product category came anywhere close to that number. As the biggest consumer electronics big box store out there, Best Buy needs to do something about this fast. Acting CEO Mike Mikan said as much at his company’s recent annual meeting. “[The customer's] needs have changed,” he said. “We, unfortunately, have not.” Here’s the chart:
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Target is sick and tired of customers who browse its stores and then go and buy products for cheaper prices from online retailers. To reduce so-called “showrooming,” Target has asked its vendors to adopt one of two practices, according to the WSJ: Last week, in an urgent letter to vendors, the Minneapolis-based chain suggested that suppliers create special products that would set it apart from competitors and shield it from the price comparisons that have become so easy for shoppers to perform on their computers and smartphones. Where special products aren’t possible, Target asked the suppliers to help it match rivals’ prices. It also said it might create a subscription service that would give shoppers a discount on regularly purchased merchandise. Target’s troubles with showrooming are shared by brick and mortar stores everywhere. Unfortunately small retailers may not have the clout to demand special products (see: Missoni) or help in price matching — and price matching without support from the supplier can be a losing proposition. Don’t miss: See how big retails stores are spread across America >Please follow War Room on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story » See Also:
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