NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the second sentence under the heading, "The Elite Shopper: Prefers Things Handed to them on a Silver Spoon," please replace "costumer" with "customer." Please also replace "co-founder" with "founder" in the fourth paragraph, third sentence.
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NEW RESEARCH FROM CUE CONNECT TELLS RETAILERS WHAT MILLENNIAL CONSUMERS ARE REALLY THINKING – HINT: IT ISN’T ABOUT PHILANTHROPY
Study defines the shopping habits and purchase motivators compelling America’s Gen Y demographic
Cue Connect, the company unifying shoppers and retailers for better commerce, today announced results from its new research, Consumer Moments of Truth, which provides retailers with a glimpse into the inner most workings of the millennial shopper’s minds.
Millennials represent over 80 million shoppers, with a current shopping habit of almost $600 billion and an estimated growth to over $1.4 trillion by 2020, according to Accenture. With this survey, Cue Connect provides deep insight into, and understanding of, what’s really going on in the minds of the fastest growing category of shoppers the world has ever seen, or what we’re calling “the truth.” The result? Surprising at times.
Cue Connect has identified the top five millennial shopping personas and the expectations and behaviors associated with each. What motivates them at point of purchase? How do you create brand loyalty with each persona? What tools are currently missing in the e-commerce space that can help retailers win their share of the $1.4 trillion pot that’s up for grabs?
“Retailers who want to win big are going to be forced to approach their brand from a place of empathy. Tying the consumer experience to emotion is to millennials what direct mail was to baby boomers. Millennials have to feel understood and are insatiable when it comes to immediacy for more personalized touchpoints and better service,” said Berkley Bowen, CEO and founder, Cue Connect. “This research tells us that ‘surprise and delight’ is imperative. These insights will help retailers better understand, and therefore engage with, their most important – and arguably, smartest – shoppers today: millennials.”
Relationships take work and retailers are expected to have the super-human ability to read consumers’ minds. But do they really have to? This research does the work for you and will help in developing strategies to automate the personalization process. #yourewelcome. Without further ado, meet the top five millennial shopping personas and the top data points associated with each:
The Social Shopper: Would Jump off the Bridge If Their Friends Did
- Nearly 50% of consumers are either somewhat or very much influenced by friends and family when making a purchasing decision. How are retailers tracking social interactions and making marketing decisions based on this?
The Bargain Hunter: The Krazy Coupon Lady of E-commerce
- 57.4% of survey respondents claimed they are more likely to buy a product from a retailer’s site when the retailer emails them a discount code. Is “sale” really the answer? Do you have a tool that allows you to automate codes for specific items and e-mail them direct? #surpriseanddelight
The Elite Shopper: Prefers Things Handed to them on a Silver Spoon
- 47.6% of respondents claimed that they feel most valued by retailers who reward them with loyalty points. Are you customizing your loyalty strategy to custom fit the aspirations of your customer?
The Impulse Buyer: Has a Hard Time Resisting Shiny Objects
- Almost 50% of respondents have made a purchase based on the “suggested items” option on a retailer’s site. Are you smart enough to suggest items that will convert to a sale? Can you automate custom suggestions?
The Frugal Fannie: Would Rather Break an Arm than Shop
- 37.2% of respondents claimed that they’re motivated to shop only when they absolutely need something. Have you built enough loyalty to make sure these customers buy it from you? Do you know where to start?
Cue Connect’s research answers all of these questions and more. Whether it’s the Bargain Hunter or the Elite Shopper, the ability to better track and therefore serve your customer and offer a brick and mortar experience online is the future. One size doesn’t fit all, so when it comes to technology, retailers can implement solutions, such as a Wishlist and sharing tools to keep better track of their shopper’s preferences and purchase patterns. Meanwhile they are giving consumers the ability to track new products from their favorite brands, be the first to know about sales, or share items that they like within their network.
To learn more about these personas and their top demands for retailers, please view the in-depth e-book, which can be found here: Consumer Moments of Truth.
To learn more about Cue Connect and its online retail marketing platform, please visit: https://business.cueconnect.com/features.
About Cue
In a digital world that’s filled with infinite
distractions, Cue Connect provides shoppers with focus, helping them
build deeper relationships with retailers to enhance the shopping
experience for everyone. The company’s online retail marketing platform,
Cue, connects retailers to shoppers across the entire path to purchase.
Through Cue, retailers gain new shopper intelligence and unlock unique
insights from existing shopper behavior with the ability to share and
save items. In doing so, retailers are empowered to build custom
experiences and deliver relevant content at the point of sale, helping
improve customer satisfaction, increase conversion rates, basket size
and average order value. Cue is built to integrate into all available
web, mobile web, and mobile app retail platforms with no engineering
required. For more information, please visit: www.cueconnect.com.
