1) While it is commonly believed that 70% of decisions are made in-store and 68% of purchases are impulse buys, the author's research found these numbers are too high. Through interviewing over 11,000 shoppers, they found only 20% of purchases were truly unplanned.
2) Brand loyalty levels are actually around 83% on average, though this still leaves 17% of the market open to switching.
3) Given the short amount of time shoppers spend browsing each product (35 seconds on average), in-store marketing likely has less influence on purchases than commonly thought. Though it can still convince some shoppers to switch brands.
4) Understanding shoppers' decision processes and