Richard Anson

About Richard Anson

The rise of social commerce engagement on mobile devices

26% of consumers access customer reviews and consumer conversations on mobile devices for PCWorld and Currys. This trend is only going to accelerate. 

Retailers and Brands must ensure they provide their customers with a seamless mobile experience that includes all their social elements. 

They cannot afford to wait. Those who fail to will simply lose customers. 

Consumer trust and the new dynamics of buyer behavior

Against recent years’ difficult economic background, consumer buying behavior has changed dramatically, leading to an increase in customer acquisition costs via “traditional marketing”.

Today’s buying journey is more accurately represented by a walk of multiple paths as opposed to the still used but now outdated “purchase funnel”.  

Today’s purchase journey combines in-store visits; research conducted online and via mobile web, search queries, visits to comparison websites, visits to brand and retail websites; and, critically, consulting trusted reference sources such as customer reviews and the opinions of friends and family.