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How Showrooming Impacts Earnings

Showrooming is no longer a sideshow. For C-Level executives it has become the main event. The extensive press coverage of the demise of Best Buy was a wake-up call for both brands and retailers. Showrooming is not just simply a nuisance, it can actually bring down a major retailer. The fact that both Target and Continue Reading...

The Showrooming Scorecard

“If Showrooming is so pervasive, why aren’t companies doing more to combat it?” This is a question we are hearing more and more. Companies, be it brands or retailers, realize that this problem is reaching epidemic proportions, yet seem to be doing little to change the dynamic. Why? We can’t manage what we don’t measure. Continue Reading...

The Great Showrooming Showdown

That right. It’s coming. Showrooming is no longer just a minor business nuisance, it’s becoming a life altering change in the lives of traditional brick and mortar retailers. And they’re not taking this change sitting down. They’re coming out swinging. Brands that are involved in Showrooming will be shown the door by their top retail Continue Reading...

Showrooming is the New Shoplifting

Showrooming isn’t technically a crime, but if you ask many of my clients they think it should be. Each year, showrooming costs retailers tens of millions in lost profits. Showrooming is when someone purchases a product online after researching it in a brick and mortar store. Last year, $42.3b was spent online and a large Continue Reading...