The data depicts the various channels U.S. shoppers use when researching products from an online retailer as of August 2017. During the reported period, 74% of U.S. shoppers surveyed stated that they used the retailer's website as their primary source when researching a product, while in comparison only 25% reported to actually going to a physical store in their research pursuit.
Website | 74 |
43 | |
Social media | 38 |
Retailer's mobile app | 36 |
Phone | 31 |
Messaging app | 30 |
Voice-enabled digital assistant | 28 |
SMS/text | 27 |
Video chat | 26 |
Chat or IM | 26 |
Physical store | 25 |
Other | 12 |