Product Availability, Delivery Costs Among Top Showrooming Factors

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Clik here to view.Although consumers who research and gather information in a retail store and then purchase online cite price (86.8%) as their most common reason for “showrooming”, other factors are also driving this behavior, according to results from a ClickIQ survey released in February 2012. In fact, a majority of showroomers also said that they had purchased an item online that they had researched in-store because it had no shipping/delivery cost (51.7%) and due to its availability (51.5%). Other reasons given included the variety of products found online (30.2%) and the absence of sales tax (28.3%). (more…)