The shift to online grocery shopping has sparked rapid growth across a new segment of on-demand retailers — Instacart, Gopuff, Uber Eats, Shipt and many others — that are providing home delivery in increasingly shorter time frames. But what is prompting shoppers to decide which of these services to use?
Question: What factors are shoppers using to select an on-demand retailer?
Marilyn Says: According to The Mars Agency’s most recent Shopper Journey research, the three leading factors are good customer service (identified by 26% of shoppers), solid user ratings/reviews (23%) and satisfactory online experiences/interface (20%).
For on-demand retailers, these key factors underscore how critically important it is to meet the needs and expectations of first-time shoppers. For product marketers, they illustrate an opportunity to develop programs that will help retailers improve their services and/or enhance the shopping experience.
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