For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals (Length: 13 pages)
This is a Consumer Technographics document

January 23, 2009

How The Net Is Influencing European Offline Sales

by Valerie Batut, Reineke Reitsma

with Serena Goldberg


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For the past decade or so, an increasing number of European consumers have been relying on the Internet to provide them with information on products and services. Today, more than half of the European online population is regularly using the Internet to research products. However, not all of these online researchers will make their final purchase on the Internet — some will prefer to use an offline channel. What are the factors influencing this behavior? How can eBusiness professionals convert more online researchers into online buyers? Or, at least, how can they improve on the multichannel experience to make sure that their online visitors will buy in their stores?

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NOTES & RESOURCES

itemOnline Users Access The Internet To Research A Whole Range Of Products

itemBut Not All Online Search Converts Into Online Purchase

recommendations

itemDon't Let Your Online Researchers Escape

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester conducts a mail survey every year in Europe. We fielded our European Technographics® Benchmark Survey, Q2 2008, between March and May 2008. This annual study surveys consumers in the eight markets of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and Poland, and it includes a sample of more than 24,000 consumers annually.

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Analyst: Reineke Reitsma
Technology: Channel Design Strategies, Customer Experience, eBusiness/eCommerce, Interactive Marketing, Marketing & Advertising
Industry: Business-To-Consumer eCommerce, Consumer Industries, Consumer Portals & Search, Consumer Retail & CPG, eBusiness/eCommerce Adoption, Multichannel Retail, Retail, Retail Marketing
Geography: Europe

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