The report, Navigating the New Digital Divide which studied close to 2,000 urban Indian shoppers, said the conversion rate of shoppers who use a digital touch-point is 40% higher than the non-digitally influenced shoppers.
Besides more than a third of digitally influenced shoppers would prefer the flexibility of buy-online-pickup-in-store, the report said.
However, Rohit Bhatiani, director at Deloitte added, “Today, 90% of the retailers do not have a mobile app or mobile-friendly websites and hence these retailers are not even considered by consumers for pre-buying research. Retailers need to create a strong meaningful digital presence to attract customer attention.”...
Useful research shows how Digital Influences shoppers.