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U.S. shopper online retail research channels 2017

Which of the following channels do you use today when researching products from an online retailer?

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
Email 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