Product Reviews
October 11, 2017 at 11:28 am
The fourth quarter of 2017 may generate the biggest sales yet for e-commerce retail, at least according to a new CPC Strategy report that features the results of a survey of 1,500 U.S. consumers about their holiday shopping plans. One key statistic from the report: 88.1 percent of shoppers surveyed plan to spend about the…
October 10, 2017 at 4:32 pm
Trustpilot, a leading online consumer review destination with 35 million reviews of nearly 190,000 businesses, recently released its Consumer Behavior and Expectations: The 2017 Holiday Season report, with in-depth analysis on consumer behavior, sentiment and customer review patterns. While thousands of consumers indicated pricing was one of the most important considerations for the 2017 shopping season, language analysis of more than 1 million consumer reviews suggested otherwise. Consumer sentiment favored brands offering superior customer service and timely fulfillment over other popular holiday initiatives, such as discount pricing and flexible return policies. The report helps retailers capitalize on key expectations and behaviors by identifying specific consumer trends, biases and preferences.
October 5, 2017 at 5:40 pm
The Association for Psychological Science recently published an interesting study on consumer shopping behavior, showing that when two comparable products have similar average ratings, shoppers are significantly more likely to choose the product with the larger number of ratings. This finding won’t surprise e-commerce retailers, but in the psychology world, it’s an illustration of herd…
August 7, 2017 at 10:43 am
Today’s consumers have nearly endless choices when it comes to shopping. In order to compete — and win — in this increasingly competitive marketplace, it’s critical for brands and retailers to provide consumers with the information they’re looking for when researching and purchasing products, including reviews, photos and videos submitted by others like them. There…
August 3, 2017 at 12:09 pm
As retailers know, much of Amazon’s success can be credited to its many innovations, from supply chain to customer experience to merchandising and more. To keep pace with the e-commerce leader and its many technology innovations, retailers have started to implement new technology capabilities of their own. In the chart below, taken from Total Retail's…
July 21, 2017 at 9:22 am
Temps are rising. Beverages are chilling. The beach is calling. It must be time to start your holiday planning! Whether the idea of holiday planning makes you feel festive or freaked out, you can’t ignore the flurry of potential revenue waiting to be unwrapped during the final months of the year. You may think you…
July 17, 2017 at 12:33 pm
In episode 101 of Total Retail Talks, Anna Cole, director of e-commerce operations, user experience and merchandising at Carhartt, a workwear manufacturer and retailer, details how the company is leveraging customers’ ratings and reviews to make more informed business decisions, particularly around merchandising its website.
June 16, 2017 at 9:29 am
When it comes to e-commerce, it seems to be Amazon.com vs. everyone else. Amazon’s dominance is well documented; it has more than 300 million active users who rely on the site for everything from everyday essentials to TVs. In addition to changing the shopping experience, Amazon has changed shopper expectations. Amazon’s customers have come to…
May 18, 2017 at 8:00 am
Ogio, a designer of bags and apparel, provides some social proofing in its latest email.
May 15, 2017 at 8:34 am
"Mad Men’s" Don Draper reminds us just how much the advertising and retailing worlds once ran on hubris (“What you call love was invented by me to sell nylons”). And how assured these executives were of their ability to control the message (“If you don’t like what’s being said, change the conversation”). While the now…
